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