Full given name: | Patrick Page |
Zodiac sign: | Taurus |
Audition monologue: | To get in to acting school, I did all of Dr. Dysart's soliloquies from Equus in full Richard Burton mode. It took 25 minutes. I was 18. Why didn't they stop me? |
Special skills: | Magician. Also director and playwright. |
First Broadway show ever saw: | Steven Berkoff's Metamorphosis. |
If you could go back in time and catch any Broadway show, what would it be? | The Glass Menagerie with Laurette Taylor. |
Current show you have been recommending to friends: | August: Osage County |
Favorite show tune: | "Beauty and the Beast" (it reminds me of my wife) |
Most played song on your iPod: | Joni Mitchell "Both Sides Now" (full orchestral version) |
Last book you read: | "The Looming Tower" by Lawrence Wright |
Must-see TV show: | "Curb Your Enthusiasm" |
Last good movie you saw: | "SuperBad" |
Favorite card game: | Texas Hold 'Em |
Performer you would drop everything to go see: | Paige Davis. LOVE her! |
Pop culture guilty pleasure: | "American Idol" |
First stage kiss: | It may have been Richard III in 1987. |
Favorite pre-show meal: | Sushi is best before a show. It's light and doesn't give you reflux. |
How you got your Equity card: | Playing Horatio at Pioneer Theatre Co. in 1987 |
Worst missed cue: | I was locked in my dressing room while I was playing Scar in The Lion King. The show stopped for 20 minutes while they broke the lock to get me out! |
Worst costume ever: | Worst in what way? Lumiere was 40 pounds, Scar 45 pounds, Grinch is very hot! Worst looking was a loincloth I wore as Marc Antony in Julius Caesar at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. |
Cats or dogs? | My dog, Sophie. |
Favorite cereal: | Oatmeal |
Who would play you in the movie? | A pretentious John Cusack. Or Steve Buscemi. |
Worst job you ever had: | I've been very, very lucky. No non-theatre jobs. |
Favorite holiday movie or show (other than "Grinch"): | "It's a Wonderful Life." |