Birthday: 09.17.80
Current Residence: Milwaukee, WI (UGH)
How many times have you seen RENT? I have seen the entire show 16 times... and the first act 18 times.
How many times have you rushed? Ummmm... *thinkin' hard* Well, that's hard to say - I've rushed in Milwaukee on 2 occasions, but saw the show a total of 3 times (free tix once). Rushed once in Madison, but saw it 2 and a half times (free tix twice)... Rushed once in GB, but saw it 3 times (rushed for Sat. and Sun. nights, saw the show for free Sun. matinee - thanx, Bill!!), and rushed in Chicago twice, but saw the show a total of 3 and a half times...
Fave color: Pink... duh - look at this page. I also like red and gray.
Fave food: Ummm... hot dogs, CANDY (Skittles, Chupa Chups), Sweet potatoes, ice cream, green beans... I like food. (If you couldn't tell from my picture. hahahahaha)
Fave book: Matilda by Roald Dahl, Remembrance by Jude Deveraux, If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
Fave movie: Mulan, Runaway Bride, The Emporor's New Groove, Demolition Man, Drop DeadFred, SLC Punk!, The Jackyl... so on and so forth
Fave animal: COWS... cats... an' bunnies
How much do you love Matt? I adore Matt. He's my favorite Mark, but besides all that, he's such a doll when you ask for pictures. He never tires of being blinded with flashes. Well... maybe that time he told us he'd take one "for the stupid web page". lol. He's such a ham. And, he filled out an interview for Kelly and I... for the page. How cool is that?
Why do you love Matt as much as you do? Um, besides the fact that he's (as I like to say) "talent personified", he's really a very sweet, genuine guy. At the stage door, he's very softspoken and real. Also... I never really understood the MEANING of What You Own until I saw Matt perform it. He plays Mark the way you picture Mark to be played. It's tender, comical... basically, it's flawless. His solo music is... just... WOW. I can't even put words together for it. (And that's saying something when something makes me speechless. :) He's just an all-around amazing guy.
Fave Matt quote: So, so many: "Hold me closer now, make believe I'm someone else..." & "I could start a religion with the things I don't do." - Wither ; "Not another lifetime sitting back, waiting for a kiss to come and save me before you break me...: - Here We Go Again ; "It's not that I'm unfeeling... I don't expect you to be mine..." - Broken ; "I'm sick of this fight, thanks and goodnight..." - Look Alive ; "I'm already a smudge in your beautiful sky." & "Had it been anyone but you and that mouth..." & "I'm already a threat to your newest disease..." - Take One Look ; "I don't have any power." - said with this baby voice when he had no power to his guitar at ThaiJoe's in Milwaukee, 08.26.01. ; "Thanks, guys... Do you guys wanna like get in the van and travel with us? Everywhere we go, just go 'YEAH!'" (in response to us cheering when he said he was playing 'Divide and Conquer' at Thai Joe's again.) ; "Mmm. That's great water." - said into the mic... to the entire venue after Matt drank some of the Evian Kelly and I gave him (again) at Thai Joe's.
Fave Matt song? September, Take One Look, Wither, On Your Way, and Here We Go Again... followed very closely by Cookie Jar, Seven Seas, Look Alive, Divide and Conquer, and Goodbye ( I just love them all!!)
Fave song from RENT: Over the Moon, Take Me or Leave Me, Glory, and Seasons of Love... and You'll See when Brian is on - that man SO kicks my ass. Your Eyes, but ONLY if Jeremy's on. Otherwise that song bores me. heh.
Fave line from RENT: "I should tell you I'm disaster..." ; "Find... glory... beyond the cheap, colored lights..." "There will always be women in rubber flirting with ME."
Fave character from RENT: Maureen - she's SO adorable... I also REALLY dig Benny.
If you could be one person in RENT, who would it be? Maureen. For many reasons... she's adorable, funny, and her songs are a BLAST to sing to. Also, she's the one character that I can semi-relate myself to. And... 've been collecting cows for YEARS, so I feel a kinship with Elsie.
Fave actor/actress who's been in RENT: Oh, Lord. Jeremy Kushnier (he plays Roger the way Roger is SUPPOSED to be played... and... *thud*), Maggie Benjamin (how CUTE is she???... her Maureen is perfect if you ask me - her OTM brings me to tears of laughter without fail), Dominique Roy (don't even get me started on how much I think SHE kicks ass... I'll be here all night), Joshua Kobak (he's one of the nicest, most genuine, thankful, sincere people I've ever met. And he's a GREAT story teller... and his Roger kicks my ass) and... more recently, Karmine Alers, and Haven Burton... and... of course... Matt.
OBC, Angel, Collins, or Benny Cast? OMG. Don't even get me started. BENNY CAST. *snarlhiss* I'm so sad to see this cast close. Everyone plays their part so beautifully... and everyone is SO sweet at the stage door. Makes me wanna cry. *sigh* Thank God for MattCaplan.com. However... even though I am heart-broken to see the Bennies go... I'm really looking forward to the Joannes...