| Full given name: | David Jonathan Pittu |
| Hometown: | Fairfield, CT |
| Audition song: | "Gigolo" by Cole Porter |
| Special skills: | Drawing, arranging/decorating rooms |
| First Broadway show ever saw: | Annie, on a school field trip |
| If you could go back in time and catch any Broadway show, what would it be? | All the original productions of the Prince/Sondheim shows from the 70s and anything with Gwen Verdon |
| Current show you have been recommending to friends: | The 39 Steps |
| Favorite show tune: | Impossible to name just one: so many Sondheim masterpieces, including Gypsy and West Side Story, but several from A Chorus Line, especially "Hello Twelve, Hello Thirteen" and "At the Ballet" |
| Most played song on your iPod: | "Rhapsody in Blue" |
| One CD you couldn't live without: | Pacific Overtures, Original Cast Recording |
| Last book you read: | "The Plot Against America" by Philip Roth |
| Must-see TV show: | "South Park," though "Maude" and "Mary Hartman" on DVD are pretty great |
| Last good movie you saw: | Hitchcock's "Lifeboat" was on TV the other night — had to watch it again |
| Performer you would drop everything to go see: | I love Jim Norton, the Spanish actor Sergi Lopez, I love Dame Edna, and I still won't miss a Meryl Streep movie (even "Mamma Mia!") |
| Pop culture guilty pleasure: | YouTube |
| First stage kiss: | As You Like it in high school |
| Favorite pre-show meal: | Salmon and Yerba Mate are great before a show — so good for your brain! |
| How you got your Equity card: | As an assistant stage manager/understudy for The Tenth Man at Lincoln Center |
| Worst onstage mishap: | This summer doing A Flea in Her Ear at Williamstown, I had to burst in, bang on a door and scream, "Open this door!" but when I came on, the door was already open, so I had to close it, then say the line — the audience roared. |
| Who have you played on "Law & Order"? Which edition? | I've been on all of them, but a lot of people seem to remember the regular "L&O" where I play a gay father whose baby gets kidnapped by the birth mother |
| Worst costume ever: | The one time I was on "Sex & the City," the shirt and pants they put me in made me feel like a Club Monaco salesperson |
| Cats or dogs? | No, but a dog someday I hope |
| Who would play you in the movie? | Miley Cyrus |
| Worst job you ever had: | Mopping the stage after a play in which cream pies were thrown |
| TV or commercial gig you most enjoyed: | A small recurring thing I did on "Rescue Me" playing a therapist |
| Leading man role you've been dying to play: | I've always wanted to play Napoleon |
