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Post by Syrup on Mar 4, 2017 18:47:47 GMT
I Love the eye shadow he is wearing. The color is fierce! Ferocious!
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Post by Juicy on Mar 4, 2017 21:43:35 GMT
I Love the eye shadow he is wearing. The color is fierce! Ferocious! The earth tone foundation accents the frosted hair. Fabulous!
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Post by mpn1jco on Mar 6, 2017 11:07:30 GMT
Gary James' Interview With
Mary Wilson
Mary Wilson was once part of one of the most successful recording acts in Motown Records history, The Supremes. But that is history. Mary Wilson is still singing and dancing her way across stages all over the world today. When Mary Wilson talked with us, her latest project was Duke Ellington's Sophisticated Ladies, which she produced and starred in. The show was a tribute to the music of the legendary Jazz great. Mary was taking this 1981 Broadway smash on the road with an eye towards the UK's West End and ultimately Broadway.
Q - Mary, how did you get interested in Duke Ellington? Had you met him or seen him perform?
A - Well, you know what? I got to say this is one thing I'm very proud of and that is I grew up in a household that listened to Jazz. My Dad had the biggest 78 collection in the world. So, I grew up listening to Duke and people like Joe Williams, Billy Eckstein and Sarah Vaughn. So, I grew up listening to Jazz. Detroit is a great Jazz town. So that's who I grew up with.
Q - Did you approach someone about the show or did they approach you?
A - Well, actually I was looking for a project and so my agent asked me if this was something I would be interested in. I told them I really wanted to do Broadway and that's why I moved to New York. So, they started looking for projects. I had really done some smaller musicals. So, they brought this to my attention and I immediately said this is the one. And it's my first major one. The reason I liked this above all the others is that I had a chance to sing Jazz, which I had grown up with and always loved. So it was perfect. Plus, I had seen it on Broadway with Phyllis Hyman, who is just fabulous and Judith Jamison.
Q - How long would you be onstage with this production?
A - I think it's about two hours with the intermission. It's all music. It's dance. We have the Duke Ellington Orchestra, so that makes it really special. We have dancers and tappers and of course singers like myself.
Q - If the show ends up on Broadway, you'll be performing nightly for a very long time, won't you?
A - Yeah, but I don't think we're going on Broadway. I think this is basically a national touring musical. We might go to the West End.
Q - You wanted to end up on Broadway, didn't you?
A - Not necessarily this particular production. I still want to do Broadway at some point in my career.
Q - Did you graduate from N.Y.U. recently?
A - Well, I did, yes. I got my Associate Of Arts degree in Liberal Arts.
Q - Why did you feel the need to go back to school?
A - Well, my children were grown up and it was just something I wanted to do.
Q - Do you have any idea of how many people you touched when you were in The Supremes?
A - No, I really don't. (laughs) I know that there were guys who served in Vietnam and told me The Supremes' music helped them get through it.
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Post by Sammy7819 on Mar 6, 2017 18:12:12 GMT
Former Supreme Mary Wilson is the latest performer to incur the wrath of Actors Equity for agreeing to star in a non-union tour of a Broadway show. Wilson is about to hit the road in a revival of “Sophisticated Ladies,” the Duke Ellington revue that won several Tonys in 1981. The tour was originally supposed to be a union production. But on Friday, just three days before the start of rehearsals, the producers abruptly decided to do a cheapy, non-union version instead. At least a dozen Equity actors who thought they’d been signed to the tour suddenly found themselves out of work. “It’s so shady, the way the whole thing went down,” one of the actors told The Post. “They told us to show up for rehearsals on Jan. 21, and then all of a sudden, they’re telling us it’s too expensive to do and they’re going to use non-Equity actors instead.” That's why Mary's cheap $7 production got trashed in the press and then canceled. articles.latimes.com/2002/feb/20/entertainment/et-miller20Sammy old trashy, broke assed mary wilkins trying to do everything on the cheap while fucking over her dancers and fellow singers. This just prove again that mary's the same sad sack of coked up shit she's always been The struggle is real. Those 2 old sissy Queens TWTR4EVER and Marv-Hector-DetroitLIES313 never thought the truth would come out, Now it makes sense all the $10 wig and the homemade clothes and the little gigs at the bingo hall and the Boom Boom Room. The Gruesome twosome built up Miss Mary to be the main competition for Madonna, Taylor Swift & Mariah Carey, how could such an Icon & Superstar go Bankrupt a 2nd time and Turdkissa, that 400lb heifer she spawned won't work but spending all Aunt Mary money on wings and ribs. LOL
