Full given name: |
David Hyde Pierce |
Hometown: |
Saratoga Springs, N.Y. |
Zodiac sign: |
Aries |
Audition song: |
"Thank You So Much, Mrs. Lowsborough-Goodby" (Cole Porter) |
Monologue you can recite from memory: |
To be, or… wait, don’t tell me … |
First Broadway show ever saw: |
Zorba! with Herschel Bernardi |
If you could go back in time and catch any Broadway show, what would it be? |
The Seagull with Uta Hagen and the Lunts |
Favorite showtune: |
"Show People." From Curtains. At the Hirschfeld. |
MAC or PC? |
Hate both. |
Most played song on your iPod: |
Sharon Isbin playing Roderigo and Villa-Lobos |
One CD you couldn't live without: |
Stephen Hough's complete Rachmaninoff Concerto |
Last book you read: |
Amy Sedaris' "I Like You." |
Must-see TV show: |
"Frasier" reruns (sad, isn’t it). |
Performer you would drop everything to go see: |
Barbara Cook |
Pop culture guilty pleasure: |
Not that into pop culture, but in terms of guilty pleasures I'm a big fan of lust, also gluttony. |
First stage kiss: |
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (college production) |
Favorite pre-/post-show meal: |
Sushi and miso before, pizza after |
Pre-show rituals: |
Stretching, more stretching, limbering, also stretching |
Worst onstage mishap: |
Kicked shoe off of foot and into audience while overacting in Tartuffe at the Guthrie Theatre. |
Special skills: |
Play the piano and the organ |
Cats or dogs? |
Dogs |
Favorite pizza topping: |
Cats (oh alright, mushrooms, cheese and some truffle oil) |
Who would play you in the movie? |
No one in their right mind. |
Worst job you ever had: |
Security guard at rock concerts. Seriously. |