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PLAYBILL.COM'S CUE & A: Tom Hewitt
By Ernio Hernandez
22 Sep 2009
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Tom Hewitt
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Tom Hewitt — current star of Broadway's Chicago revival — 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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Thomas Allen Hewitt
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Hometown:
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Victor, Montana
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Zodiac sign:
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Pisces
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Audition song:
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"I Want to Be With You" from Golden Boy
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First Broadway show ever saw:
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I think it was Equus with Anthony Perkins and Tom Hulce.
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Most played song on your iPod:
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"Free At Last" by Antony and the Johnsons
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Web obsession:
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Actors Federal Credit Union
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Last book you read:
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"The Road" by Cormac McCarthy
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Must-see TV show:
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"Dexter" (with a prayer for the return of "Deadwood")
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Last good movie you saw:
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"Julie and Julia." It's loaded with New York actors.
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Favorite board game:
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Apples to Apples
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Performer you would drop everything to go see:
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Bette Midler (and I have).
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Pop culture guilty pleasure:
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XM Radio's 20 on 20
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First stage kiss:
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At 16 as Tony Kirby in You Can't Take It With You with the Bitterroot Valley Players. Alice slipped me the tongue.
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Favorite pre-/post-show meal:
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Pre-show: Sushi. Post-show: Chorus Boy
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How you got your Equity card:
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As the second messenger in Iphigenia at Aulis at the McCarter Theater in 1982
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Worst onstage mishap:
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In 1983 on a bus-and-truck of Gigi, I drove an electric car into an off-stage light tower sending it crashing to the stage. It was spectacular.
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Who have you played on "Law & Order"? Which edition?
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I played an a-hole soap opera actor in a scene with Jerry Orbach on "L and O."
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Worst costume ever:
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An orange and pink moo-moo in Antony and Cleopatra. (I was playing Antony, bitches). As I passed the Egyptian guards, they would whisper "Mrs. Roper… It's Mrs. Roper!"
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Pet's name:
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Mac. He's a Shelty. And possibly the best dog in the world.
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Favorite junk food:
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Deep fried anything.
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Who would play you in the movie?
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Young Roddy McDowell in the first half and George Clooney in the second.
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Worst job you ever had:
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Telephone solicitor for Montgomery Ward Auto Club.
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TV or commercial gig you most enjoyed:
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I do the voice-overs for several TV and radio ads for Broadway shows and tours. I feel like I’m part of the team.
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Leading lady/man role you've been dying to play:
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Okay, here's the deal with me and roles. I've played great roles in crappy productions and insignificant roles in shows that changed my life. For me it's about being part of a great theatrical experience… okay, Sweeney Todd.
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If you had to play one role (you've already done) for the rest of your life, which would it be?
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No question. Billy Flynn in Chicago. Great part, three great songs, one fabulous tuxedo, surrounded by fun, smart, sexy people. The best job I've ever had. Many Billys would agree with me.
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