Rejected Broadway.com Questionnaire
Sorry for not updating this during the run. I owe a real blog post later, but in the meanwhile, I wanted to post the Broadway.com Questionnaire that our fantastic actors filled out. Unfortunately Broadway.com never used it, and since we closed last night I assume they have no intention of it. So I figured, why let it go to waste? I bring you the rejected Broadway.com Oe4K Questionnaire, as done by the trio before the show began.
1. Describe your show (and its appeal) in 20 words or less.
LAURA JORDAN (Jocasta,Oracle,"Mommy"): A wacky, farcical romp that is all Avenue Q wishes it could be…suck on that!
GAVIN LEWIS (Tedipus,Laius,Sphinxy,Teiresias ): Sex, death and children's theatre.
REED PRESCOTT (Oedipus): Well, I don't know more than 20 words, so this shouldn't be too hard.
2. What are your source materials for this piece, and what, in your eyes makes them sing? Why is this a musical?
LAURA: If a Greek tragedy doesn't make you want to sing then the art form itself has serious issues
GAVIN: Look, I do what I'm told.
REED: Um, well, my eyes don't sing. My mouth does. And besides, I poke my eyes out at the end anyway.
3. What are your inspirations?
LAURA: Frankly, I am my own inspiration…but if pressed for influences, I guess…US Weekly.
GAVIN: Klaus Kinski, PS2, death metal and Aqua Teen Hunger Force.
REED: Um, I'm not sure what makes me inspirate, but I now use a heavy-duty deodorant to fix that problem.
4. What was the first musical you ever saw?
LAURA: Oliver, thus learning right away that children have appropriate places in life and one of them is NOT the legitimate stage…but workhouses and a pickpocket's den are fine.
GAVIN: Emmit Otter's Jugband Christmas.
REED: Mrs. Mendelbaum's 4th Grade Multi-Cultural Holiday Extravaganza". I was supposed to be Candle Number Seven, but I got the chicken pox and couldn't make it to rehearsals. The following year I got to be in Mr. O'Shanahan's Arbor Day Gala where I played the antagonist, the Asian Longhorn Beetle.
5. If you could have anyone in New York see your show, who would it be and why?
LAURA: Duh – Don Buchwald, Super Agent!
GAVIN: Jesus Christ because he could definitely get me a job and he needs to get out more.
REED: The great acting teacher and Science-ologist, Claudio Mento.
6. What is the best musical ever written?
LAURA: In My Life.
GAVIN: The one that gives me a paycheck. Just kidding! Cop Rock, episode 1.
REED: The Vibrations. Because calling it Good Vibrations is an overstatement.
1. Describe your show (and its appeal) in 20 words or less.
LAURA JORDAN (Jocasta,Oracle,"Mommy"): A wacky, farcical romp that is all Avenue Q wishes it could be…suck on that!
GAVIN LEWIS (Tedipus,Laius,Sphinxy,Teiresias ): Sex, death and children's theatre.
REED PRESCOTT (Oedipus): Well, I don't know more than 20 words, so this shouldn't be too hard.
2. What are your source materials for this piece, and what, in your eyes makes them sing? Why is this a musical?
LAURA: If a Greek tragedy doesn't make you want to sing then the art form itself has serious issues
GAVIN: Look, I do what I'm told.
REED: Um, well, my eyes don't sing. My mouth does. And besides, I poke my eyes out at the end anyway.
3. What are your inspirations?
LAURA: Frankly, I am my own inspiration…but if pressed for influences, I guess…US Weekly.
GAVIN: Klaus Kinski, PS2, death metal and Aqua Teen Hunger Force.
REED: Um, I'm not sure what makes me inspirate, but I now use a heavy-duty deodorant to fix that problem.
4. What was the first musical you ever saw?
LAURA: Oliver, thus learning right away that children have appropriate places in life and one of them is NOT the legitimate stage…but workhouses and a pickpocket's den are fine.
GAVIN: Emmit Otter's Jugband Christmas.
REED: Mrs. Mendelbaum's 4th Grade Multi-Cultural Holiday Extravaganza". I was supposed to be Candle Number Seven, but I got the chicken pox and couldn't make it to rehearsals. The following year I got to be in Mr. O'Shanahan's Arbor Day Gala where I played the antagonist, the Asian Longhorn Beetle.
5. If you could have anyone in New York see your show, who would it be and why?
LAURA: Duh – Don Buchwald, Super Agent!
GAVIN: Jesus Christ because he could definitely get me a job and he needs to get out more.
REED: The great acting teacher and Science-ologist, Claudio Mento.
6. What is the best musical ever written?
LAURA: In My Life.
GAVIN: The one that gives me a paycheck. Just kidding! Cop Rock, episode 1.
REED: The Vibrations. Because calling it Good Vibrations is an overstatement.
Oedipus for Kids! plays as part of the