Spamalot - Meet cast member Todd Paul
What do you find appealing about your character and this show?
Wow, where do I start? I've wanted to do this show since it opened on Broadway
in 2005. I'm so excited to be working with a truly stellar cast and crew.
It's so great to be back on the LTA stage!
What
have you learned about yourself in playing the role?
I've
learned that I'm capable of doing so much more theatrically than I
thought. This show stretches you as performer in that you are required to
perform so many different (and I do mean different!) roles and the challenge is
to make all of them memorable but very different.. P.S - I've discovered
that I'm good at a British accent!
What
do you want the audience to experience/take away from this show?
That's
simple - if we've done our jobs correctly - they'll have a good time and
laugh their behinds off. At the same time, there is a subliminal message
(after you have waded through the copious amounts of comedy) that we all
must look within to achieve what we want. And that's just putting it into
a few words without getting TOO serious! It is Monty Python after
all.....
How
does this show differ from other shows you have worked on?
Multiple roles in the same show are something that's not as common in musical
theatre. As I said before, the challenge comes in making each character
memorable and quoting Python'isms, "something completely different".
The best compliment that we can hear is "I didn't realize he did THAT part
too!"
How
long have you been acting and what made you get involved in theatre? How did
you get involved with LTA?
I've
been doing theatre for about 35 years starting in my home state of Missouri.
It's just something I can't break free from!I
haven't been on the LTA stage since 1991 - it was "Bells Are Ringing"
followed by "Baby" the next year. It's great to be back!
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