Ruth williamson why not me

Arnie Burton. Mylinda Hull. The New Yorkers Encores! Male Ensemble. Scarlett Strallen. Robyn Hurder. Tam Mutu.

Kevin Chamberlin. Die Mommie Die! Die, Mommie, Die! Cast Recording Ruth Williamson. Swingtime Canteen Ruth Williamson. Why Not Me? RW: Oh, God! This is going to get me in a lot of trouble. I was playing very much an Eve Arden character, so I thought this is so outrageous, so offbeat, it's got to be good.

And it was a huge disaster. I don't think I ever put it on the resume. I knew I was in trouble when I got the theatre and realized that it was in the round and all my character did all night was asides. Now, you tell me, how do you do asides in the round? I was spinning. That was a ridiculous chapter in my career.

PBOL: On to more ridiculous chapters. What was the most embarrassing thing that ever happened to you? I don't get to talk about any of my triumphs?! Well, this is something I have great remorse about. I was doing the national tour of Annie and I realized I was faint. Things started to spin and I walked to the wings with the opening vamp to "Little Girls" still going, and got to the stage manager and said "Eddie, I think you may want to bring down the curtain" and passed out cold.

I came to and there were paramedics working on me. But the one thing I do remember is all they really wanted to do was get that wig off me and put it on the understudy. PBOL: Let's be fair.

What to you regard as your greatest triumph? I was very proud to be a part of that. It was an extraordinary experience working with that cast and [author] Lynda Barry and [director] Mark Brokaw.

But the thing that I've gotten the most attention for was the The Green Heart. PBOL: Was that a good experience? RW: Yes and no. It was disappointing. Because I had been in development with it for a couple years and I wanted it to have a much better life than it had.

So I was not happy with the way it was mounted and I was not happy with its demise. But it was a great opportunity to do basically everything I do best and it just solidified my friendship with Charles Busch. In Charles' words, he understands my trip. So he knows how to write for me. It's such a luxury when somebody can do that for you. PBOL: Do you have a dream role? I can't believe I haven't played that. But truthfully, I'm known for musical theatre, but I really like being just an actor best.

Even in the musical theatre, I think I'm thought of as more of an actor than a singer, which is exactly the way I want it.

Read Reviews for the Tick, Tick The tour of the Tony-winning revival officially opened in Minneapolis November 9.