Raúl Esparza
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Raúl Esparza (born October 24, 1970) is an American stage actor.
Born in Wilmington, Delaware and raised in Miami, Florida, Esparza received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Drama from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. He first drew attention with his performance in the 2000 Broadway revival of The Rocky Horror Show, which won him the Theatre World Award. The following year he appeared off-Broadway in Tick, Tick...BOOM! by Jonathan Larson, garnering a Drama Desk Award nomination as Outstanding Actor in a Musical. He received a Tony Award nomination and a Drama Desk Award for his performance in the ill-fated musical Taboo.
Additional Broadway credits include Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (2005) and Company (2006). His off-Broadway work includes Comedians (2003) and The Normal Heart (2004).
In 1999, Esparza portrayed Che in the national tour of Evita. In regional theatre he has appeared in two Stephen Sondheim musicals, Sunday in the Park with George and Merrily We Roll Along.
Esparza was the subject of a New York Times profile in which he revealed he is bisexual.[1]
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- Official Website
- Raúl Esparza at the Internet Broadway Database
- Raúl Esparza at the Internet Movie Database
- Raúl Esparza at TV.com
- Q&A: Raúl Esparza at Broadway.com
- Raúl Esparza Downstage Center XM radio interview at American Theatre Wing, April 2005
- Performance Working in the Theatre seminar video]] at American Theatre Wing, 2005
