Esparza will make his first appearance at 8 p.m. on WPLG-ABC 10 this week, but it's expected that he'll pop up more than once. He's playing Alfredo Aldarisio, a traveling salesman who hawks homeopathic remedies for depression. In The Fun in Funeral, he offers Chuck (Anna Friel) free samples, which she bakes into feel-good pies for her aunts, Lily (Swoosie Kurtz) and Vivian (Ellen Greene).
Pushing Daisies is, in fact, full of theater veterans: Kristin Chenoweth (the Wicked star plays waitress Olive Snook), Lee Pace (he plays Ned, the guy whose awakens the dead, and his stage credits include The Guardians and Small Tragedy), Friel (Closer), Kurtz (Frozen and Fifth of July), Greene (Little Shop of Horrors) and narrator Jim Dale (Barnum). And now, Esparza.
Here's hoping the in-demand actor is good at multitasking. On Nov. 23, he starts previews as Lenny in the Broadway revival of Harold Pinter's The Homecoming, opposite Ian McShane, Michael McKean and Eve Best. That show opens Dec. 13 at the Cort Theatre. Want info? Visit Telecharge.
Christine... surely you can find more interesting topics than this guy. You've made it clear that you're in love with him already, but enough Christine. There are so many other people and things to write about. Do you really think we care about him as much as you? C'mon... enough already. He WAS from Miami, but he lives in NY now and doesn't give a crap about Miami anymore. And Miami doesn't give a crap about him anymore either.
Posted by: Fred | October 18, 2007 at 01:55 PM
Love? No, but I think Raul is very talented. And I know Miami does matter to him. But more to the point, I'm always looking for blogging topics that are interesting to people who care about theater -- any suggestions?
Posted by: chrisdolen | October 18, 2007 at 03:12 PM