  | PLAYBILL.COM'S CUE & A: Tonya Pinkins
By : Ernio Hernandez 02 May 2007
Tonya Pinkins - currently starring on Broadway in - fills out Playbill.com's questionnaire with random facts, backstage trivia and pop culture tidbits. |
| Full given name: | Tonya "Toni" Pinkins | | Hometown: | Chitown, Chicago, Illinois | | Zodiac sign: | Gemini, the Twins. I even have two life lines on my right palm. | | Audition song: | "Don't Rain on My Parade" () | | First Broadway show ever saw: | Sweeney Todd | | If you could go back in time and catch any Broadway show, what would it be? | Nicholas Nickleby | | Current show you have been recommending to friends: | Coram Boy | | Favorite showtune: | "The Ladies Who Lunch" () | | MAC or PC? | MAC. I don't do instruction manuals. | | One CD you couldn't live without: | "Yolanda Adams Live in Washington" | | Last book you read: | "The Natural Superiority of Women" by Ashley Montagu. | | Must-see TV show: | "Prison Break" and "24" | | Last good movie you saw: | "The Last Mimzy" | | Favorite reality show: | "Project Runway" | | Performer you would drop everything to go see: | Tina Turner | | Pop culture guilty pleasure: | blogging | | Favorite pre-show meal: | caviar at Russian Samovar | | Worst onstage mishap: | While playing Billie Holiday at Victory Gardens in Chicago, my dress fell down and it made the paper. The four stage hands rushed onstage to assist me. | | Who have you played on "Law & Order"? Which edition? | Pilot of the original: I was witness to a murder. Last season: a murdering soccer mom. | | Special skills: | pole dancing to the music on the IRS hold line. | | Cats or dogs? | black Pomeranian | | Favorite pizza topping: | sausage pizza, sliced in squares | | Who would play you in the movie? | Queen Latifah | | Worst job you ever had: | Teaching customers to use the first ATM machines in 1982. | |
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