| From the Venura County Star | http://www.vcstar.com/news/2011/sep/02/rubicons-steel-magnolias-blossoms-with-wit-and/ Brimming with hair spray and heart, Rubicon's 'Steel Magnolias' is a real beauty |
Monday, September 5, 2011
Review: Rubicon's 'Steel Magnolias' blossoms with wit and warmth
Theater review: ‘Steel Magnolias’ at the Rubicon Theatre
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Thursday, August 11, 2011
Pierce Going Bald?
| From the Wall Street Journal http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424053111903454504576489860387132754.html "There's a nuance here that escapes me." --Remington Steele (Pierce Brosnan) to Anthony Roselli (Jack Scalia) Remington Steele, "Steeled with a Kiss" (final episode) Suite 1157 on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/suite1157 Suite 1157 on Twitter http://twitter.com/Suite1157 Suite1157 Online Discussion Group http://tinyurl.com/Suite1157 Suite 1157 on Myspace http://www.myspace.com/suite1157 |
Sunday, April 10, 2011
Beach Bond
Pierce Brosnan shows off his expanding waistline on Hawaii break | http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1375243/Pierce-Brosnan-shows-expanding-waistline-Hawaii-break.html?ito=feeds-newsxml
"There's a nuance here that escapes me."
--Remington Steele (Pierce Brosnan) to Anthony Roselli (Jack Scalia)
Remington Steele, "Steeled with a Kiss" (final episode)
--Remington Steele (Pierce Brosnan) to Anthony Roselli (Jack Scalia)
Remington Steele, "Steeled with a Kiss" (final episode)
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Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Experience Your Inner Celt
From the Los Angelse Times | http://www.latimes.
By Katherine Tulich, Special to the Los Angeles Times
March 17, 2011
It's Monday rehearsal night for the Hollywood Choir at the Cochran Avenue Baptist Church in mid-city L.A., but instead of a rousing gospel tune, the 65-member choir is dissecting the intervals and harmonies of a lilting arrangement of "Danny Boy." It is one of three songs (including a Gaelic version of the Emerald Isle's national anthem) they will be performing at Thursday's "This Is Ireland" concert at UCLA's Royce Hall.
"A gospel choir singing Irish songs does sound surprising," says the choir's buoyant leader Blinky Williams, laughing. "At first we didn't think an African American choir would have much in common with anything Irish, but once you learn more about their history and their music we realized there was a lot we could relate to."
For the show's creator, Irish born composer-conductor Eimear Noone, it's that spirit of connection with her adopted city of Los Angeles that inspired the creation of the concert that she hopes will become an annual St. Patrick's Day event for Los Angeles. With the demise of the annual downtown St Patrick's Day parade last year due to budget cuts, Noone wanted to find a new way to celebrate the Irish holiday.
"There is so much marketing around this time green decorations, shamrocks and beer but I wondered if anyone really knew what the day represented to the Irish," she says. "I wanted an experience that shows our story and our culture. I hope it might redefine what people know as St. Patrick's Day."
The evening will be a collection of all things Irish including history lessons and literary readings from the country's most celebrated poets, traditional Irish dances, a celebration of film and music incorporating classical repertoire, traditional folk songs and even the country's more famous rock exports like Thin Lizzy and U2. "We wanted to cover everything. We even have a section devoted to Irish insults," says Noone, who will co-present as well as conduct the evening's 40-piece orchestra.
High caliber Irish talent was eager to jump aboard. Lyric soprano Celine Byrne is flying in from Ireland, joining Boston-based opera baritone Sam McElroy and locally based Irish-born actors Roma Downey and Pierce Brosnan.
"I think it was a pincer movement on the resident Irish man," says Brosnan, laughing, on the phone from his Malibu home. "For me, it was a no-brainer to be a part of this evening. I don't think there has been anything like this done before."
For Brosnan, who has lived in Los Angeles since 1981, the day still holds nostalgic meaning. "St Patrick's Day has a certain romantic memory of Ireland," he says. "It's a celebration of being Irish and it's a wonderful day of unity for those of Irish descent worldwide."
Brosnan will be part of the evening's tribute to their world renowned national Abbey Theatre, which incubated many of Ireland's great playwrights and actors. He will be reciting W.B. Yeats' "Easter, 1916", a poem that recounts the historic events of the Easter Rising against the British.