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Post by mpn1jco on Mar 6, 2017 19:54:25 GMT
Former Supreme Mary Wilson is the latest performer to incur the wrath of Actors Equity for agreeing to star in a non-union tour of a Broadway show. Wilson is about to hit the road in a revival of “Sophisticated Ladies,” the Duke Ellington revue that won several Tonys in 1981. The tour was originally supposed to be a union production. But on Friday, just three days before the start of rehearsals, the producers abruptly decided to do a cheapy, non-union version instead. At least a dozen Equity actors who thought they’d been signed to the tour suddenly found themselves out of work. “It’s so shady, the way the whole thing went down,” one of the actors told The Post. “They told us to show up for rehearsals on Jan. 21, and then all of a sudden, they’re telling us it’s too expensive to do and they’re going to use non-Equity actors instead.” That's why Mary's cheap $7 production got trashed in the press and then canceled. articles.latimes.com/2002/feb/20/entertainment/et-miller20Sammy old trashy, broke assed mary wilkins trying to do everything on the cheap while fucking over her dancers and fellow singers. This just prove again that mary's the same sad sack of coked up shit she's always been The struggle is real. Those 2 old sissy Queens TWTR4EVER and Marv-Hector-DetroitLIES313 never thought the truth would come out, Now it makes sense all the $10 wig and the homemade clothes and the little gigs at the bingo hall and the Boom Boom Room. The Gruesome twosome built up Miss Mary to be the main competition for Madonna, Taylor Swift & Mariah Carey, how could such an Icon & Superstar go Bankrupt a 2nd time and Turdkissa, that 400lb heifer she spawned won't work but spending all Aunt Mary money on wings and ribs. LOL Thanks for the article. It is dated 2002. I thought your concerns about Mary Wilson were current.
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Post by Sammy7819 on Mar 6, 2017 20:31:27 GMT
It just shows old mary wilson's track record of cheap, tacky productions and screwing people over. Tony Turner told the truth. mary wilson is a trashy project Ho with no class.
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Post by hector on Mar 6, 2017 21:15:09 GMT
Gary James' Interview With
Mary Wilson
Mary Wilson was once part of one of the most successful recording acts in Motown Records history, The Supremes. But that is history. Mary Wilson is still singing and dancing her way across stages all over the world today. When Mary Wilson talked with us, her latest project was Duke Ellington's Sophisticated Ladies, which she produced and starred in. The show was a tribute to the music of the legendary Jazz great. Mary was taking this 1981 Broadway smash on the road with an eye towards the UK's West End and ultimately Broadway.
Q - Mary, how did you get interested in Duke Ellington? Had you met him or seen him perform?
A - Well, you know what? I got to say this is one thing I'm very proud of and that is I grew up in a household that listened to Jazz. My Dad had the biggest 78 collection in the world. So, I grew up listening to Duke and people like Joe Williams, Billy Eckstein and Sarah Vaughn. So, I grew up listening to Jazz. Detroit is a great Jazz town. So that's who I grew up with.
Q - Did you approach someone about the show or did they approach you?
A - Well, actually I was looking for a project and so my agent asked me if this was something I would be interested in. I told them I really wanted to do Broadway and that's why I moved to New York. So, they started looking for projects. I had really done some smaller musicals. So, they brought this to my attention and I immediately said this is the one. And it's my first major one. The reason I liked this above all the others is that I had a chance to sing Jazz, which I had grown up with and always loved. So it was perfect. Plus, I had seen it on Broadway with Phyllis Hyman, who is just fabulous and Judith Jamison.
Q - How long would you be onstage with this production?
A - I think it's about two hours with the intermission. It's all music. It's dance. We have the Duke Ellington Orchestra, so that makes it really special. We have dancers and tappers and of course singers like myself.
