Talk about the wonderful cast that surrounds you on stage…
The dancers and the rest of the cast are so talented. We've got people who have been around forever and others who are making their Broadway debuts. There's so many people that weren't born when I was doing "Fraiser" – which is so upsetting!
It's such a tight-looking cast as well that you can really see are behaving on stage as company…
They were all encouraged to be their own characters and not in an artsy way, but they've all developed wonderful character stories and histories. If you wanted to sit in the audience and just watch one ensemble member all night, then you would leave knowing their story. You would be able to say – oh!, he's in love with her and is sad about that. So through the prism of the show with such a strong story, it fits together.
How did you hear the nomination news?
I had just flown in from Washington, DC and had gotten off the plane and was checking messages on my cell phone in the parking lot of La Guardia airport, so I'll always have a soft spot for La Guardia. It's the best parking lot in the world!
Photo by Walter McBride/Retna Ltd.
