Raúl E. Esparza
@RaulEEsparza
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L&O: SVU (S14-19), The Path, BoJack Horseman, Hannibal, Candy, Dopesick. Official accounts, FB, Twitter, IG: RaulEEsparza. Posts by Raúl, news/links by web team
New York, NY
Joined April 2012
We wanted to remind everyone that @RaulEEsparza is Rául’s only account. Please report or ignore any account pretending to be him.
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Goodbye Barba. Thank you. You changed my life. My squad. And you, you always, my Liv, my friend Mariska. I will always treasure my time with all of you. #SVU #BarbaOnTrial.
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I miss us. I miss the New York stage. We miss you. Our audiences. We hope you feel as blessed as we did putting this together. #Sondheim90Concert.
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And @Lin_Manuel Satisfied is one of the greatest things ever written for the musical theater. Ever. How lucky we are to be alive to see this. @ReneeGoldsberry you are magnificent. So grateful for this tonight. #hamifilm.
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Thanks to everybody saying they’d like me to record an album. I don’t think of myself as a singer, more an actor who can sing. I’ll have to have a good think about this. Maybe i can do something. I’m flattered.
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We are having tech issues but it is being taken care of and we’ll be right with you. Stars are still on the red carpet and we’re waiting for them to get to their seats. The curtain always goes up late on opening night. 🎉.
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Thank you to everyone who joined us tonight. It was meant as a gift for Steve that turned into a gift for you that turned into a gift for us. We are all so much a part of one another in this world. Of people we’ve never met. Our lives stretch very far. #Sondheim90Concert.
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“Don’t you remember? It was good. It was really good. Help me out, Steve. Make it like it was. “ - You are the greatest we ever had, and your words and music are part of every aspect of our lives. But I will miss your laughter most of all. Thank you for every minute.
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ROLL CALL: If you watched #Sondheim90Concert on any platform, whether you tuned in live or streamed after, reply here and tell us your city and country. Represent! #imstillhere.
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Tune in to the SVU and Organized Crime crossover event tonight at 9/8c on NBC. #SVU #OrganizedCrime
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Anybody else see the kid in Lin singing this masterpiece? Saw this and couldn’t stop smiling. #Sondheim90Concert.
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One of the great highlights of my career: working with the great Sam Waterston. What an amazing day this was. That’s Jack McCoy, y’all. #BarbaOnTrial.
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Thank you all for the birthday wishes. It’s incredibly kind and a great feeling to receive so many messages from all around the world. I’m always so moved that what we do onscreen or onstage connects us to so many people we have never met.
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These are some seriously attract cops. And some seriously beautiful humans. Love you all, my SVU family. #svu#barbaontrial.
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“NBC announced it will air a one-hour special on Thursday, Jan. 2, featuring members of the cast and former stars. Although it sounds short, the special will cover 21 years of SVU history.”
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‘Law & Order: SVU’ Alum Raul Esparza To Star In NBC Drama Pilot ‘Suspicion’.
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Jon famously had a pair of hi tops, ones he got rid of when Rent finally happened. I wanted to have something only I would know about. I wrote the character names on the shoes, got some of the cast of Rent to sign them. So those folks were all with me onstage. 📸 Karla Merrifield
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You know on Broadway curtains used to go up at 8:30. That’s why the showstopper was called the 11 o’clock number.
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While I'm still here, thank you again to my extraordinary fans. You are passionate and supportive and tremendously good to me. Even if I'm not online, I am aware and overwhelmed by the outpouring of care for my work. I am humbled and grateful. #CandyOnHulu.
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Night. Made.
In case you only know @RaulEEsparza as Barba from SVU. also check him out singing hallelujah but only if you LOVE TO CRY.
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I have a plague mask from Venice. I bought it there after Leap of Faith. It is, unfortunately, for a kitten. But nonetheless. Do you think it will come in handy?.#notesfromthenopanicroom
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I have seen my future. I am going to be one of those old men who screams at people that text while walking down a New York sidewalk. You look like drunks. You slow everyone down. Stop it. Oh wait. I am that man already. Happy Friday.
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Also, my god. I love this picture. No idea who took it or where it came from. Evita. Another great great musical. (That was supposed to be my Broadway debut. Ha ha. Everything happens for a reason.)
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This happened tonight.50th Anniversary Of Woodstock.I can’t explain my unhealthy brutal obsession with The Beatles.This is a musical god.I’m overwhelmed.@ringostarrmusic
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This is what democracy looks like. Proud to stand together with my fellow New Yorkers. #LoveTrumpsHate
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That look though.👀 What do you think is going through Barba's head? Drop your theories below and tune into the final @nbclawandorder Thursday of the season tonight at 9 on @NBC. #SVU #LawAndOrder
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Fasten your seat belts, etc and so forth and what she said. This one is unforgettable. #barbaontrial.
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Stokes! This big beautiful soul! This man had Covid people! This man showed up. Singing here for us now. #Sondheim90Concert.
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Anyone want to create some artwork/photoshop of Chilton with an anvil falling on his head? Maybe a nice pair of exploding ACME rollerskates while you’re at it. #HannibalReunion #omgtheykilledchilton #youbastards.
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Visiting @shedd_aquarium was a weekly ritual. We had no money and sometimes the museum was free so we could go and sit and watch them swim. Really, it’s one of the most serene and inspiring places in Chicago.
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I know I’m late to the party. Damn I missed the #hamiltonwatchparty. But @Lin_Manuel @leslieodomjr @ReneeGoldsberry I’m watching it now. And I’m thinking crazy thoughts. Like, is this even better than seeing it live?!?! YES. (no) My god this whole cast is GREAT!!!! ❤️#hamifilm.
