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PLAYBILL.COM'S CUE & A: Chad Kimball
By Ernio Hernandez
20 Oct 2009
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Chad Kimball
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Chad Kimball — star of Broadway's new musical Memphis — fills out Playbill.com's offbeat questionnaire.
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Full given name:
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Chad Brandon Kimball
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Hometown:
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Seattle, WA
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Audition song:
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Oh boy. "Lost in the Wilderness."
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Special skills:
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I do a sensible Winnie the Pooh imitation, and I can roll my belly. Fun stuff.
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First Broadway show ever saw:
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The Who's Tommy
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If you could go back in time and catch any Broadway show, what would it be?
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The original Sweeney Todd
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Current show you have been recommending to friends:
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Next to Normal
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Favorite showtune:
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"The Riddle Song" from Floyd Collins
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Most played song on your iPod:
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"Everybody Knows"/ John Legend
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Web obsession:
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stumbleupon.com
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Last book you read:
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Ayn Rand's "The Fountainhead"
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Must-see TV show:
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I just love "The Cosby Show." Currently without a television. Sad, but freeing.
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Last good movie you saw:
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"WALL•E"
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Favorite card game:
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Blackjack
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Performer you would drop everything to go see:
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Ms. Meryl Streep
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Pop culture guilty pleasure:
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Page Six...though, is it ever really on the actual sixth page?
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First stage kiss:
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Guys and Dolls in my high school production.
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Favorite post-show meal:
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Hamburger with fries. Don't forget the mayonnaise and ketchup mix!
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How you got your Equity card:
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The Civil War on Broadway
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Worst onstage mishap:
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Playing Antony in Sweeney Todd at the Signature Theatre in Arlington, VA: a "miscommunication" between myself and the conductor led to my singing two measures behind what the orchestra was playing in the song "Johanna." A couple of instruments (out of sheer sympathy) tried to fill for me; those instruments were a flute and a tympani. Silence. No applause. Then a cast member (again, out of sheer sympathy) began clapping backstage which led to a smattering of quiet, sympathetic applause from no more than four audience members.
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Worst costume ever:
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My "punk" look in Baby at Papermill Playhouse. Tight, tight, tight bright red plaid pants. More like leggings. Oof.
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Pets' names:
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Schroder and Buffy
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Favorite junk food:
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McDonald's
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Worst job you ever had:
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Worked at Fenway Park selling cold Coke. For one game.
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TV or commercial gig you most enjoyed:
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Dodge truck commercial. 116 degrees in the desert, but I got to be in the air conditioned truck.
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Leading man role you've been dying to play
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Dr. Dysart in Equus. I'll have to wait.
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