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PLAYBILL.COM'S CUE & A: Kelly Sullivan
By Ernio Hernandez
27 Aug 2008
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Kelly Sullivan
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Kelly Sullivan — who recently joined the cast of Broadway's Young Frankenstein — 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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Kelly Sullivan
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Hometown:
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Puyallup, Washington. Pronounced "pui," not "pew"
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Audition song:
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I love singing "Somebody Somewhere" from The Most Happy Fella.
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Special skills:
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Yodeling… who knew?
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First Broadway show ever saw:
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The revival of Cabaret.
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If you could go back in time and catch any Broadway show, what would it be?
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Gwen Verdon in anything she did.
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Current show you have been recommending to friends:
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August: Osage County
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Favorite show tune:
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The entire score of A Little Night Music.
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Most played song on your iPod:
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I'm a shuffler.
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One CD you couldn't live without:
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"A Charlie Brown Christmas" album
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Last book you read:
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"The Pillars of the Earth" - Ken Follett
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Favorite board game:
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Cranium, I haven't lost a game yet...
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Performer you would drop everything to go see:
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Laura Linney
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Pop culture guilty pleasure:
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"So You Think You Can Dance." I love it!!
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First stage kiss:
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In high school, I did a community theater production of The Fantasticks, in Tacoma, Washington. I played Luisa and Matt was played by Michael Buchanan (who was just in Cry-Baby). xoxo Michael!
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Favorite post-show meal:
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My favorite post-show splurge is frozen yogurt and mocha at Red Mango.
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How you got your Equity card:
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My first Broadway show, Bells Are Ringing. I was 22 years old and had just arrived in New York City.
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Worst onstage mishap:
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I was playing Roxie in a production of Chicago, at the Pioneer Theater Company. During the first preview, I was dramatically exiting stage right after telling off Billy Flynn, and I tripped over some floor lights. I went down like a tree in the forest and was kissing the ground before I knew what happened. I was so embarrassed — I picked myself up and hurried into my dressing room, only to have the stage manager run in and see if I was ok. I wanted to crawl under my chair! Needless to say, I had big bruises on my shins and elbows for the next few weeks.
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Who have you played on "Law & Order"? Which edition?
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"Law & Order: Criminal Intent": I played an astronaut about to go on a mission to the moon, but was murdered by a jealous wife. The episode also involved another astronaut who was discovered with diapers in her trunk...sound familiar? I was pepper sprayed and then stabbed to death.
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Worst costume ever:
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A G-string, bra, and knee-high pink leather boots...and that's it folks. I played a stripper in the Off-Broadway play, Burleigh Grimes, at New World Stages. Oh, and there was a stripper pole, too.
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Cats or dogs?
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Dogs! I have an adorable pug named Guinivere, and she is quite a lady!
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Favorite cereal:
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Honey Bunches of Oats
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Who would play you in the movie?
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Hopefully I'd play myself! But if I wasn't available, Amy Adams.
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Worst job you ever had:
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Performing in a Culligan Water Industrial in college. I was holding a small jug of Culligan Water in each hand dancing around a giant water dispenser, singing something about filtered water.
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TV or commercial gig you most enjoyed:
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Working on "Law & Order" opposite Amy Ryan and Tate Donovan...and the rest of the incredible "L&O" cast.
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Leading lady role you've been dying to play:
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Portia in The Merchant of Venice.
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