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Just hanging @DemConvention Performing America by Gloria and Emilio Estefan 6pm. Once in a lifetime. #ImWithHer
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Flag Song was the original opening to Assassins. The idea was all these onlookers would watch the President go by. And little by little the assassins would appear in the crowd, slowly replacing them. Chills. #Sondheim90Concert.
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Larry Kramer is gone today. There are no words. Larry was a giant among men. Larry changed the world. We live in a world that had to make room for his fury and his bravery and his glorious urge to keep us alive in the face of ignorance and bigotry. We owe him our lives. Period.
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Hey I think Stritch is watching us from up there and laughing her ass off. #Sondheim90Concert.
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Aw come on my man!!!
I love writing for @RaulEEsparza -- no sentence, thought, cadence or scene beyond his ability. For years, my secret challenge was to try to write something he couldn't deliver. I never did. Le deseo toda clase de éxitos en sus esfuerzos.
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That would be an honor. @cononeilluk is a tremendous actor.
I need @cononeilluk and @RaulEEsparza in a musical together immediately. Who can make it happen???.
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A perfect performance. Tremendous.
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Gotta take a break. Actually have to learn lines. Cause Barba goes back to school tomorrow. #svu18 here we go.
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Thrilled to be in consideration for a 2020 Primetime Emmy Award nominations in the category of Outstanding Variety Special (Pre-Recorded) for TAKE ME TO THE WORLD: A SONDHEIM 90TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION. #foryourconsideration #sondheim90concert #emmys2020
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Frankly I think there’s a future here. With the streaming theater thing. Bringing the theater to people all over the world. Maybe something good comes out of this horrendous time we are living through. ??#tartuesday.
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Oh yeah! I’d watch this @nbcsvu episode. @warrenleightTV we should do a musical episode. Benson trips chasing a perp and hits her head. We go to technicolor. @Mariska will nail it. #Sondheim90Concert.
After watching the #Sondheim90Concert, I am reminded of my favorite @RaulEEsparza episodes of @nbcsvu . INT: COURTROOM. JUDGE: :banging gavel: ORDER!.BARBA: :rising: Design. JUDGE: . Tension. BARBA: Light!.OLIVIA: I don't think this is approri-.JURY: 🎶 Sunnddaaayyyyyyyy.
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My friend has gone through something unimaginable. Please pray for her.
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Raul Esparza on bringing back “Chess” and Trump’s hostility to immigrants
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Why do I loooove this pic so much??@TheKelliGiddish @TheDannyPino @Mariska @TheJHF My second family.
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I’ve been loving this list of extraordinary theater moments and artists. So now what can I say but thank you.
Reasons to love live theater, 422. A man of seemingly frozen detachment thaws by degrees into a bonfire of feeling (while emotively playing the piano!). A riveting Raul Esparza is Bobby the ambivalent bachelor in John Doyle's stark, elegant version of "Company," Broadway, 2006.
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Looking like a few minutes now. Everybody is pacing backstage. Orchestra is tuning up. #Sondheim90Concert @broadwaycom.
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How Raúl Esparza Wound Up Leading the Cast of Virginia Woolf’s The Waves Onstage
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I’m so honored to be nominated! Superstar part, superstar cast, superstar play. Everyone can watch on tonight at 7pm #LortelAwards
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Another rainy New York morning. Again. Still flying from #Sondheim90Concert. Thank you for all the love out there. The “very optimistic” news about Remdesivir brings cautious hope. Another day for all of us to get through. We will. #imstillhere.
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How do you try to make theater in a f’ing pandemic?!?! You do it like Elizabeth Stanley #Sondheim90Concert.
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I wanted to let you all know that I’m no longer appearing in the Chicago Shakespeare Theater production of Hamlet. There were scheduling conflicts, and unfortunately we were unable to make it work. I wish them well, and I thank you all for your support. See you at the next show.
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Cages or Wings/ Which do you prefer?/Ask the birds. Jon Larson and this show changed my life. 20 years. #ticktickboom 📸 Joan Marcus
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When tick, tick…BOOM! closed at the Jane Street nearly 20 years ago, @joeymcintyre was playing Jon. Here’s a photo from the closing night party (📸 @chewknocka). I was playing the Emcee in Cabaret at the time if you’re wondering why my hair and eyebrows are dyed black. #emoRaul
Thinking a lot about the amazing stars who gave birth to “tick, tick…BOOM!” back in 2001: @RaulEEsparza @amyespanger and @jerrydixonnyc. The new movie is brilliant but wouldn’t have been possible without the work of this unforgettable trio. Just stunning work! 🙌🔥🙌🔥❤️
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Back off from my cake. @Mariska gave it to me! Thanks for the wishes. I’m tweeting what a great actor you are. You know, cause you said to.
Hey @RaulEEsparza ! So fun working with you today on your birthday!Stop eating cake!Says the Greek girl who loves to eat!!#LawAndOrderSVU
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Thank you @armani for making me look like a super star. Priceless elegance and style from you. Always.
Raùl Esparza, Josh Lucas and Isabelle Inveen attended the 75th Annual Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall in #GiorgioArmani. @RaulEEsparza
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What joy. I’d never seen this. @sfosternyc tries to whistle. A perfect jewel of a performance.
ANYONE CAN WHISTLE:.• "Anyone Can Whistle" Encores! clip.• Featuring @sfosternyc & @RaulEEsparza .📽 @NYCityCenter .
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My theater nerd high school self is dying right now. This voice! Oh Chip oh Chip! #Sondheim90Concert.
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