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PLAYBILL.COM'S CUE & A: Mary Beth Peil
By Ernio Hernandez
27 Feb 2008
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Mary Beth Peil
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Mary Beth Peil — who co-stars in the Broadway revival of Sunday in the Park with George — fills out Playbill.com's questionnaire with random facts, backstage trivia and pop-culture tidbits.
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Full given name:
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Mary Beth Peil
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Hometown:
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Davenport, Iowa
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Audition song/monologue:
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Whatever my guts tell me will help "get the job"
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Special skills:
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If special skills means things I like to do: cook, knit, practice Shiatsu.
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First Broadway show ever saw:
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Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
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If you could go back in time and catch any Broadway show, what would it be?
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Angels in America
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Favorite show tune:
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Today it seems to be "Ol' Man River"...who knows what tomorrow will bring?
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Most played song on your iPod:
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Tend to listen to whole albums…would have to be a tie between Arvo Pärt and Bonnie Raitt.
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One CD you couldn't live without:
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Impossible question!!!...Bach's "St. Matthew Passion"
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Last book you read:
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"The Namesake" and "Naked in Baghdad" (I tend to read two at a time).
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Must-see TV show:
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My son says I should say "The Wire," but the truth is I am addicted to the [Jim] Lehrer "NewsHour" on PBS.
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Last good movie you saw:
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"The Lives of Others"
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Favorite card game:
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Knucklehead and am learning Bridge
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Performer you would drop everything to go see:
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Eileen Atkins in anything.
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Pop culture guilty pleasure:
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"Project Runway"
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First stage kiss:
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Summer and Smoke (the opera by Lee Hoiby)
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Favorite post-show meal:
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Every meal with Yul Brynner in mid '80s..he brought his own wine from his wine cellar in Normandy.
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How you got your Equity card:
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The King and I (with that wine lover Yul Brynner).
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Worst onstage mishap:
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In the "Shall We Dance" scene in King and I, my skirt came unattached to the bodice and was falling off the hoop skirt. I had to do the entire scene (including that dance) holding the whole thing up with one hand behind my back.
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Who have you played on "Law & Order"? Which edition?
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A Park Avenue shrink (L&O) and a bigoted grandmother (SVU).
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Worst costume ever:
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Not the worst...but definitely the scariest… was wearing a bathing suit in the Edward Albee play Finding the Sun (in a very small theatre).
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Cats or dogs?
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Have always had cats...recently lost my longtime Cleo. Will adopt soon.
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Favorite cereal:
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Irish Oatmeal (with chopped dried fruit, nuts and maple syrup).
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Who would play you in the movie?
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Eileen Atkins!!!
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Worst job you ever had:
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Day Camp counselor in high school.
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What leading lady role have you been dying to play?
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Mary Tyrone in Long Day's Journey Into Night (I will go anywhere to play her).
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