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PLAYBILL.COM'S CUE & A: Tracie Thoms
By Ernio Hernandez
13 Aug 2008
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Tracie Thoms
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| photo by Mike Quain | Tracie Thoms — currently starring in Broadway's Rent — 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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Tracie Nicole Thoms
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Hometown:
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Baltimore, MD
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Zodiac sign:
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Leo
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Audition song:
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"River Deep, Mountain High" by Tina Turner
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Special skills:
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I drive a stick shift! And I can do car stunts since "Death Proof."
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First Broadway show ever saw:
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The Tap Dance Kid
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If you could go back in time and catch any Broadway show, what would it be?
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Once on This Island
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Favorite show tune:
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"Waiting for Life" from Once on This Island
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Most played song on your iPod:
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"Feeling Good" by Nina Simone
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Last book you read:
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Toni Morrison's "Jazz"
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Must-see TV show:
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"Pushing Daisies"
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Last good movie you saw:
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"The Dark Knight"
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Favorite board game:
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Taboo
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Performer you would drop everything to go see:
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Tina Turner
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Pop culture guilty pleasure:
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"American Idol"
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First stage kiss:
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West Side Story when I was 14
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Favorite post-show meal:
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Nachos at El Faro in D.C. while doing Hair in 1997. THE BEST!!! Now: seared tuna and greens at Bar 41.
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How you got your Equity card:
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Up Against the Wind at NYTW in 2001
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Worst onstage mishap:
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I fell up the stairs in The Kennedy Center's "August Wilson's 20th Century" in March. It was pretty embarrassing!!!!
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Who have you played on "Law & Order"? Which edition?
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I played Daniel Sunjata's girlfriend on the regular "Law & Order" in 2004.
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Worst costume ever:
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Ummm...I've been lucky. Or I blocked it out...
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Favorite cereal:
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Froot Loops
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Who would play you in the movie?
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Well...I did....
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Worst job you ever had:
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Jerry's Sub Shop in Owings Mills Mall in Baltimore
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TV or commercial gig you most enjoyed:
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"Wonderfalls," but "Cold Case" is pretty dang awesome, too!
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Leading lady role you've been dying to play:
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Isabella in "Measure for Measure"
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