"It's a great historic piece and weaves well into the tapestry of the evening," says Brosnan, who will read from a first edition copy signed by the poet. It also represents a return to the stage in some ways for the internationally known film star. "It's where I started and how I trained as an actor, but I haven't performed on stage for many years," he says. "To have a chance to do it in such a theatrical form with an orchestra and a piece of literature so poignant will be a great experience."
For Downey, the production is a chance for the Irish community to come together. "I'm excited that I can bring my kids and can expose them to our heritage," she says. The "Touched by an Angel" star will read from the works of the celebrated Nobel Prize-winning contemporary poet Seamus Heaney, who grew up in Downey's hometown of Derry in Northern Ireland.
"I think this night will not only appeal to anyone of Irish descent but I think it will be a chance for everyone to awaken their inner Celt," she says.
--Remington Steele (Pierce Brosnan) to Anthony Roselli (Jack Scalia)
Remington Steele, "Steeled with a Kiss" (final episode)
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Saturday, February 5, 2011
SZ News: The Subject was Roses
The Star Ledger (New Jersey) | http://www.nj.com/entertainment/arts/index.ssf/2011/02/the_subject_was_roses_preview.html
'The Subject Was Roses' preview: Dark 1960s drama is revived at George Street
Published: Friday, February 04, 2011, 8:00 AM
By Peter Filichia/For The Star-Ledger
In "The Subject Was Roses," Nettie Cleary tells her 21-year-old son that she was hit in the eye by an apple core just before she was to start a new job. Because she developed a shiner, she was too embarrassed to show up. As a result, she had to get another job where she met Timmy's father and that's where her real problems began.
Stephanie Zimbalist nods slowly as she's reminded of the speech. Starting on Tuesday, she will portray Nettie in Frank D. Gilroy's 1965 Pulitzer Prize-winner at the George Street Playhouse in New Brunswick.
"We all have points in our lives where two roads present themselves and we have to make a decision very fast," she says, snapping her fingers quickly to underline the need for speed. "We don't know how it will impact our lives, but it usually does."
She lifts her hands and makes an expansive gesture. "It happened to me when I was applying to colleges," she says. "I'd settled on seven and had to write an essay for each. I was either going to be an art history or English major, so that meant Yale, Columbia, Connecticut and Sarah Lawrence. Or I was going to be an actress, which meant Juilliard, Stanford or Cal-Irvine. Well, one day I got out of a cab too fast and I left in it the essays for Yale, Columbia, Connecticut and Sarah Lawrence. So I became an actress."
Of course, some inspiration came from her father, actor Efrem Zimbalist Jr., and the stars with whom he worked. "As a little girl, I got to meet Audrey Hepburn, who took my face in her hands and suddenly make me want to be an actress," she says.
Hence, Stephanie Zimbalist's extensive experience in films ("The Awakening"), her noted TV series "Remington Steele" and stage appearances from Ogunquit, Maine, where she played the title role in "Sylvia," to multiple roles at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival.
Zimbalist, 54, had never seen or read "The Subject Was Roses" when old friend Michael Mastro, who is directing, sent her the script.
"We've all done our fair share of therapy," she says matter-of-factly. "So now we know such terms as `family systems,' `co-dependent' and `enmeshment.' These issues are all over the play, but it takes place in 1946, when these terms didn't exist. People had to deal with these conditions without the labels. It's rather nice to be brought back to an era when such issues haven't been named. It allows us to see them more clearly for what they actually were."
Nettie Cleary does not have a happy marriage to John, but has always stayed in it partly because of Timmy. Zimbalist has not faced these problems.
"I couldn't have done everything I have if I'd had a child, so I have no regrets," she says. "Besides, I have four nieces and nephews and a great-niece and a great-nephew," she says, stressing the word "great" to capture both meanings of the word.
Then she reaches over to caress her long-haired dachshund. "And I have Scampi," she says. She's still traumatized from what happened to her previous dog. "Right in my front yard I saw him killed by a coyote," she says. "I was just about to play a dog on stage in `Sylvia' but called and said I couldn't do it. But then I felt my dog come to me and say, `Yes, you can.' And I did it."
