| Full given name: | John Lloyd Mills Young |
| Hometown: | Plattsburgh, NY |
| Zodiac sign: | Cancer |
| Audition song: | "Rags to Riches," a pop tune by Adler and Ross |
| First Broadway show ever saw: | Annie 1981 |
| If you could go back in time and catch any Broadway show, what would it be? | The Brando/Tandy A Streetcar Named Desire |
| Current show you have been recommending to friends: | Spring Awakening |
| Favorite showtune: | "So Far" from R&H's Allegro |
| MAC or PC? | PC |
| Most played song on your iPod: | most played album: Rufus Wainwright's "Want One" |
| Last book you read: | "Pacino in Conversation with Lawrence Grobel" |
| Must-see TV show: | CNN all day, everyday |
| Last good movie you saw: | "Dreamgirls" |
| Favorite reality show: | "Project Runway" tied with "Top Chef" |
| Pop culture guilty pleasure: | "Diff'rent Strokes" reruns |
| Favorite pre-show meal: | chicken parm panini |
| Pre-show rituals: | steam inhaler, stretching, 40-min. vocal warmup, pulling tongue with a paper towel, beating myself with rubber massage mallets (how very Catholic) |
| Worst flubbed line: | Oddly possessed by Elmer Fudd in "My Eyes Adored You": "Still I weminisce about the girl I miss and the wuv I left behind." |
| Who have you played on "Law & Order"? Which edition? | Task Force Computer tech in a 9/11-themed episode, "The Ring," opposite Jerry Orbach and Jesse Martin. |
| Cats or dogs? | I live with two cats, but would love a dog. |
| Who would play you in the movie? | Freddie Rodriguez |
| Worst job you ever had: | Word processing in an investment bank. I felt like I was in a morgue. Lots of New York actors who are familiar faces now were there at the same time. Thank God we escaped. |
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