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PLAYBILL.COM'S CUE & A: Alan Cumming
By Ernio Hernandez
19 Mar 2008
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Alan Cumming
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Alan Cumming — who co-stars in the Off-Broadway production of The Seagull — 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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Alan Cumming
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Hometown:
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NYC, baby
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Zodiac sign:
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Aquarius
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Audition song/monologue:
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Thankfully it is a long time since I have had to do a song or a monologue. I would never work if I did. I guess I would do a song from Cabaret or a speech from Hamlet because I know them both.
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Special skills:
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Good at chatting.
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First Broadway show ever saw:
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How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
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If you could go back in time and catch any Broadway show, what would it be?
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I would love to have seen the Lunts do something, perhaps Design for Living which they did with Noel Coward. Also, I would love to have seen something with Ethel Merman to see if it was as intense an experience as I imagine.
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Favorite show tune:
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"With One Look" from Sunset Boulevard. I always think about it when I am on a movie set and have a big scene to do and am feeling a little nervy.
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MAC or PC?
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Mac, now and forever
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Most played song on your iPod:
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I am obsessed with Britney's new album. I have a bootleg so don't know the names of the tracks, but my favourite is the one that goes "I'm in love with you and everything that you are." I think the fact that Britney has managed to produce such an amazing pop album whilst undergoing a huge personal crisis is absolutely stunning. I'm being serious, really. It's astounding.
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One CD you couldn't live without:
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I could live without.
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Last book you read:
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"How to Open a Bar for Dummies"
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Must-see TV show:
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"Little Britain"
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Last good movie you saw:
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"No Country For Old Men"
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Favorite board/card game:
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Taboo. I am in the celebrity edition!!!
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Performer you would drop everything to go see:
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Liza
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First stage kiss:
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In Brian Friel's Lovers at Carnoustie Library in 1982
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Favorite pre-show meal:
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When I am on Broadway, I love going to Tony DiNapoli's or Cafe 123. Both places are so friendly and great places to meet people and stock up on your carbs.
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How you got your Equity card:
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I did stand-up comedy and once dressed as a clown in a shopping center.
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Worst missed cue:
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When I was in The Threepenny opera recently, one of the actors fell asleep in their dressing room and I was left onstage for many minutes ad-libbing and chatting to the audience.
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Worst costume ever:
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Well, when I played the Pope in Jean Genet's Elle, I wore a creation by Vivienne Westwood that had no back and so there was a bit when I turned round and the audience saw my bum. I really liked the costume in an objective way, but I hated having to be conscious of not letting anyone see my back before the big moment. I grew to hate it.
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Cats or dogs?
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Dogs
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Favorite cereal:
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Granola
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Who would play you in the movie?
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Noel Coward
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Worst job you ever had:
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I once spent a summer doing a puppet show in kindergartens around the Shetland Islands.
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What movie you've been in would make a great musical?
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"Romy and Michele's High School Reunion" or "Titus"
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