Super Soap Weekend Event Schedule

1 The schedule for Super Soap Weekend has been announced. The event takes place November 15-16 at the Disney Hollywood Studios in Orlando, Florida). Saturday November 15th Event Schedule SOAP CENTRAL at the ABC Commissary From 8:00am to 8:00pm "ON LOCATION" AUTOGRAPHS 8:00am -- 7:30pm *In order to ensure that each Guest receives an autograph, please limit items to one per person. SUPER SOAP TALK SHOW at the NEW Premiere Theater (located off Streets Of America) Hosted by Bob Guiney 9:00am Family Ties -- Alicia Minshew, Eden Riegel, Brandon Buddy, Kassie DePaiva, Kristen Alderson, Susan Haskell, Julie Marie Berman, Tyler Christopher 11:15am "One Life to Live" -- Bree Williamson, Brittany Underwood, Erika Slezak, Farah Fath, Jason Tam, Kassie DePaiva,Michael Easton, Susan Haskell 1:45pm "All My Children" -- Aiden Turner, Alicia Minshew, Bobbie Eakes, Cameron Mathison, Darnell Williams, Melissa Claire Egan, Ricky Paull Goldin, Thorsten Kaye 4:00pm "General Hospital"-- Greg Vaughan, Jason Thompson, Julie Marie Berman, Kelly Monaco, Kimberly McCullough, Laura Wright, Rebecca Herbst, Tyler Christopher 5:15pm Back By Popular Demand -- Darnell Williams, Eden Riegel, Rebecca Budig, Vincent Irizarry, Bree Williamson, Susan Haskell 6:45pm Heartbreakers -- Aiden Turner, Ricky Paull Goldin, Brandon Buddy, John-Paul Lavoisier, Bradford Anderson, Brandon Barash, Jason Cook, Jason Thompson CASTING CALL presented by COLGATE TOTAL at the NEW Premiere Theater (located off Streets Of America) Hosted by Cameron Mathison 10:15am Aiden Turner, Rebecca Budig 12:30pm Greg Vaughan, Kelly Monaco 3:00pm Brandon Buddy, Kristen Alderson MOTORCADE AND STAR CONVERSATION at Hollywood Boulevard & the Sorcerer's Hat Stage 10:00am "General Hospital" -- Greg Vaughan, Jason Cook, Jason Thompson, Kelly Monaco, Kimberly McCullough, Laura Wright, Rebecca Herbst, Tyler Christopher 11:00am "All My Children" -- Bobbie Eakes, Darnell Williams, Eden Riegel, Ricky Paull Goldin, Vincent Irizarry 12:00pm "All My Children" -- Susan Lucci Hosted by Sherri Shepherd of "The View 1:15pm "One Life to Live" -- Erika Slezak Hosted by Sherri Shepherd of "The View" 1:45pm "One Life to Live"-- Brandon Buddy, Brittany Underwood, Farah Fath, John-Paul Lavoisier, Jason Tam, Kristen Alderson 4:00pm "All My Children" -- Aiden Turner, Alicia Minshew, Cameron Mathison, Melissa Claire Egan, Rebecca Budig, Thorsten Kaye 5:15pm "General Hospital"-- Bradford Anderson, Brandon Barash, Jason Cook, Julie Marie Berman, Kirsten Storms 6:15pm "One Life to Live" -- Bree Williamson, Kassie DePaiva, Michael Easton, Susan Haskell COLGATE TOTAL TRIPLE PLAY GAME SHOW at Theater Of The Stars Hosted by John-Paul Lavoisier 9:30am Vincent Irizarry, Farah Fath, Kirsten Storms 10:45am Melissa Claire Egan, Kristen Alderson, Greg Vaughan 12:00pm Ricky Paull Goldin, Brandon Buddy, Bradford Anderson GRAND MOTORCADE up Hollywood Boulevard 7:45pm - followed by - COLGATE TOTAL STREET JAM at the Sorcerer's Hat Stage Hosted by Cameron Mathison and Sherri Shepherd Musical Performances by ABC Daytime Soap Stars, followed by a Star-Studded Finale Sunday, November 16th Event Schedule SOAP CENTRAL at the ABC Commissary From 8:00am to 8:00pm "ON LOCATION" AUTOGRAPHS 8:00am -- 7:30pm SUPER SOAP TALK SHOW at the NEW Premiere Theater (located off Streets Of America) Hosted by Bob Guiney 9:00am Rivals -- Alicia Minshew, Rebecca Budig, Kassie DePaiva, Susan Haskell, Kelly Monaco, Rebecca Herbst CASTING CALL presented by COLGATE TOTAL at the NEW Premiere Theater (located off Streets Of America) Hosted by Cameron Mathison 10:15am Ricky Paull Goldin, Melissa Claire Egan 12:30pm Bradford Anderson, Kirsten Storms 3:00pm John-Paul Lavoisier, Farah Fath MOTORCADE AND STAR CONVERSATION at Hollywood Boulevard & the Sorcerer's Hat Stage 9:45am "General Hospital" -- Bradford Anderson, Brandon Barash, Jason Cook, Julie Marie Berman, Kirsten Storms 10:45am "All My Children" -- Bobbie Eakes, Darnell Williams, Eden Riegel, Ricky Paull Goldin, Vincent Irizarry 12:15pm "One Life to Live" -- Erika Slezak Hosted by Sherri Shepherd of "The View" 12:45pm "One Life to Live" -- Bree Williamson, Kassie DePaiva, Michael Easton, Susan Haskell 1:45pm "General Hospital" -- Greg Vaughan, Jason Thompson, Kelly Monaco, Kimberly McCullough, Laura Wright, Rebecca Herbst, Tyler Christopher 4:00pm "All My Children" -- Aiden Turner, Alicia Minshew, Cameron Mathison, Melissa Claire Egan, Rebecca Budig, Thorsten Kaye 5:15pm "One Life to Live" -- Brandon Buddy, Brittany Underwood, Farah Fath, Jason Tam, Kristen Alderson 6:15pm Men We Love -- Aiden Turner, Darnell Williams, Ricky Paull Goldin, Thorsten Kaye, Brandon Buddy, John-Paul Lavoisier, Michael Easton, Brandon Barash, Greg Vaughan, Tyler Christopher Hosted by Sherri Shepherd COLGATE TOTAL TRIPLE PLAY GAME SHOW at Theater of The Stars Hosted by John-Paul Lavoisier 9:30am Aiden Turner, Bree Williamson, Tyler Christopher 10:45am Rebecca Budig, Susan Haskell, Laura Wright 12:00pm Bobbie Eakes, Brittany Underwood, Brandon Barash GRAND MOTORCADE up Hollywood Boulevard 7:45pm - followed by - COLGATE TOTAL STREET JAM at the Sorcerer's Hat Stage Hosted by Cameron Mathison and Sherri Shepherd Musical Performances by ABC Daytime Soap Stars, followed by a Star-Studded Finale *All outdoor performances weather permitting. *Talent and individual schedules subject to change without notice. *Check event information locations for the latest updates. 11:15am Schemers -- Melissa Claire Egan, Thorsten Kaye, Vincent Irizarry, Bree Williamson, Kassie DePaiva, Kelly Monaco, Kirsten Storms 1:45pm "One Life to Live" -- Brandon Buddy, Brittany Underwood, Erika Slezak, Farah Fath, Jason Tam, Kristen Alderson 4:00pm "General Hospital" -- Bradford Anderson, Brandon Barash, Greg Vaughan, Jason Cook, Jason Thompson, Julie Marie Berman, Kimberly McCullough, Laura Wright 5:15pm "All My Children" -- Aiden Turner, Alicia Minshew, Bobbie Eakes, Eden Riegel, Ricky Paull Goldin, Thorsten Kaye, Vincent Irizarry 6:45pm Love Stories -- Aiden Turner, Cameron Mathison, Rebecca Budig, Farah Fath, John-Paul Lavoisier, Bradford Anderson, Kirsten Storms

