La Jolla Playhouse Blog

Full given name: John Alberto Leguizamo
Hometown: Jackson Heights, Queens New York
Worst job: Working stock room of kentucky fried chicken
First Broadway show you saw: Chorus Line
Preparation before a show: nap, boxing, pushups, cursing and praying.
Worst costume: captain vegetable on sesame street
Favorite part of the production process: On set doing as many ‘takes’ as it takes.
Worst onstage [...]

Full given name: Stark Bunker Sands
Hometown: Dallas, Tx
First Broadway show you saw: Starlight Express when I was 9 years old– what a spectacle.
Preparation before a show: Arrive way early so I don’t have to rush. I do enough rushing during the show.
Dream role: Romeo
Worst costume: I was going to say naked but I’m actually starting [...]

As some of you may know, our world premiere musical Bonnie & Clyde is opening on November 10th. Our cast and crew have been working hard to bring the notorious outlaw couple’s story to the stage and we wanted to give you a little sneak peek at what is currently going on behind the scenes [...]

by Tom Dugdale, Assistant Director for Creditors
Today we’re setting aside our table work and getting the play “on its feet.” And a surprise awaits us in the rehearsal room: set pieces and props! Downstage, a medium-sized table is laden with clay, art supplies and a sculpture, which is covered for now with cheesecloth. Elsewhere in [...]

By Erick Sundquist, Wardrobe Supervisor
When people ask what it is I do, they often mistake it for a glamorous job. While it is tons of fun, most overlook the detail it takes to make the show look and run consistently eight times a week. My job is to maintain the look and integrity of the design once [...]

Full Name: Bradley Darryl Wong
Hometown: San Francisco, CA
First Broadway show you saw: I think it was Little Me with Mary Gordon Murray and Victor Garber.
Preparation before a show: shower, pee, brush teeth, electrolyte water, sit-ups, pee, incessant texting: “I’m turning the phone off now…”  Pee.
Dream role: IAGO
Worst costume: “Panther” costume:  La Cage Aux Folles — [...]