Full given name: |
Jesse Tyler Ferguson |
Hometown: |
Missoula, Montana |
Zodiac sign: |
Libra |
Audition song: |
I need to retire "Try Me" from She Loves Me. I have been using it since I left school. |
Special skills: |
I have minimal guitar skills. I am a mean Sudoku player. |
First Broadway show ever saw: |
Falsettos |
If you could go back in time and catch any Broadway show, what would it be? |
The original cast of A Chorus Line or Hair |
Current show you have been recommending to friends: |
Spring Awakening |
Favorite show tune: |
"Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered" |
MAC or PC? |
Oh, MAC all the way. |
Most played song on your iPod: |
Right now it is a choral piece I am trying to learn for Midsummer. But before that: "Happy Ending" by Mika. |
One CD you couldn't live without: |
Joni Mitchell, "Blue" |
Must-see TV show: |
I wish I had a highbrow answer: "Top Chef" on Bravo. |
Last good movie you saw: |
I loved "Knocked Up." Genius comedic performances. |
Favorite board/card game: |
Phase Ten. |
Performer you would drop everything to go see: |
Cynthia Nixon. She is a genius! |
Pop culture guilty pleasure: |
I will read US Weekly cover to cover if it is in front of me. |
First stage kiss: |
I think it was Lea DeLaria in On The Town. |
Favorite pre-show meal: |
Don't tell James Lapine, but Celia Keenan-Bolger and I had a beer before our first "Adults Only" performance in Spelling Bee. We were so nervous. Does that count as a meal? |
How you got your Equity card: |
Ten years ago to this very month, at the very theatre I am at right now in George C. Wolfe's revival of On The Town! |
Worst flubbed line: |
I completely blanked on my lyrics to "Come Up to My Place" from On The Town. I basically forgot all my lyrics to the first verse. The orchestra just kept going without me. The first lyrics that were actually sung were Lea DeLaria singing: "Did I hear right? Did you say the Hippodrome?" |
Worst costume ever: |
I did a production of Annie Get Your Gun where I played an Indian in one scene. The costume designer quit during tech so all I was left with was pants. I had to go shirtless. I have red hair and alabaster skin. Do the math. AN INDIAN!!!!! |
Favorite cereal: |
I like oatmeal. |
If you could star in any movie musical, which would it be? |
"How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying." |
Worst job you ever had: |
I honestly have never hated a job. I tended bar at the Winter Garden Theatre while Cats was there. I think I saw the first act more times than Andrew Lloyd Webber did. |