So Zimbalist isn't particularly sorry that she lost those essays. Going to shoot "Remington Steele" in France, Ireland, Malta and points beyond ameliorated many disappointments.
"Pierce Brosnan," she says, referring to her co-star, "is a very sweet man. Oh, we had our issues, but a lot of it was hormones."
The Subject Was Roses
Where: George Street Playhouse, 9 Livingston Ave., New Brunswick
When: Tuesday to March 6. Tuesdays through Fridays at 8 p.m., Thursdays and Saturdays at 2 and 8 p.m., Sundays at 2 and 7 p.m.
How much: $29-$67.50; call (732) 246-7717 or visit gsponline.org.
"There's a nuance here that escapes me."'The Subject Was Roses' preview: Dark 1960s drama is revived at George Street
Published: Friday, February 04, 2011, 8:00 AM
By Peter Filichia/For The Star-Ledger
In "The Subject Was Roses," Nettie Cleary tells her 21-year-old son that she was hit in the eye by an apple core just before she was to start a new job. Because she developed a shiner, she was too embarrassed to show up. As a result, she had to get another job where she met Timmy's father and that's where her real problems began.
Stephanie Zimbalist nods slowly as she's reminded of the speech. Starting on Tuesday, she will portray Nettie in Frank D. Gilroy's 1965 Pulitzer Prize-winner at the George Street Playhouse in New Brunswick.
"We all have points in our lives where two roads present themselves and we have to make a decision very fast," she says, snapping her fingers quickly to underline the need for speed. "We don't know how it will impact our lives, but it usually does."
She lifts her hands and makes an expansive gesture. "It happened to me when I was applying to colleges," she says. "I'd settled on seven and had to write an essay for each. I was either going to be an art history or English major, so that meant Yale, Columbia, Connecticut and Sarah Lawrence. Or I was going to be an actress, which meant Juilliard, Stanford or Cal-Irvine. Well, one day I got out of a cab too fast and I left in it the essays for Yale, Columbia, Connecticut and Sarah Lawrence. So I became an actress."
Of course, some inspiration came from her father, actor Efrem Zimbalist Jr., and the stars with whom he worked. "As a little girl, I got to meet Audrey Hepburn, who took my face in her hands and suddenly make me want to be an actress," she says.
Hence, Stephanie Zimbalist's extensive experience in films ("The Awakening"), her noted TV series "Remington Steele" and stage appearances from Ogunquit, Maine, where she played the title role in "Sylvia," to multiple roles at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival.
Zimbalist, 54, had never seen or read "The Subject Was Roses" when old friend Michael Mastro, who is directing, sent her the script.
"We've all done our fair share of therapy," she says matter-of-factly. "So now we know such terms as `family systems,' `co-dependent' and `enmeshment.
Nettie Cleary does not have a happy marriage to John, but has always stayed in it partly because of Timmy. Zimbalist has not faced these problems.
"I couldn't have done everything I have if I'd had a child, so I have no regrets," she says. "Besides, I have four nieces and nephews and a great-niece and a great-nephew,
Then she reaches over to caress her long-haired dachshund. "And I have Scampi," she says. She's still traumatized from what happened to her previous dog. "Right in my front yard I saw him killed by a coyote," she says. "I was just about to play a dog on stage in `Sylvia' but called and said I couldn't do it. But then I felt my dog come to me and say, `Yes, you can.' And I did it."
So Zimbalist isn't particularly sorry that she lost those essays. Going to shoot "Remington Steele" in France, Ireland, Malta and points beyond ameliorated many disappointments.
"Pierce Brosnan," she says, referring to her co-star, "is a very sweet man. Oh, we had our issues, but a lot of it was hormones."
The Subject Was Roses
Where: George Street Playhouse, 9 Livingston Ave., New Brunswick
When: Tuesday to March 6. Tuesdays through Fridays at 8 p.m., Thursdays and Saturdays at 2 and 8 p.m., Sundays at 2 and 7 p.m.
How much: $29-$67.50; call (732) 246-7717 or visit gsponline.org.
--Remington Steele (Pierce Brosnan) to Anthony Roselli (Jack Scalia)
Remington Steele, "Steeled with a Kiss" (final episode)
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