Friday, March 18, 2011

INSIDE ARTES DE LA ROSA with ZAK DACUS REYNOLDS


Inside Artes de la Rosa’s
KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN
with ZAK DACUS REYNOLDS

Today we spend a few minutes with 'the fierce' performer Zak Dacus Reynolds as he tells about his life in and out of the Theater!
• Born & Raised: Fort Worth, TX
• Education: Alumni of Arlington Heights High School, Kids Who Care Musical Theatre
• Zodiac Sign: Taurus
• Audition Monologue: Angels in America
• First Play/Musical You Ever Saw: Rent….I know, cliché.
• Must See TV Show: LOST LOST LOST. OMG….LOST
• Why you work in theatre: The people you work with; how much work you have to put into one rehearsal just to make 1 performance look fierce as hell
• First Role: Robin Starveling w/ Kids Who Care
• Pop Culture Guilty Pleasure: Britney Spears
• First Stage Kiss: Tony- West Side Story
• Pre Show Rituals: Clearing my mind about everything other than how awesome this show is gonna be
• Special Skills: BATON TWIRLING
• Worst Costume Ever: Aladdin
• Favorite Post Show Meal: Pancakes!
• Biggest On Stage Mishap: Singing the end of “Tonight” in West Side Story, not exactly finishing the word “night”….. “Toooooonni…..” and that’s about as far as I got with that.
• Best thing about Fort Worth & the North Side: Tortas and Adam Adolfo
• Skill/talent you wish you had or were better at: Being Fierce
• If you could go back in time and catch any Broadway show, what would it be? Spring Awakening
• Broadway or screen star of the past you would most love to have performed with: Jay Johnson
• Favorite showtune of all time: I got life- Hair
• Some favorite plays/musicals: Spring Awakening, Next To Normal, Hair, In The Heights (sorry Adam), Godspell, Lots more.
• The one performance – attended - that you will never forget: Spring Awakening Dress Tech
• Music that makes you cry, any genre: Jazz…Kurt Elling. Literally, cry.
• Most played song on your iPod: Woo Boost- Rusko
• MAC or PC?: MAC
• Most-visited websites: Am I allowed to talk about this?
• Last book you read: The Hunger Games
• Last good show you saw: Into the Woods
• Worst job you ever had: 3rd grade, folding papers at a library, turning them into apple shapes.
• Who would play you in the movie? Of course, Brad Pitt in Fight Club.
• Leading man role you've been dying to play: Mark in Rent
• Leading lady role you wish you could play: Elphaba in Wicked
• Three things you can't live without: Frostys, Friends, Entertainment
• Something about you that surprises people: Sincerity
• Career you would want if not a performer: Hotel/Restaurant Manager
• "I'll never understand why…" the neverending story ends

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