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"    Michael Urie, whom we know and love as the assistant to Mode editrix Wilhelmina on Ugly Betty, takes on another sartorially inclined character in The Temperamentals. In the off-Broadway play, which just opened at NYC&amp;#039;s New World Stages, Urie plays &amp;quot;fashion activist&amp;quot; Rudi Gernreich, a founding member of the Mattachine Society and an influential designer perhaps best known for his invention of the monokini. I visited Urie for a behind-the-curtain chat about preparing for the role, the relative merits of TV versus theater, and Ugly Betty&amp;#039;s impact on his own style. Click here to watch the interview! (And click here to buy tickets for The Temperamentals.) \u2014Erin Clements Photo: Getty Images Follow ELLE on Twitter.    Become our Facebook fan! "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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