Full given name: |
Joshua Steven Grisetti |
Hometown: |
Roanoke, Virginia |
Audition song/monologue: |
I literally have about three songs in my "book," and I'm too embarrassed to tell you what they are. Except "Who Can I Turn To?" from Roar of the Greasepaint; I tell you that because I want someone to revive it (wink wink). |
Special skills: |
I juggle. |
First Broadway show ever saw: |
Les Miserables. School field trip. Weekday matinee. Back row of the balcony. It was pretty miserable. |
If you could go back in time and catch any Broadway show, what would it be? |
The musical 1776 starring Brent Spiner. (Could I have come up with something more profound for the sake of this interview? Yes. But I'm a huge fan of "The Next Generation," and I would follow Brent Spiner to the ends of the earth.) |
Current show you have been recommending to friends: |
None of my friends can afford to see theatre. They're all actors. |
Favorite show tune: |
"Easy Street" from the Motion Picture "Annie." (The song's no good without Carol Burnett and a kazoo.) |
MAC or PC? |
My parents are the only people I know who still use PCs, and that's only because they're old and don't know any better. |
Most played song on your iPod: |
I had to look this up in iTunes. Apparently my most-played song is "Halloween" by Matt Pond, but I swear I've never heard that song before and I have no idea who Matt Pond is. This is very bizarre. I should probably go back to using a PC. |
Last book you read: |
Ron Paul's "The Revolution: A Manifesto" (I don't agree with all of it, but he makes some good points.) |
Must-see TV show: |
"Family Guy" |
Last good movie you saw: |
"Muppet's Christmas Carol." Gets better every time. |
Favorite card game: |
Texas Hold'em. |
Performer you would drop everything to go see: |
Anyone from the cast of "Star Trek"… or Missi Pyle. |
Pop culture guilty pleasure: |
Three words: "Robot Chicken." |
First stage kiss: |
Nicky Savage. The Franklin County High School production of Anything Goes. One of the best days of my life. |
How you got your Equity card: |
Goodspeed Opera House 2004 production of Where's Charley? — I understudied Charley and was making more money per week than I had ever made in my life. LORT B! |
Worst missed cue/onstage mishap: |
In a high school production of Flowers for Algernon, I came out a scene too early and didn't know what to do, so I "froze" in some dark corner of the stage, with my mouth hanging open. It was a long scene. I ended up drooling all over myself. I don't know why I didn't think to turn around and walk backstage… it was a choice. |
Who have you played on "Law & Order"? Which edition? |
Christopher Sieber and I are the only two actors in New York who have never been on "Law & Order." |
Worst costume ever: |
My theatrical debut, a kindergarten production of Peter Rabbit, in which I played "the Mother Mouse"… wearing my older sister's skirt and a paper mouse head. |
Cats or dogs? |
King Charles Cavalier Spaniels, to be exact. |
Favorite cereal: |
Cinnamon Toast Crunch |
Who would play you in the movie? |
Ray Bolger. (With a stunt double for the dance bits.) |
TV or commercial gig you most enjoyed: |
"Knights of Prosperity" on ABC. The only place you'd find it now is on a "brilliant but cancelled" website, but it was a blast to work on. And it paid off college. |
Leading man role you've been dying to play |
Hal in Henry IV (Parts 1 and 2), and Henry V. Whatever happened to rep companies? |