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Interview with Steven Brinberg and alter ego Babs

February 18th, 2009 by Oscar E Moore

Lucky Fort Lauderdale!  Steven will be appearing at the Rising Action Theatre Company February 19th – March 15th in Simply Barbra Salutes the Oscars.  954 561 2225  www.risingactiontheatre.com

I thought it might be fun to interview him as him and him as her.  The results are fascinating.

OEM:  WHO OR WHAT WAS YOUR GREATEST INFLUENCE?

Steven Brinberg:  Barbra Streisand

Barbra Streisand:  Lena Horne, Diahann Carroll and Lee Wiley – for their phrasing.

OEM:  GREATEST FEAR?

SB:  Insects.

BS:  Forgetting lyrics.

OEM:  GREATEST WISH?

SB:  To live in a warm climate.

BS:  World peace.

OEM:  GREATEST INSECURITY?

SB:  Everything!

BS:  Forgetting lyrics.

OEM:  WHAT WAS YOUR FAVORITE CHILDREN’S STORY?

SB:  The Little Prince.

BS:  Cinderella.

OEM:  IF YOU COULD CHANGE ANYTHING ABOUT YOURSELF WHAT WOULD THAT BE?

SB:  I’d be taller…but then my act would be ruined…I’m already a little taller than Barbra!

BS:  More time to do everything.

OEM:  IN A WORD DEFINE SUCCESS

SB:  Success (in show biz anyway) is not having to wait for the phone to ring for the next job.

BS:  Success is having a honeydew melon and only eating the sweet part on the top.

OEM:  IN A WORD DEFINE HAPPINESS

SB:  Music.

BS:  Happy?  I’d be miserable if I were happy.

OEM:  WHAT WAS YOUR WORST AUDITION?  FOR WHOM?  FOR WHAT?  DID YOU GET THE PART?

SB:  Merrily We Roll Along.  The chorus.  Didn’t get it.

BS:  The Fantasticks.  Didn’t get it and later was first to record the songs.

OEM:  WHAT WAS YOUR BIGGEST BREAK?

SB:  Sondheim’s birthday concert in DC…pretty cool having him SING into my answer machine!

BS:  I CAN GET IT FOR YOU WHOLESALE.

OEM:  ULTIMATE DESTINATION?

SB:  The Moon (pretend woman in the moon).

BS:  The moon.

OEM:  FAVORITE FOOD?

SB:  Old fashioned NY-Jewish Cantonese Chinese (an endangered species).

BS:  Coffee Ice Cream.

OEM:  LUCKY NUMBER?

SB:  21.

BS:  24.

OEM:  LUCKY DAY?

SB:  Monday.

BS:  Tuesday.

OEM:  LUCKY CHARM?

SB:  My dad’s ring, previously my grandfather’s.

BS:  Any of my little white dogs from Sadie onward.

OEM:  WHAT WAS THE FIRST SHOW YOU EVER SAW?

SB:  FIDDLER ON THE ROOF.

BS:  THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK.

OEM:  IF YOU HAD A BILLION DOLLARS WHAT WOULD YOU DO WITH IT?

SB:  Produce musicals on stage and screen that no one else would, like COCO and WILDCAT!

BS:  I do have a billion dollars.

OEM:  WHAT’S THE ONE QUESTION YOU ARE REALLY TIRED BEING ASKED?

SB:   Have you ever met her and what does she think?  I haven’t and I’m still not certain how much she knows about me!

BS:  Are you difficult to work with?

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