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PLAYBILL.COM'S CUE & A: Daniel Breaker
By Ernio Hernandez
28 May 2008
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Daniel Breaker
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| photo by Ernio Hernandez | Daniel Breaker — the Tony Award-nominated star of Broadway's new musical Passing Strange — fills out Playbill.com's questionnaire with random facts, backstage trivia and pop culture tidbits.
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Full given name:
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Daniel Eric Breaker |
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Hometown:
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Jacksonville, FL; Ft. Riley, KS; Zwiebrucken, Germany (I'm an army brat)
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Zodiac sign:
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Gemini
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Special skills:
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I'm a cooking fiend
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First Broadway show ever saw:
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Medea with Fiona Shaw (amazing!)
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If you could go back in time and catch any Broadway show, what would it be?
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Anything James Earl Jones was doing...anything.
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Current show you have been recommending to friends:
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August: Osage County (3 1/2 hours of dysfunction? a must see)
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Favorite show tune:
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Do operas count? If so, Desdemona's Act IV aria from Verdi's Otello
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MAC or PC?
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MAC, and loving it
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Most played song on your iPod:
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It's a tie: Brahms Symphony No. 4, (Allegro non troppo) and Debussy string quartet, (Andantino doussement expressif)
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Last book you read:
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"The Stone Raft" by Jose Saramago
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Must-see TV show:
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"In Treatment" on HBO (Pinter-esque writing and stellar acting from just about everyone. Gabriel Byrne is a lesson in restraint)
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Last good movie you saw:
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"Children of Men"
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Favorite board game:
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Scrabble!
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Performer you would drop everything to go see:
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Gustavo Dudamel (Genius conductor from Venezuela...and he's only 26!)
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First stage kiss:
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Midsummer Night's Dream; Mark H. Dold (Oberon) kisses me (Puck) three times. That was a Mark Lamos production in DC.
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Favorite post-show meal:
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Steak au Poivre and a glass of red wine at "Bistro" across the street from the Belasco (Also my favorite restaurant in midtown)
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How you got your Equity card:
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Lee Blessing's Blacksheep at BSC right out of school
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Worst onstage mishap:
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Taming of the Shrew. As a bouquet of fake flowers was stuffed in my mouth, the wire piping stabbed me under my tongue. I bled for the rest of the scene. Fun!
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Who have you played on "Law & Order"? Which edition?
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"Criminal Intent." I auditioned for a thug from Brooklyn, and they offered me "Zack," the nerd with the pocket protector.
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Worst costume ever:
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A multi-layered wool suit, fur coat, fat suit, long wig and itchy beard for this obscure opera I did years ago. Oh yeah, and I was suspended in the air.
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Favorite cereal:
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Kashi
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Who would play you in the movie?
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Hopefully, me...but probably Dulé Hill.
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Worst job you ever had:
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Working for the census in August in Jacksonville, FL
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TV or commercial gig you most enjoyed:
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Five Papa John's commercials (free trips to LA and the best damn craft services I've ever had).
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