REVIEW: Jason Biggs in Howard Korder's "Boys' Life"

1 On Friday night, I went to see Howard Korder's "Boys' Life," the 1988 stunted-adolescence play starring Jason Biggs (ex-Pete, AS THE WORLD TURNS) and Rhys Coiro (ENTOURAGE) at the Second Stage Theatre in New York. From 1995 to 2000, Biggs was the only male actor on AS THE WORLD TURNS to receive an Emmy nomination. Biggs is probably best known for starring in American Pie and its sequels. Some think of him as an actor who is best suited for the type of frat boy roles that have made him famous. He's moved away from that in recent years, but in "Boys' Life" he revisits that to some degree. The play is the story of three friends who are in a kind of prolonged adolescence. he "boys'" present variations of their efforts to balance their conflicting yearning to grow up but also hang on to their schoolboy way of relating to each other and women. Biggs plays the needy Phil and has a number of hilarious sequences during the show including a wonderful bedroom scene at the beginning at a party given by Jack and his wife. The funniest moment though came in a scene between Peter Scanavino's Don, who seems most ready to grow up, and a whacky girl he has a one night stand with, which risks his budding romance and move into adulthood. There are lulls in the action and not all the dialogue is crisp or engaging. One of the most interesting parts of the show is the set changes that happen between scenes. The rotating sets moved around by the cast are amazingly well done. The show closes on Sunday so go see it if you can. But I suspect we will continue to see "Boys' Life" performed for years to come. As for Biggs, his career is still shining bright. He has the acting chops and comedic timing to last a long time in this business. GRADE: C+

REVIEW: Karl Girolamo in "The Last Days of Judas Escariot"

