A SPECIAL Q & A WITH SONS OF THE PROPHET'S JOANNA GLEASON

Written by The Best of Off Broadway
Published 2011-09-08

What is your full given name?
Joanna


What is your hometown?
Fairfield, CT, born in Toronto, though

What was the first Broadway show you ever saw?
"How To Succeed in Business..."(the original)

What was your worst onstage mishap?
In changing clothes from 'Orlando' the boy to 'Rosalind', the girl, (in "As You Like It")I was in such a hurry to make my entrance that I ran up the front of my gown and got smaller and smaller, looking like the Hunchback of Notre Dame

If you could go back in time and catch any show, what would it be?
"Streetcar Named Desire" or "My Fair Lady"

What is the leading lady role you’ve been dying to play?
Oh, should have asked me 20 years ago! That ship has sailed!

Which cartoon character is most like you?
both Boris AND Natasha

What is your favorite junk food?
Cheetohs. crunchy, not puffed

Who would play you in the movie?
Catherine Keener

What is the most challenging role you’ve ever played?
Alison in "Something You Did", by Willy Holtzman

What CD could you never live without?
The Goldberg Variations, Glenn Gould

Who is your role model?
my husband

What is your pop culture guilty pleasure?
Project Runway

Besides Theater, what was your favorite school subject?
Chemistry

What movie would you like to see become a show?
The Princess Bride.....please, everyone, try again!


Joanna Gleason is currently performing in Sons of the Prophet which is playing Off-Broadway at The Laura Pels Theatre.

Sons of the Prophet is a refreshingly honest take on how we cope with wounds that just won't heal, and the funniest play about human suffering you're likely to see.

Click here to purchase Off-Broadway tickets to see Joanna Gleason in Sons of the Prophet.

 

 

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