Q - If the show ends up on Broadway, you'll be performing nightly for a very long time, won't you?
A - Yeah, but I don't think we're going on Broadway. I think this is basically a national touring musical. We might go to the West End.
Q - You wanted to end up on Broadway, didn't you?
A - Not necessarily this particular production. I still want to do Broadway at some point in my career.
Q - Did you graduate from N.Y.U. recently?
A - Well, I did, yes. I got my Associate Of Arts degree in Liberal Arts.
Q - Why did you feel the need to go back to school?
A - Well, my children were grown up and it was just something I wanted to do.
Q - Do you have any idea of how many people you touched when you were in The Supremes?
A - No, I really don't. (laughs) I know that there were guys who served in Vietnam and told me The Supremes' music helped them get through it.
Great interview! Thanks mpn1jco! Mary was the one to continually try new things which is why her shows never became stale.
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Post by hector on Mar 6, 2017 21:19:56 GMT
I Love the eye shadow he is wearing. The color is fierce! I just did a double take. That boy is wearing eye make up! LOL!!!!
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Post by Sammy7819 on Mar 6, 2017 21:41:08 GMT
Hector Gurl, you and your old tranny boyfriend TWTR4EVER both wear makeup and lashes and old thrift store gowns so quit pretendin your shocked at Evan Ross. Shoot.
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Post by Big Al on Mar 7, 2017 2:06:39 GMT
Mary Wilson's production of Sophisticated Ladies imploded so horribly when she ran out of money and Mary fired all the Equity cast and crew, replacing them with scabs, causing Mercedes Ellington to bail as well. It really damaged Wilson's professional reputation and those in the industry will remember that.
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Post by jobeterob on Mar 8, 2017 18:30:36 GMT
Darling, Diane proved she is not 'big crowd' act with RTL. Diane has comeback from that failure in a small way but let's keep it real dear. Are you and jobeterob the same person? Thank you Chainreaction for always telling the truth! It is like Kryptonite, crucifix, garlic, holy water, mirror and blinding sunlight to these lying ass Diana Ross fans! Diana Ross can't help anyone sell tickets which is why she is playing places mostly the size of high school auditoriums now. The truth may also be that Lionel Richie can no longer sell tickets because he has not had a hit in nearly 25 years himself. Besides, Diane is not going to be his opening act, so they can dream on. Diana is a cultural icon who can attract massive crowds at astronomical prices. You'll remember that at some large sports event recently, some of the 20ish year old players were mesmerized by Diana, but they also didn't really know any of her songs.
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Post by Luciano on Mar 9, 2017 0:41:30 GMT
This is one of those questions that puzzels/ interests me. How does a Diana Ross that has so many hit records not be able to fill a stadium/arena but a Tina Turner with less hits can?
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Post by Drummer on Mar 9, 2017 1:33:03 GMT
This is one of those questions that puzzels/ interests me. How does a Diana Ross that has so many hit records not be able to fill a stadium/arena but a Tina Turner with less hits can? Because she can no longer sing in conjunction with the boring show for the last 20yrs. She needs a new stage act, make over, and a vocal chord transplant. That's the whole truth and nothin but the truth.
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Post by mpn1jco on Mar 9, 2017 2:26:38 GMT
1. Ross has sold nowhere near the amount of records as a solo act as Tina Turner. I have already posted the hard numerical facts.
2. Ross is a public relations nightmare. Who hates Tina Turner? Most people hate Ross.
3. Tina Turner puts on an excellent show. Ross has been sleepwalking through the same show since the mid-eighties.
4. Being seen shopping everyday in a beat up car look like a distracted housewife limits your audience sharply.
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Post by Drummer on Mar 9, 2017 2:35:44 GMT
1. Ross has sold nowhere near the amount of records as a solo act as Tina Turner. I have already posted the hard numerical facts.
2. Ross is a public relations nightmare. Who hates Tina Turner? Most people hate Ross.
3. Tina Turner puts on an excellent show. Ross has been sleepwalking through the same show since the mid-eighties.
4. Being seen shopping everyday in a beat up car look like a distracted housewife limits your audience sharply.
numbers don't lie.
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