The Playbill Meme

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I got it from Emily, who got it from Playbill:

Full given name:  Kenneth Richard Ashford

Hometown:  Born in Omaha, Nebraska, but I consider Concord NH (where I was raised) my "hometown"

Zodiac sign:  Libra

Audition song: It used to be "You Are Sixteen Going On Seventeen", but that just gets sillier as I become a forty-something.  Now it’s whatever I can pull together at the last minute.  Am seriously considering making "A Miracle Would Happen" my standard audition song.

First Broadway show ever saw:  "Sherlock Holmes" with Alan Sues, sometime in the 1970’s (1976?).  First musical was "Barnum" with Michael Crawford and Glenn Close.

If you could go back in time and catch any Broadway show, what would it be?:  Original cast of "West Side Story"

Current show you have been recommending to friends: [title of show]

Favorite showtune: It varies, but usually it’s "Nobody’s Side" from Chess

MAC or PC?: PC

Most played song on your iPod: Oh, I get bored listening to the same thing over and over again.  So I just set it to random and let ‘er rip.  Although lately, I’m digging the soundtrack to "Happy Feet".

Last book you read: "Oscar and Felix", Neil Simon’s updated version of "The Odd Couple" (Yes, scripts are "books" for purposes of this question)

Must-see TV show: "The Office", "The Daily Show"

Last good movie you saw: I haven’t seen that many movies lately — guess it would have to be "An Inconvenient Truth"

Favorite reality show: I hate them all, unless "American Idol" counts as a reality show.  If not, then "Meerkat Manor", which probably isn’t a reality show either.

Performer you would drop everything to see:  Live?  In theater?  Meryl.  Duh.

Pop culture guilty pleasure: "American Idol" and blogging

Favorite pre-show meal:  Water and crackers

Pre-show rituals: Stretching and peeing, although not at the same time

Worst flubbed line: I’ve gone up a few times.  That’s the worst I can recall, although I tend to block those times out of my mind.

Favorite pizza topping:  Pepperoni

Cats or dogs?:  Dogs

Who would play you in the movie?:  Um… Matt Damon for the younger years?  Jeff Bridges for the older ones?  Seriously, I have no clue.

Worst job you ever had: Short order cook

Note:  I don’t usually like to blog about myself, but I just had to get that awful Bush picture down from the top.