Gary Littman (appearing as Crumpet at New Repertory Theatre) New York: Bonnie & Clyde (Anderson) at the Chernuchin Theatre, A Fine and Private Place (The Raven) at The York Theatre, and Minnie’s Boys (Groucho Marx) at The Jewish Repertory Theatre. Regional: Duck Crossing (Richard Spill) at Premiere Stages, Schmucks (Harpo Marx) at The Wilma, Oklahoma (Ali Hakim) at Atlanta TOTS, Dracula (Renfield) at Premiere Stages, Cabaret (Emcee) at Redondo Music Theatre, Metamorphoses (Phaeton) at Florida Studio Theatre, Sight Unseen (Jonathan Waxman) at Centenary Stage, Chapter Two (Leo) at The Bickford Theatre, The Odd Couple (Speed) at Carousel Dinner Theatre, Annie Get Your Gun (Charlie Davenport) and The Man Who Came To Dinner (Banjo) both at the Art Center of Coastal Carolina, City of Angels (Sonny) at AMT of San Jose, and The Tempest (Ariel) at Actors’ Shakespeare Company. Gary is also voice-over artist, recording everything from cartoons to commercials to audio books.

What is your definition of misery?
Not working

What is your greatest fear?
Not working

What was your first “real” job working in theatre?
Playing Arnold Epstein in Biloxi Blues at a community theatre in Connecticut. I got a check for $25.

Are you a good at waiting tables?
I used to be in three three-month intervals

Which historical figure do you most identify with?
Mel Blanc

Who are your favorite heroes of theatre?
Hume Cronyn, Lee J. Cobb, Lee Strasberg

Who are your favorite heroes in real life?
My Dad, Our President, Everyone who is fighting to save our planet

What do you consider the most overrated virtue?
Piety

What do you consider the most underrated virtue?
Self-awareness

Your favorite painter?
Nature

Your favorite musician?
Mozart

Your favorite playwright?
Besides Shakespeare? Tom Stoppard

When and where were you happiest?
On the edge of a dark stage before the audience comes

What do you most value in colleagues?
Honesty

Is there a class in which you wish you had paid more attention?
Chinese – if I took it – or – Green Energy – if it was available.

If you didn’t work in theatre, what would you do?
Be mad at myself for not doing what I love to do.

What do you consider your greatest achievement?
My present ability to sustain a relationship

What you’d like to be the world’s best at?
Senior celebrity golfer

What book would you read more than once?
Trinity

Who would play you in a movie of your life?
Me. Why? Because I’m an actor.

What sports teams do you follow?
Sorry Bostonians but Mets, Giants, Rangers and UCONN Huskies

Where would you like to spend a vacation?
In the Greek Isles

What car would you like to be seen driving around in?
A Triumph TR4 convertible

What book is currently on your nightstand?
Richard Russo’s That Old Cape Magic

If you could see a great production of a classic play, what would it be?
Oedipus Rex

If you could travel back in time to visit or live in any time in history, when would it be?
Elizabethan England sans the stinky smells

What actor will you see in any project they do?
Tim Roth

Thank you to Gary Littman (tag archive). Photo courtesy of New Repertory Theatre (website | profile | tag archive).

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