1 Last night I finally saw Karl Girolamo (Kevin, AS THE WORLD TURNS) in "The Last Days of Judas Iscariot" at Pianos Bar & Grill in Bloomfield, New Jersey. Should Judas Iscariot, Jesus Christ's duplicitous disciple continue to languish in Hell, or can a case be made for his redemption? Playwright Stephen Adly Guirgis seems to think that this sinner should at least be given another hearing. To explore the redeemability of this infamous betrayer, Guirgis has envisioned a courtroom in a corner of Purgatory called Hope. To represent the comatose Judas (Nikhil Vaid), he's created a sexy defense attorney named Fabiana Aziza Cunningham (Shannon Connolly) who presents a petition signed by God to the ill-tempered Civil War era presiding judge. She challenges Judge Littlefield's unsympathetic view of Judas with "Your Honor, are you a citizen of Heaven?" Her comeback to his defensive "my papers are pending" is that his papers have been pending for a hundred and forty years and that he's farther than ever from the call of the truth about hanging himself from a tree on a Georgia battlefield. And so the legal maneuverings between the Kingdom of Heaven and Earth versus Judas Iscariot begins. Cunningham's opponent is a womanizing prosecutor named Yusef El-Fayoumy (David Zappacosta) and the next several hours bring a parade of witnesses. But don't expect a somber, period drama trial. While Guirgis' dialogue is often poetic, it is a poetry couched in contemporary hip-hop street talk with the deeper thematic concerns often presented as laughter-inducing monologues -- for example, the first testimony from Saint Monica (Ayana Bey), "heaven's nag" with a decidedly hip and down-to-earth vocabulary. She relates how she descended from her saintly perch to "check out" Judas for herself and, after convincing herself of his remorse, "went back home and got on the horn with God." Other colorful personalities parading in and out of Littlefield's court are Satan (Roger Casey), Sigmund Freud (Dustin Fontaine) and Pontius Pilate (Girolamo). Girolamo and Casey really stole the show for me. As Pilate and Satan, they had hilarious testimonies that had the audience in stitches. Girolamo played a street thug version of Pontius Pilate with incredible intensity and humor and showed an unbelievable range. This Blacklisted Productions show closes tonight with a show at 7pm, and if you are in the area, check it out. Michael Liscio Jr.'s full scale directing debut is a successful one and I suspect we will be seeing him more in the future. GRADE: B+

The Latest in Soap Videos: I Wanna Be a Pop Star Edition

In this installment of "The Latest in Soap Videos," we take a look back at some of the memorable musical performances of daytime stars. I have limited this look back to eight, but a number of other pop stars (and wannabees) have passed through or are currently starring on soaps including AS THE WORLD TURNS' Lauryn Hill, Martha Byrne and Kristina Sisco; ALL MY CHILDREN's Bobbie Eakes and Jacob Young; ONE LIFE TO LIVE's Kassie DePaiva; and GENERAL HOSPITAL's Jonathan Jackson. RONN MOSS: I never get tired of watching the "Baby Come Back" video from the group Player. THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL actor still goes on the road with his old band playing bass. The song spent three weeks at #1 on the Billboard charts in 1977. Moss has played Ridge on B&B since the show's debut in 1987. DARNELL WILLIAMS: I also never get tired of giving my friend, Darnell Williams, a hard time about "Better Man" off his 1983 album, Pure Satisfaction," and especially about the high note he hits at the end. Lucky for us, Darnell has come back to ALL MY CHILDREN full-time and hopefully another Daytime Emmy is in his future. RICK SPRINGFIELD: What would a look at soap opera music stars be without Rick Springfield. In the early 80s, he was thrilling daytime audiences on GENERAL HOSPITAL and topping the charts with songs like "Jessie's Girl." Most people don't realize though that Springfield had been making music for more than a decade when he finally achieved his biggest success. "Speak to the Sky" went to #14 on the Billboard pop charts for Springfield in 1972. JACK WAGNER: THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL star took "All I Need" to #2 in early 1985 when he was 25 (and starring as Frisco on GENERAL HOSPITAL). He never matched that success on the pop charts with follow up "Lady of My Heart" only making it to #76 and "Too Young" peaking at #52. He did have a Top 15 Adult Contemporary hit with "Love Can Take Us All The Way" in 1986. KYLIE MINOGUE: During a Fitzroy Football Club benefit concert with other NEIGHBOURS cast members, Minogue performed "The Loco-motion" and was signed to a recording contract with Mushroom Records in 1987. That song ended up going to #3 on the US pop charts in 1988. On NEIGHBOURS, Minogue played Charlene Mitchell, a garage mechanic. JESSE MCCARTNEY: Before he became a pop sensation, McCartney starred as J.R. on ALL MY CHILDREN. In the late 90s he was part of the pop boy band Dream Street. He eventually went solo and has enjoyed success both as a singer and actor. Here is the video for "Leavin'" off his latest album, "Departure." MICHAEL DAMIAN: THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS used to have these wonderfully cheesey rock concerts in the 80s featuring Danny and Lauren and others. His 1989 cover of David Essex's "Rock On" went to #1 on the pop charts. He had two follow up singles that reached the top 30. Damian was discovered by Y&R producers at age 17 while performing on AMERICAN BANDSTAND. RICKY MARTIN: At the age of 13, Martin auditioned for the third time and become a member of the band Menudo, a manufactured Latin pop group composed of young Puerto Rican adolescent musicians who were rotated out of the group as they advanced into their teen years. After graduating from high school, he went solo and began releasing albums. He also landed the role of Miguel Morez on GENERAL HOSPITAL. Since leaving GH, Martin has achieved much success on the pop and latin charts and had a run in "Les Miserables" on Broadway.