Full given name: |
Kristine Nielsen |
Hometown: |
Bethesda, MD |
Zodiac sign: |
Gemini |
Audition song/monologue: |
"Zip" from Pal Joey/"Southern Comfort" from Terrence McNally's Whiskey |
Special skills: |
Cooking and eating |
First Broadway show ever saw: |
Actual in NY B'way show was Chicago, but saw Hair at the National in D.C. |
If you could go back in time and catch any Broadway show, what would it be? |
A Streetcar Named Desire, but any of the original Marx Brothers' shows. My dad had the time of his life as a young naval officer experiencing one of their events and I've always been envious. |
Favorite show tune: |
"You'll Never Walk Alone" from Carousel with "This Nearly Was Mine" from South Pacific a very close second. |
MAC or PC? |
PC |
Most played song on your iPod: |
"Beautiful Day" by U2 |
One CD you couldn't live without: |
Any and all Bruce Springsteen |
Last book you read: |
"No Country for Old Men" |
Must-see TV show: |
"In Treatment," but "Damages" will be back! |
Last good movie you saw: |
"There Will Be Blood" |
Favorite board/card game: |
I hate card games and that's a main feature of what I have to do in Les Liaisons! HELP!!!!!!! |
Performer you would drop everything to go see: |
Maggie Smith |
Pop culture guilty pleasure: |
"Project Runway" and/or "The Chelsea Handler Show" |
First stage kiss: |
I'm sure there was an errant shepherd in an early Christmas pageant, but Michael Esper in Crazy Mary last summer left a lasting impression. |
Favorite post-show meal: |
Late-nite popcorn, always at home. |
Worst flubbed line/missed cue/onstage mishap: |
At Northwestern, just grasping all the possibilities and truthfulness of a school production - I played Suzie in Hot L Baltimore and insisted on heavy, realistically packed suitcases for my departure from the hotel. A cab driver was supposed to enter and help scoot me off the stage for a great final exit. Of course, the black box theatre door got locked by mistake, and the young actor playing the cab driver could not make his entrance. So I started to leave, dragging one suitcase off at a time. Then would have to come back on and retrieve another, improvising horrible Lanford Wilson like lines like "O.K. now I'm really going," or "This time I mean it!" or "I don't need this bag"..... (an actor's nightmare in slo-mo) |
Who have you played on "Law & Order"? Which edition? |
I've been a Clipboard character on the original, "Criminal Intent," and "Conviction." |
Cats or dogs? |
Dogs |
Favorite cereal: |
McCann's Irish oatmeal |
Who would play you in the movie? |
I wish Maureen Stapleton was still around...... |
Worst job you ever had: |
Information operator on Cape Cod when the lines went out in Boston and all 411 calls were sent to us and everyone who seemed to call was Italian with a very complicated name or Chinese with a frighteningly similar name with subtle tonal differences. |