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Post by gale1969 on Feb 13, 2012 13:38:29 GMT -5
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Post by sonnygirl on Feb 14, 2012 15:49:48 GMT -5
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Post by gale1969 on Feb 17, 2012 5:18:38 GMT -5
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Post by triolla on Feb 17, 2012 13:18:00 GMT -5
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emelwhy
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Post by emelwhy on Feb 17, 2012 16:12:11 GMT -5
Here is a link to an interview with Randy and Bob Ari in the Trenton, NJ TIMES www.nj.com/times-entertainment/index.ssf/2012/02/red_explores_a n_artists_creati.html Harrison, who spent years as a TV actor on Showtime’s controversial series “Queer As Folk,” has returned to the stage, which he learned to love during his school years. He is pleased to be working with director Cato again. “It’s so much easier, so much more comfortable working with someone you already know and trust,” Harrison says. “This is a strenuous, active and physical show as well as a cerebral one, and having that kind of reliable communication that previous work has established is a big help.” Harrison will be transferring to Cleveland with the show after its New Brunswick run. Harrison says he believes Ken is a bit brash at the beginning, especially before he really comes to appreciate and understand Rothko’s art, but as time passes, he learns by experience as well as by keen observation. “They live and work in such close and active proximity that by the end, he’s justified in his questions and also his realization, probably long before Rothko, that the art world changes, that new things are coming along that will supersede his mentor’s acclaimed art,” Harrison says. “He’s young and realizes that, in the modern world, nothing, even quite wonderful things, stands still.”
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emelwhy
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Post by emelwhy on Feb 18, 2012 10:07:55 GMT -5
NY Times review Mr. Harrison, who plays Rothko’s innocent (at first) young assistant, is best known to television viewers as the innocent (at first) male ingénue in the Showtime series “Queer as Folk.” Onstage he captures Ken’s most significant development: finding his voice and eventually switching places emotionally with Mr. Ari’s Rothko. But at a recent performance, the only scene in which the theater grew completely silent and attentive was during Mr. Harrison’s revelation of his character’s early childhood trauma. www.nytimes.com/2012/02/19/nyregion/red-at-the-george-street-pl ayhouse-pits-boss-and-helper-review.html?_r=1&adxnnl=1&adxnnlx =1329567203-4W0XIUq3x76o84DmwUKqbQ
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Post by sierra on Feb 19, 2012 8:54:52 GMT -5
So proud of our Randy for all the wonderful reviews he's been getting for his performance in Red!
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Post by predec2 on Feb 20, 2012 14:02:29 GMT -5
I had the thrill of seeing Randy in "Red" this past Saturday. The play was very powerful and Randy, of course, was fantastic as always! He and Bob Ari, the other main character, were on stage the entire 90 minutes (no intermission with this one). Best part, though, was AFTER the play when me and two friends had a chance to meet him and get our posters autographed and a photo. He spent several minutes with us and seemed genuinely pleased with the Rothko books I gave him and a pencil drawing one of my friends who was with me had made from one of the play's photo stills. And he flashed that beautiful smile from time to time as well. Here's a photo in case you would like to see it:
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Post by sonnygirl on Feb 20, 2012 15:10:54 GMT -5
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Post by elly on Feb 20, 2012 17:31:55 GMT -5
OMG, thank you predec2 for sharing your picture! It´s so cool you got to meet him! Must have been sooooo exciting for you – I´m jealous! Randy looks über-adorable in your pic – I hope you don´t mind me saving this photo for my collection… And he flashed that beautiful smile from time to time as well. *squee* Sonnygirl, thank you for the interview!
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Post by predec2 on Feb 20, 2012 18:00:02 GMT -5
No, not at all. I just request that anyone posting it publicly credit me accordingly. Glad you liked it. So far I'm three for three - the theater personnel have been very kind for the most part in granting my wishes to see him whenever I go to his plays, so I have been quite fortunate. He was very kind to us last night and spent a lot of time with us. He seemed quite at ease and BTW - he mentioned he was looking forward to the convention when I told him I would be there (I'm sure it wasn't due to that, though - ha!). I am too, though - can't wait to see both him and Gale - I've never seen Gale in person before. I DO have a few additional photos of the autographed poster and the theater itself, along with a full-length shot of the same photo of Randy on my author's page at midnightwhispers.ca if you are interested in looking at them. Hope you enjoy them. Again, feel free to snag them for your personal enjoyment, but if you post them anywhere publicly for others to see, please let me know where they are and credit me so I can keep track of them. Thanks. Kimberly
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Post by QAFnewbie on Feb 20, 2012 18:09:16 GMT -5
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Post by sonnygirl on Feb 21, 2012 7:06:54 GMT -5
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Post by sonnygirl on Feb 22, 2012 4:25:38 GMT -5
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emelwhy
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Post by emelwhy on Feb 23, 2012 8:07:32 GMT -5
Saw the play last night. It was everything the critics said and more. Randy was truly dynamic in the crucial scenes of conflict between Ken and Rothko.
More details later when I get a chance to compose my thoughts and get to a bigger computer (I'm on my mini-Acer and on the NJ Transit train from New Brunswick to NYC -then on to home from there on Amtrak)
I had great good fortune of seeing him and chatting under quiet circmnstances after the play
He really looked great..very happy and relaxed and looking forward to the play's moving to Cleveland after the New Brunswick run ends this weekend (AND really looking forward to the QAF fan convention in Germany)
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