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THE DAILY ASTORIAN • FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2015
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ODDITY
FULL LOUSE
Celebrity gossip
blogger takes to the
off-Broadway stage
in ’90s sitcom parody
Wanted to play
an Olsen twin
When he heard — online, naturally —
there was going to be a musical parody of
“Full House,” he reached out to the cre-
ators, asking for a role. But not the one you
might e[pect.
“He wanted to be one of the Olsen
By MARK KENNEDY
twins, but we talked him into Danny Tan-
Associated Press
ner. We thought it would be more age-ap-
propriate,” said co-creator Tobly McSmith.
NEW YORK — Celebrity blogger Pe-
Hilton, whose real name is Mario La-
rez Hilton is taking his skills mocking ce- vandeira Jr., was a fan of McSmith’s pre-
lebrities to the stage.
vious parodies of “Saved by the Bell” and
He’s starring in an unauthorized “Showgirls.”
off-Broadway musical parody of the `90s
In the new show, he plays both the
sitcom “Full House,” playing Danny Tan- sTueaky-clean and ¿ctional Tanner in Act
ner.
1 and the foul-
“I’ve been do-
real-life ac-
‘He (Hilton) wanted mouthed
ing what I do now
tor who played him,
for 11 years,” Hil-
to be one of the Bob Saget, in Act 2.
ton says, “So it’s
(Hilton remembers
Olsen twins, but watching the show
fun to challenge
yourself and take
(1987-1995), while
advantage of all we talked him into growing up.)
the opportunities
What he misses
Danny Tanner. ‘
that present them-
from the `90s is not
selves.”
having a cellphone
Tobly McSmith
Hilton relocat-
or being on social
co-creator of the unauthorized
ed to New York
media, a strange ad-
off-Broadway musical parody of
from Los Angeles
mission from some-
the ’90s sitcom “Full House’
in 2013, in part to
one whose sites
reconnect with the stage. Long before doo- have kept us online: “While I enjoy social
dling on his ¿rst celebrity photo, he grad- media, it’s just become another job.”
uated from New York University’s Tisch
Time for ‘day job’
School of the Arts’ acting program.
The musical is on three nights a week at
“Would I love to do Broadway? Yes.
Do I think it’s likely going to happen in the Theatre 80 downtown, leaving Hilton plen-
immediate future? No,” he said. “And if it ty of time for his “day job” and raising two
doesn’t happen, I wouldn’t be disappoint- young boys.
He says fatherhood and being 37 has
ed.”
He started blogging in a coffee shop in mellowed his style. “I’ve become less
September 2004 and now has about a doz- snarky,” he said. He doesn’t scrawl inap-
en employees feeding ¿ve websites, a radio propriate things on photos anymore and
has created Perezitos, a cleaned-up site for
show and a weekly podcast.
Hilton, who starred in the 2012 parents and children.
His bite is still present, however. He
off-Broadway revue “Newsical the Musi-
cal,” has been taking voice lessons and is recently went through a three-week, Kar-
a ¿[ture in the audience at most Broadway dashian deto[ cleanse, refusing to talk
about reality TV’s favorite family.
shows.
“It felt really good. Now I’ve reintro-
“I see every musical. The plays? I have
to be sure they’re good before I go to,” he duced them into my diet, but in a more sen-
sible fashion,” he said.
said.
Scott Roth/Invision/AP
Celebrity gossip blogger Perez Hilton is starring in an unauthorized off-Broadway musical parody of
the ’90s sitcom “Full House,” playing Danny Tanner.
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