Full given name: | Benjamin Augustus Vereen |
Hometown: | Brooklyn |
Zodiac sign: | Libra |
Audition song: | “I'm Gonna Live Till I Die” |
Special skills: | Diving |
First Broadway show ever saw: | Sweet Charity |
If you could go back in time and catch any Broadway show, what would it be? | My Fair Lady with Rex Harrison and Julie Andrews |
Current show you have been recommending to friends: | Memphis |
Favorite showtune: | "Magic To Do" |
Most played song on your iPod: | Beethoven's Ninth Symphony |
Last book you read: | "The Prophet" by Kahlil Gibran |
Must-see TV show: | "Rome" |
Last good movie you saw: | "Avatar" |
Performer you would drop everything to go see: | Mitan Project, Stevie Wonder, BeBe & CeCe Winans, Cornel West, Cher, Clint Holmes, Sting, Mos Def, Wayne Brady. |
Favorite pre-show meal: | Soup and salad |
How you got your Equity card: | In the road company of Sweet Charity with Juliet Prowse |
Worst flubbed line: | Sweet Charity with Chita Rivera; I was so overtaken by Chita that I went up on my lines. |
Pre-show rituals: | Meditation and stretching |
Worst costume ever: | The watermelon suit in the film "Funny Lady" |
Pets' names: | My Min Pin Satchmo |
Favorite junk food: | Bojangles' fried chicken |
Who would play you in the movie? | Haven’t found that person yet. |
Worst job you ever had: | Hauling fabric in the garment district |
TV or commercial gig you most enjoyed: | "Tenspeed and Brown Shoe" with Jeff Goldblum |