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Shuler is amongst the actors sharing "their favorite holiday memories and plans for the season" with Theatermania. Michael Buckley Theatermania 19 December 2007 Read the full article

Shuler Hensley has already won one Tony for playing a monster, the evil Jud Fry in the 2002 revival of Oklahoma!, and he could win a second one as the monster who's brought to life in the hit musical Young Frankenstein. But underneath that green mask is one of the nicest guys on Broadway.

So it's not surprising that the Georgia native has particularly fond memories of the season. "Every Christmas morning, my brother and sister and I would line up behind the door to the living room. My dad would turn on his old floodlight from his camera, and when we saw the light, we could go in and get our gifts," he says. "Cut to two years ago. I was behind the same door with the same floodlight, and turning it on for my father, brother, sister, and their families."

This year, he'll celebrate Christmas with his wife Paula, and their seven-year-old daughter Skyler and three-year-old son, Grayson. "They believe in Santa Claus and send him e-mails," he notes. Meanwhile, on New Year's Eve, Hensley and his wife "will go out somewhere and cause a little mischief."

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