Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Iowa and Opera Make Gregg Edelman Cry

Q: Music that makes you cry, any genre?
A: Movie music can really start my waterworks. Just ask my wife. At the top of that list is the score to "Field of Dreams." However, opera is a very close second. Pavarotti singing "Nessun Dorma" stops me in my tracks.

For more fascinating trivia about the actor, go to "Cue & A" on Playbill.

Four-time Tony Award nominee Gregg Edelman, starring in the Primary Stages production of A.R. Gurney's Black Tie, fills out Playbill.com's questionnaire with random facts, backstage trivia and pop-culture tidbits. Edelman has appeared on Broadway in Into the Woods (Cinderella's Prince), 1776 (Edward Rutledge), City of Angels (Stine), Passion (Colonel Ricci), Falsettos (Marvin), Cabaret (Clifford Bradshaw), Les Misérables (Javert), Cats (Growltiger), Anna Karenina (Constantine Levin), Wonderful Town (Robert Baker), Anything Goes (Billy Crocker) and A Tale of Two Cities (Dr. Alexandre Manette). Screen credits include "Little Children," "Spider-Man 2," "Crimes and Misdemeanors" and "The Proposal."