Noah Robbins, currently playing the joint roles of Gus and Augustus Coverley in the Broadway revival of Arcadia, fills out Playbill.com's questionnaire with random facts, backstage trivia and pop-culture tidbits.
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Full given name:
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Noah Gabriel Danoff Robbins |
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Hometown:
| Potomac, Maryland
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Zodiac Sign:
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Libra |
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What your parents do for a living:
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Mom is a writer and film documentarian, and Dad is a lawyer. |
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Current audition song/monologue: |
The opening scene of "8 Mile" |
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Special skills:
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Beat-boxing
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Something you're REALLY bad at:
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I’ve lost the ability to throw a Frisbee. I used to be able to, but now I can’t. It’s depressing.
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First Broadway show you ever saw:
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Probably Cats.
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If you could go back in time and catch any show, what would it be?
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A Streetcar Named Desire
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Current show you have been recommending to friends: |
Arcadia!!!
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Favorite showtune of all time:
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"Master of the House" |
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Some favorite musicals: |
Les Miserables
In the Heights
Sweeney Todd
Also, if Arcadia were a musical, that would be my favorite, too. |
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Favorite contemporary plays:
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The Pillowman
Proof
And, oh yes, Arcadia |
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Some actors you admire:
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Everyone in the cast of Arcadia. Also, Anthony Hopkins, Al Pacino, Dustin Hoffman and Gene Hackman. |
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Stage or screen star of the past you would most love to have performed with:
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Donald O’Connor |
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MAC or PC?
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MAC |
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Most played song on your iPod:
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"The Modern Leper" by Frightened Rabbit. I’m a hipster. |
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Most-visited websites:
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Facebook. Speaking of which, I’m gonna check mine. Okay, I’m back. |
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Favorite YouTube video:
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"Drinking Out of Cups" |
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Last book you read:
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"Essays" by Michel de Montaigne, although I wouldn’t say I read it.
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Must-see TV shows:
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"Breaking Bad"
"The Simpsons"
Arcadia. That doesn’t really apply, but whatever.
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Last good movie you saw:
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I watched "The Dark Knight" for the 57th time the other day. That was pretty awesome.
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Funniest movies of all time: |
"Ghostbusters"
"Groundhog Day"
"Wet Hot American Summer"
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Performer you would drop everything to go see: |
Geoffrey Rush
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Pop culture guilty pleasure: |
"Real Housewives of New Jersey"
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Three favorite cities:
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New York, The Big Apple, and The City That Never Sleeps
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Favorite team:
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San Francisco Giants. WE WON! |
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First CD/Tape/LP you owned:
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A mix that my brother made for me, which included, among other things, "Blue" by Eiffel 65. |
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First memory performing for an audience:
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As the Scarecrow in my elementary school production of The Wizard of Maryland, a take-off on The Wizard of Oz. It was epic. |
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First stage kiss: |
None as of yet. Gotta get on that.
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Favorite or most memorable onstage role as a child/teenager:
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As a dwarf in a Snow White adaptation at the Kennedy Center.
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How you got your Equity card:
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Brighton Beach Memoirs, 2009.
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Favorite pre-show meal:
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A big bowl of mac and cheese, homemade.
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Favorite liquid refreshment:
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Mountain Dew
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| Pre-show
rituals or warm-ups: |
Walking around and annoying the other cast members. |
| Who would play
you in the movie? |
Definitely Christoph Waltz.
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Leading man role you've been dying to play: |
Will Hunting in "Good Will Hunting"
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Career you would want if not a performer: |
Teacher |
| Three things you can't live without: |
Sleep, Froot Loops, and sleep.
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| Something about
you that surprises people: |
My good looks
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| "I'll never understand why…" |
... the real housewives can't all get along.
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