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“Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes” by Tony Kushner

Signature Theatre, 2010

Nikki: Yeah, we can’t see what we’re supposed to say.

Star Wars Costumes by Brandon Alinger

World War Z by Max Brooks

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz

William Shakespeare’s The Empire Striketh Back by Ian Doescher

William Shakespeare’s The Jedi Doth Return by Ian Doescher

William Shakespeare’s Star Wars (Verily, A New Hope) by Ian Doescher

Dune by Frank Herbert

The Iliad and The Odyssey by Homer

A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving

The Invasion of the Tearling by Erika Johansen

The Queen of the Tearling by Erika Johansen

Shakespeare Insult Generator by Barry Kraft

Bambi by Felix Salten

William Shakespeare: Complete Plays by William Shakespeare

A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life’s Purpose by Eckhart Tolle

Baby Christian in The Music Man.

Swimming in shirtless Shakespeare.

makes himself say one extra nice thing to everyone he meets

actively talks to the camera crew while he is in an interview

works really well with kids and puppies

gives really good hugs

one time gave his old Play Station away to one of my family friends i’m not kidding

while filming the Hard To Be The Bard music video asked if everyone was ready before rolling and was super nice to us extras and to the crew

created Rotten Acts with Heidi Blickenstaff, a thing where people are encouraged to go out and do nice things for other people and then tweet about it

while filming Smash, apologized to the extras when he had to film another take

let himself lose Billy Eichner’s street games so that his co-star Debra Messing and a random girl on the street could win

his arms have their own twitter (which he’s not affiliated with of course but it’s still funny as hell)

is a giant bookworm

goes to Midtown Comics every Wednesday for the new comic book arrivals

gave a standing ovation to Susan Blackwell for just existing

owns like 5 million Star Wars t-shirts (goals tbh)

owns illegal candles

is super articulate and knows his way with words

has extensive knowledge about the history of codpieces

is really good at imitating dogs and chickens

was the singing eBay guy

named his Macy’s Santa Land Elf “Swifty”

will pause Star Wars non-stop when watching the movies and give comments and fun facts about the movies

takes selfies in his Star Wars helmets

always has Star Wars posters in his dressing room

actually he weaseled his way into getting the biggest dressing room at the St. James and put a bar in there and everything

quotes Yoda when giving uplifting advice to graduating high school students

It’s a phrase you hear pretty often when referring to actors who do both theatre and film/TV.  Theatre is a head to toe art form; you’re going to see the entire performer from the top of their head to their toes.  When you watch a TV show or a movie most of the time you’re looking at them from the waist up.  And a lot of times (but certainly not always) when TV/Movie actors decide to do a play you can tell they’re not used to people being able to see their legs.  They get fidgety or do weird things that are usually hidden because their legs aren’t in the shot.

The best way to describe it I think is this conversation about Christian Borle when he was offered the pilot of Smash: