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PLAYBILL.COM'S CUE & A: Kelli O'Hara
By Ernio Hernandez
11 Jun 2008
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Kelli O'Hara
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Kelli O'Hara — Tony Award-nominated star of the Broadway revival of South Pacific — 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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Kelli Christine O'Hara — Now it's Kelli O'Hara Naughton :)
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Hometown:
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Edmond, Oklahoma
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Audition song:
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It always changes depending on the show. I used to sing a cut song from Sweet Smell of Success a lot. These days, it's anybody's guess.
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Special skills:
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Well, I think my resume says things like funny faces, high notes, dialects, gymnastics/tumbling, etc. These days, I think my special skill is picking great leading men (on and off the stage).
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First Broadway show ever saw:
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Master Class
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If you could go back in time and catch any Broadway show, what would it be?
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South Pacific, of course
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Current show you have been recommending to friends:
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In the Heights!!!! Wow!
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Favorite show tune:
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Yikes! I refuse to answer.
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Most played song on your iPod:
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Something by John Mayer
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Last book you read:
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"Widow for One Year" - John Irving
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Must-see TV show:
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"Top Chef"
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Last good movie you saw:
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"The Visitor" or "Eagle vs. Shark"
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Favorite board game:
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Scrabble (but I'm pretty bad)
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Performer you would drop everything to go see:
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Greg Naughton
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Pop culture guilty pleasure:
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"Friends" I was totally into it. I miss those guys. And "Top Chef"!!!!
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First stage kiss:
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West Side Story...believe it or not, I actually played "Maria," and I got to kiss the cutest guy in all of Deer Creek High School (see? another good leading man).
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Favorite post-show meal:
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Anytime (but not too terribly often) I love to go across to Rosa Mexicana with cast members for made-to-order guacamole and pomegranate margaritas. For pre-show meals, I stick with a salad or soup or both...sometimes sushi. I've made the mistake of having chili! Never again.
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How you got your Equity card:
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My 2nd job after I moved here was a production of the Yeston/Kopit Phantom at the Downtown Cabaret Theatre in Bridgeport CT. They gave me my card, and I loved every minute of it.
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Worst missed cue:
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Oh, there are many good choices. But the worst was during "Follies" on Broadway. I was thrown on for a role with no rehearsal, obviously feeling like a nervous wreck! Things were going fairly well, and I was down in the quick-change area halfway into my next costume when I heard my cue line over the monitor (I had forgotten a whole scene!). Thankfully, it was Blythe Danner and Treat Williams making up for my absence onstage (they handled it with ease), but I've never gotten over it.
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Worst costume ever:
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When I was in 5th grade, I played "Jumbo the Elephant" in the school play (No, not Dumbo...Jumbo), and I wore an elephant costume that went embarrassingly well with my chubby body at the time.
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Cats or dogs?
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I have a black Lab named Ella.
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Favorite cereal:
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I love oatmeal. But I could go to town on some Cinnamon Life.
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Who would play you in the movie?
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Wow, I would hope they'd invite me to do that, but if not, then my dream would be Laura Linney.
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Worst job you ever had:
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I grew up on a farm, and chopping cotton was a big job for my siblings and me. I used to think of it as the worst job in the world...walking up and down the rows of cotton with a hoe, chopping weeds in the hot sun. Ugh. Now, thinking back, I actually love those memories. I used to sing in those aisles.
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TV or commercial gig you most enjoyed:
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I recently shot a short film industrial directed by Martin Scorsese. It was one of the neatest experiences! It was an Alfred Hitchcock spoof, and I was dressed up as Eva Marie Saint. Simon Baker was my "Carey Grant." See? Another leading man score!
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