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Gabriel, an aspiring minimalist and former vegetarian, took ballet lessons, wrote two musical comedies, designed ladies gowns for hobby, and started a collection of Disney animation art prior to realizing that he was homosexual. Upon arriving in New York, Gabriel originally wanted to get a job in the theater. After finally landing a position selling group tickets for Annie Warbucks he realized that he hated making cold calls. He was reluctant to quit, howeveráthat is until he happened to catch the movie Working Girl on television and was inspired by the "Who makes it happen? I do. I make it happen" scene. Gabriel has uncommonly soft hands and still harbors a grudge against his parents for not introducing him to the music of Lena Horne at an earlier age.

Gabriel has taped the Tony Awards every year since 1984 with the exception of 1990 (the year of Jerome Robbins' Broadway) which, according to him, wasn't a very good year anyway.