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PLAYBILL.COM'S CUE & A: Sam Robards
By Ernio Hernandez
06 Aug 2008
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Sam Robards
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Sam Robards — who currently stars in Broadway's The 39 Steps — 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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Sam Prideaux Robards
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Hometown:
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New York City
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Zodiac sign:
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Sagittarius
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First Broadway show ever saw:
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I'm sure that I saw some that I don't remember — the first one I remember is Cactus Flower.
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If you could go back in time and catch any Broadway show, what would it be?
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I would like to have seen my grandfather on stage or anything that John Wilkes Booth was in.
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MAC or PC?
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MAC, come on, is there any other choice?
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Most played song on your iPod:
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Toss up between "The Auld Triangle" by the Dubliners or "Swagger" by Flogging Molly.
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Last book you read:
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"Where's Waldo?"
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Must-see TV show:
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Anything that has been TIVOed.
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Last good movie you saw:
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"Pusher," it's Danish.
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Favorite card game:
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Strip poker.
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Performer you would drop everything to go see:
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If the real Che actually appeared in Evita.
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Pop culture guilty pleasure:
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"The Soup"
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First stage kiss:
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Album, Jan Leslie Harding.
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Favorite pre-/post-show meal:
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Pre-show would be a protein shake and post-show would be a cheeseburger.
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How you got your Equity card:
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I was an understudy/assistant stage manager on Album.
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Who have you played on "Law & Order"? Which edition?
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I played a religious leader on the first “Law & Order” and also appeared on "Criminal Intent."
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Worst costume ever:
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I was in a play called Flux and had to wear just my underwear.
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Cats or dogs?
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Bearded dragons
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Favorite cereal:
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Chocolate Frosted Sugar Bomb
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Who would play you in the movie?
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Most definitely an extra.
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Worst job you ever had:
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Counting 100 dozen earrings by hand.
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TV or commercial gig you most enjoyed:
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The one commercial I did, we played Washington's men at Valley Forge and we sailed down the Delaware River with Styrofoam icebergs and I pushed a cannon up the hill.
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Leading man role you've been dying to play:
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The voice of Happy Smurf.
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