PLAYBILL.COM'S CUE & A: Tom Hewitt
By Ernio Hernandez
22 Sep 2009
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| Tom Hewitt |
Tom Hewitt — current star of Broadway's Chicago revival — fills out Playbill.com's questionnaire with random facts, backstage trivia and pop culture tidbits.
| Full given name: | Thomas Allen Hewitt |
| Hometown: | Victor, Montana |
| Zodiac sign: | Pisces |
| Audition song: | "I Want to Be With You" from Golden Boy |
| First Broadway show ever saw: | I think it was Equus with Anthony Perkins and Tom Hulce. |
| Most played song on your iPod: | "Free At Last" by Antony and the Johnsons |
| Web obsession: | Actors Federal Credit Union |
| Last book you read: | "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy |
| Must-see TV show: | "Dexter" (with a prayer for the return of "Deadwood") |
| Last good movie you saw: | "Julie and Julia." It's loaded with New York actors. |
| Favorite board game: | Apples to Apples |
| Performer you would drop everything to go see: | Bette Midler (and I have). |
| Pop culture guilty pleasure: | XM Radio's 20 on 20 |
| First stage kiss: | At 16 as Tony Kirby in You Can't Take It With You with the Bitterroot Valley Players. Alice slipped me the tongue. |
| Favorite pre-/post-show meal: | Pre-show: Sushi. Post-show: Chorus Boy |
| How you got your Equity card: | As the second messenger in Iphigenia at Aulis at the McCarter Theater in 1982 |
| Worst onstage mishap: | In 1983 on a bus-and-truck of Gigi, I drove an electric car into an off-stage light tower sending it crashing to the stage. It was spectacular. |
| Who have you played on "Law & Order"? Which edition? | I played an a-hole soap opera actor in a scene with Jerry Orbach on "L and O." |
| Worst costume ever: | An orange and pink moo-moo in Antony and Cleopatra. (I was playing Antony, bitches). As I passed the Egyptian guards, they would whisper "Mrs. Roper… It's Mrs. Roper!" |
| Pet's name: | Mac. He's a Shelty. And possibly the best dog in the world. |
| Favorite junk food: | Deep fried anything. |
| Who would play you in the movie? | Young Roddy McDowell in the first half and George Clooney in the second. |
| Worst job you ever had: | Telephone solicitor for Montgomery Ward Auto Club. |
| TV or commercial gig you most enjoyed: | I do the voice-overs for several TV and radio ads for Broadway shows and tours. I feel like I’m part of the team. |
| Leading lady/man role you've been dying to play: | Okay, here's the deal with me and roles. I've played great roles in crappy productions and insignificant roles in shows that changed my life. For me it's about being part of a great theatrical experience… okay, Sweeney Todd. |
| If you had to play one role (you've already done) for the rest of your life, which would it be? | No question. Billy Flynn in Chicago. Great part, three great songs, one fabulous tuxedo, surrounded by fun, smart, sexy people. The best job I've ever had. Many Billys would agree with me. |
