| Full given name: | Alexander Cesare (pronounced Chez-ah-ray, accent on the Che) Gemignani |
| Hometown: | Tenafly, NJ |
| Audition song: | "She Loves Me" from She Loves Me, "Lucky To Be Me" from On the Town or "The Mason" from Working |
| Special skills: | I play piano, trumpet and drums and whistle pretty well. |
| First Broadway show ever saw: | Dreamgirls...I was 2 and remember nothing except my Dad conducting a rockin' band |
| If you could go back in time and catch any Broadway show, what would it be? | Really tough question, so I'll ignore it and answer with a few...Lee J. Cobb in Death of a Salesman, Len Cariou in Sweeney Todd, Ethel Merman in Gypsy and On The Twentieth Century, my favorite show album. |
| Current show you have been recommending to friends: | It's been a while, but I loved In The Heights. |
| MAC or PC? | MAC, please. |
| Most played song on your iPod: | Any stand-up comedy (usually George Carlin) and lots of Sarah Vaughan, Martin Sexton, Billy Joel, Kurt Elling, Ben Folds...my life is a constant shuffle....oh, and I'm an avid "Weird Al" Yankovic fan, I have all his albums. |
| One CD you couldn't live without: | Moss (don't ask, just listen, it will change you) |
| Last book you read: | "The Woods" by Harlan Coben (amazing thriller writer) and I'm now re-reading "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole |
| Must-see TV show: | "Mad Men," "Friday Night Lights," "24" |
| Last good movie you saw: | It's been a really long time..hmm...I took out "It's A Wonderful Life" from the library, does that count? |
| Favorite board game: | Balderdash, Taboo, Scrabble |
| Performer you would drop everything to go see: | Eddie Izzard |
| Pop culture guilty pleasure: | "Mythbusters" and "Iron Chef America" |
| First stage kiss: | I kissed my friend, Jess Shanks in a production of Twelfth Night my senior year of high school, but it was such a comedic thing, I can't remember if lips actually touched lips or not...next stage kiss, Claybourne Elder, co-star of Road Show. |
| Favorite post-show meal: | Hummus and Tortilla chips or a PB Sandwich and an apple |
| How you got your Equity card: | 2001 Pittsburgh CLO season in the ensemble with some amazing people. |
| Worst flubbed line: | I went into the recent tour of Sweeney Todd for about 6 weeks and for a series of roughly 3-4 shows in a row, during "Epiphany" instead of singing the correct lyric, "Now he'll never come again!", I sang, "Now I'LL never come again!"....that's right. |
| Who have you played on "Law & Order"? Which edition? | Me and Chris Sieber, man, haven't gotten any of the sweet love from "Law & Order"...maybe we'll be the stars of "Law & Order S.M.U. (Special Musical Unit)" |
| Worst costume ever: | Pretty much everything I wore in George M! my second season at Pittsburgh CLO, but most particularly, the wig I wore in the 2 minute scene at the top of the second act that looked like a dead cat soaked in oil. |
| Cats or dogs? | DOGS DOGS DOGS |
| Who would play you in the movie? | Philip Seymour Hoffman or Pierce Brosnan (one of these is incorrect) |
| Worst job you ever had: | Passing out flyers in the dead of winter in Times Square and Grand Central Station |
| TV or commercial gig you most enjoyed: | Never done straight up TV other than concerts but did a really fun day on "The Producers" movie. |
| Leading man role you've been dying to play: | Harold Hill in The Music Man, Burrs in Lippa's Wild Party, Fred/Petruchio in Kiss Me, Kate with a REALLY killer Lily/Kate. |
