2009 Tony Awards
June 8, 2009 by Spotlight-On WM
Filed under ACTORS, FEATURED, Michael T Weiss
Last night’s Tony Awards show was a nice surprise. It seems they have finally taken a page from Hollywood and decided to provide "teaser trailers" to the nominated shows, whether it be through extended musical numbers by the original artists or through short film shots from the plays in question.
In this day and age of tight economics, people want an idea ahead of time of whether their money will be well spent. And given last night’s performances, I sure wish I had more money and could take the time off to go to Broadway! Read more
IMPRESSIONISM Play Updates
February 25, 2009 by Spotlight-On WM
Filed under ACTORS, Michael T Weiss, TV SHOWS, The Pretender
Previews for the Broadway play IMPRESSIONISM, starring Jeremy Irons, Joan Allen, Michael T. Weiss, Marsha Mason and Aaron Lazar among others, start this Saturday, Feb 28th. The play will have an 18-week limited run (due to other obligations for Jeremy Irons, who will go on to another project right after.)
As part of promoting the play, the actors did a Meet and Greet for the press, some of which you can see below:
Michael T. Weiss in IMPRESSIONISM on Broadway
December 4, 2008 by Spotlight-On WM
Filed under ACTORS, Michael T Weiss
Michael T. Weiss (THE PRETENDER, JEFFREY) will be on Broadway in 2009 in IMPRESSIONISM, starring Joan Allen and Jeremy Irons. Also joining them onstage at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre will be Marsha Mason, André De Shields, Aaron Lazar and Margarita Levieva. (No word yet on who Michael’s character will be.)
Previews will start on February 28th with a March 12th opening night. It is listed in Playbill as an open-ended performance. (Hopefully, that means it will have a nice long run!) Ticket sale information is not currently available/to be announced.
Directed by Jack O’Brien, IMPRESSIONISM was written by Michael Jacobs, who also wrote CHEATERS as well as produced the movie QUIZ SHOW. IMPRESSIONISM tells the story of "a globe-trotting photojournalist and New York gallery owner [who] discover that there may be an art to repairing lives."
Michael T. Weiss was last on stage in OF EQUAL MEASURE in Los Angeles (Culver City) at the Kirk Douglas Theater and in SCARCITY at the off-Broadway Atlantic Theater Company – Linda Gross Theater.
Happy Birthday to Michael T. Weiss!
February 2, 2008 by Spotlight-on WM
Filed under ACTORS, Michael T Weiss
Today (Feb 2nd) is Michael T. Weiss’ (THE PRETENDER, JEFFREY) birthday. Happy 46th!
Here’s to his best yet with even better ones to come!! And may his fondest wishes come true. (And may he come out with new projects this year for us all to enjoy. ) 
And to everyone else, a happy Groundhog Day. Here’s to an early spring and beautiful weather all around!
Interview with Anthony Stagliano – FADE
January 6, 2008 by Spotlight-on WM
Filed under ACTORS, MOVIES, Michael T Weiss
Anthony Stagliano, writer-director of FADE (starring Sarah Lassez, David Connolly, and Michael T. Weiss) has done a YouTube interview about the movie with InArtMedia:
“This chilling drama explores what happens if our bodies refuse to shut down – and the resulting effect on those closest to us. Using the rare genetic disorder fatal familia insomnia as a jumping-off point, writer-director Anthony Stagliano’s film examines issues of identity, marriage and death as a couple confronts constant sleeplessness and the dissipation and sorrow that follow.” (From the Official Movie Website)
If you will be in New York City on Valentine’s Day, Thursday, February 14th, 2008, you can catch a screening of the film at the NewFilmmakers Festival at the Anthology Film Archives.
On a sad note, David Connolly, one of the stars of the film, passed away in Oct 2006… FADE was his final movie. R.I.P. David.
(Thanks to Ask Dr Mike for the info.)
Michael T. Weiss – Will He Pretend Again?
December 15, 2007 by Spotlight-on WM
Filed under ACTORS, Michael T Weiss, TV SHOWS, The Pretender
According to a story on Sci Fi Wire dated Dec 3rd (”Pretender To Pretend Again?“), Michael T. Weiss has been “breakfasting” with the creators of THE PRETENDER regarding reprising his role as Jarod, the genius who got away. Only this time around, the format and the platform of the project will be “digital”. (What that actually means is anyone’s guess: Straight to DVD? Directly downloadable on the Net? Jarod becomes a computer generated character either in a film or a video game voiced by Michael T. Weiss? Hmmmm.)
No word mentioned about any of the other original actors taking part in the new project (Andrea Parker, Patrick Bauchau, Jon Gries, James Denton, Richard Marcus, Harve Presnell). I can’t see a version of THE PRETENDER without most, if not all, of them, though. It’s the chemistry between the ensemble that really made the stories work for me.
Given that the series ended on a whimper when it was canceled, with the networks tossing us 2 small bones, I mean movies (PRETENDER 2001, PRETENDER: ISLAND OF THE HAUNTED) in the 8 years since the show went off the air , fans have been waiting a loooong time for some kind of resolution to the various story lines, including the new ones the movies brought up. It would be wonderful if this turns out to be true. (I’m not holding my breath, though – it HAS been 8 years of promising to give the fans some closure! and instead we got TIN MAN from Craig Van Sickle and Steven Long Mitchell not a bad mini series, just not THE PRETENDER!)
Time to start “agitating” again, eh?
In the meantime, time to go back and rewatch the series and the movies so I’ll be totally up to speed by the time Jarod reappears!
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