Full given name: | Jerry Joseph Zaks |
Hometown: | Born in Stuttgart, Germany; raised in Paterson, NJ |
Zodiac sign: | Virgo |
Favorite show tune: | A tie between "Sit Down, You're Rockin' the Boat" and "Tradition" |
Special skills: | Yes |
First Broadway show ever saw: | Do I Hear a Waltz |
Play or musical you wish you had created: | West Side Story |
If you could go back in time and catch any Broadway show, what would it be? | South Pacific |
MAC or PC? | Mac |
Most played song on your iPod: | What's an iPod? |
One CD you couldn't live without: | The Drifters' "Greatest Hits" |
Last book you read: | "Bel Canto" |
Must-see TV show: | Ken Burns' "The War" and any episode of "Everybody Loves Raymond" |
Last good movie you saw: | "Chicago" |
Favorite board/card game: | Poker |
Performer you would drop everything to go see: | Bruce Springsteen |
Pop culture guilty pleasure: | "The O.C." |
First show you ever directed: | The Soft Touch by Neil Cuthbert |
Favorite post-show meal: | Tie between Angus McIndoe, Joe Allen, Gray's Papaya |
Worst flubbed line: | Forgetting the name of my car as Kenickie in Grease |
Easiest star you've worked with: | 5th Amendment |
Cats or dogs? | Dogs |
Favorite cereal: | Wheat Chex |
Who would play you in the movie? | Cagney |
Worst job you ever had: | Directing a TV episode that featured nine "attention challenged" kids. |