Full given name: |
Michael Eugene Patrick Boatman. (Yup...Eugene) |
Hometown: |
Chicago, Illinois |
Audition monologue: |
My favorite is Oberon's first monologue from A Midsummer Night's Dream |
Special skills: |
Running unsupported over large swaths of cabbage. Bouncing off the walls of my mind. |
First Broadway show ever saw: |
Sweeney Todd, with Len Cariou and Angela Lansbury |
If you could go back in time and catch any Broadway show, what would it be? |
Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me |
Favorite show tune: |
"Lothlorien," from the British stage production of The Lord of the Rings. |
MAC or PC? |
PC...I love my viruses. |
Most played song on your iPod: |
A Brazilian samba called "Nacao." I call it "the happiest song ever written" and defy even the most depressive cynic to remain depressed after hearing it. |
Web obsession: |
Twitter. For God's sake, stop me from Tweeting! |
Last book you read: |
"The Graveyard Book," by Neil Gaiman |
Must-see TV show: |
"I Survived..." on the Biography Channel. Horrific stories of human survival against enormous odds. Guaranteed to elicit tears, screams of horror and awe at the toughness of the human spirit. |
Favorite card game: |
Spider Solitaire...when the viruses haven't logjammed my laptop. |
Performer you would drop everything to go see: |
Ella Fitzgerald, James Taylor, James Brown |
Pop culture guilty pleasure: |
"The Revenant Road," a sizzling rollercoaster of a novel, filled with passion, drama, alcoholic superviolence, meaningless sex... and redemption. (I know because I wrote it. Available at Amazon.com!) |
First stage kiss: |
Do casting directors count? Sorry...it's all a blur. |
Favorite pre-show meal: |
I eat during the show: I chew as much scenery as I can. |
How you got your Equity card: |
My first Off-Broadway show was called Tiny Mommy, at Playwrights Horizons, back in the late 1860s. |
Worst onstage mishap: |
The time I fell through a trap door during a college production of Hair. I was Hud, dancing and singing my afro off, literally. My wig fell over my eyes, and I blundered into a wall, bounced off and dropped through the trap door...in front of an audience filled with Hell's Angels. I survived. |
Who have you played on "Law & Order"? Which edition? |
I've appeared as Attorney Dave Seaver on "Law & Order" and on "Law & Order S.V.U." I've also recently filmed a spec pilot for a proposed spin-off I'm calling "Law & Odor: Criminal Hygiene Unit." No word yet from Dick Wolf and co., but I'm optimistic. |
Pets' names: |
"Breakfast," "Lunch" and "Dinner" |
Favorite junk food: |
See above. |
Who would play you in the movie? |
The actor hasn't been born who could do the role justice. |
Worst job you ever had: |
Telemarketer for a newspaper no one wanted. I worked one shift then ran all the way home and hid until the demons stopped laughing. |
TV or commercial gig you most enjoyed: |
I loved my time on "Spin City," laughed hard every single day. |
Leading lady/man role you've been dying to play |
Iago in Othello...tricky right? |