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MOM’S THE WORD
After B&B’s Karla Mosley (Maya) welcomed daughter Aurora, she hit the boards in Mom and …, an evening of songs about babies, motherhood, partnerhood and more. Mosley credits her daughter as her inspiration. “It really came from her,” says the actress. “I really wanted to sing again. I’ve wanted to do a show for a while, and I just felt so inspired when she was born. I am so thankful. I was also struck by the loss of my niece, and I have another friend who suffered the loss of a child earlier in the year, so I was looking at the subject of motherhood and parenting, and one day you’re a parent, or not a parent, and the next day you are. How do we handle that? What does it feel like? What if you don’t feel equipped? What if you try for a long time and it’s not possible? I wanted to open up a place to explore that in a live setting. The talent involved was off the charts, and everyone was so giving, especially the audience. I never know if a show goes well or not. I just do it and sneak away but at the end of the night, people stayed around. In fact, the restaurant turned out the lights to kick us out and people just turned on their cell phones because no one wanted to leave, so I think that was a pretty good sign.”
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FORGING A BOND
James Reynolds (Abe) was sorry to say good-bye to Vanessa Williams (ex-Valerie) on DAYS. “That’s hard,” he admits. “I feel like we’ve gotten to know each other and become friends, so that’s always difficult. Vanessa is a type A personality who is constantly juggling like three jobs and motherhood and all these projects. Things are gonna be great for her.” Reynolds says he’s grown accustomed to seeing co-stars go. “I’ve been so lucky over the years. Pre-Lexie, Abe was moving from one relationship to another very frequently in those years, and when Lexie came along, things settled down. Since Lexie, there have been things in and out, but overall the constant is everybody has been such a joy as a person, as a human being and not just as an actor. It’s a partnership. It takes some time to build that partnership, even in the best of times.”
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HATE SPEECH
Their characters may not like each other — despise, actually — but Y&R’s Melissa Ordway (Abby) is already a huge admirer of Noemi Gonzalez (Mia). “Noemi is the perfect person to play this role,” enthuses Ordway. “She’s so good at being bad and yet she’s so sweet in real life. It’s crazy when she turns it on. I’m like, ‘Whoa, you’re scary-good at that!’ She’s very prepared, and what she’s doing with her character gives everyone else so much to play with because of how unpredictable Mia can be.” Ordway is also thrilled with how the women tangle with each other. “I love it because I think it brings out a side of Abby we haven’t seen in a while,” the actress explains. “She’s been very businesslike lately, so it’s really fun to play that sassiness in her again. But I mean, talk about not wanting to laugh during our scenes because, like I said, Noemi’s totally nice, so it’s funny to me when we have to be that mean to each other. When we get done with a scene, I’m like, ‘I’m so sorry that I had to be so rude to you,’ but she just laughs. I’m very excited because we have some really fun stuff coming up.”
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GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN
Kin Shriner (Scott, GH) holds his memories of his relationship with the late Susan Brown, who played his Port Charles stepmother, Gail, dear to his heart. “Susan was the first one who welcomed me on to GENERAL HOSPITAL,” he recalls. “Gail wanted to bring Scotty back to Port Charles because she thought it was important that Lee have his son back, and Scotty had run off to Greenwich Village where he was living like a ne’er-do-well, so I had had an immediate relationship with Susan in the professional world of soap operas. We became very fast friends. In those days, the dressing rooms where a hangout, and Susan’s was certainly the number one spot. It was very nicely appointed. She had very nice taste — and I went on to hire her to help design and furnish my house! I’m not sure if she ever understood why I wanted a fire pole in my house — Scotty had one when he lived in the firehouse — but I’m not sure she got that. She said she didn’t think it was a good idea to have a fire pole to get down from the game room to downstairs because somebody would end up getting hurt [laughs]. Everybody loved Susan. We went to breakfast just about every Sunday and we had a very high social life with her. She was a major part of everybody’s life at GENERAL HOSPITAL. Everybody had a relationship with Susan. She really knew how to make you feel special.”
MOM’S THE WORD
After B&B’s Karla Mosley (Maya) welcomed daughter Aurora, she hit the boards in Mom and …, an evening of songs about babies, motherhood, partnerhood and more. Mosley credits her daughter as her inspiration. “It really came from her,” says the actress. “I really wanted to sing again. I’ve wanted to do a show for a while, and I just felt so inspired when she was born. I am so thankful. I was also struck by the loss of my niece, and I have another friend who suffered the loss of a child earlier in the year, so I was looking at the subject of motherhood and parenting, and one day you’re a parent, or not a parent, and the next day you are. How do we handle that? What does it feel like? What if you don’t feel equipped? What if you try for a long time and it’s not possible? I wanted to open up a place to explore that in a live setting. The talent involved was off the charts, and everyone was so giving, especially the audience. I never know if a show goes well or not. I just do it and sneak away but at the end of the night, people stayed around. In fact, the restaurant turned out the lights to kick us out and people just turned on their cell phones because no one wanted to leave, so I think that was a pretty good sign.”
FORGING A BOND
James Reynolds (Abe) was sorry to say good-bye to Vanessa Williams (ex-Valerie) on DAYS. “That’s hard,” he admits. “I feel like we’ve gotten to know each other and become friends, so that’s always difficult. Vanessa is a type A personality who is constantly juggling like three jobs and motherhood and all these projects. Things are gonna be great for her.” Reynolds says he’s grown accustomed to seeing co-stars go. “I’ve been so lucky over the years. Pre-Lexie, Abe was moving from one relationship to another very frequently in those years, and when Lexie came along, things settled down. Since Lexie, there have been things in and out, but overall the constant is everybody has been such a joy as a person, as a human being and not just as an actor. It’s a partnership. It takes some time to build that partnership, even in the best of times.”
Photo credit: JPI
HATE SPEECH
Their characters may not like each other — despise, actually — but Y&R’s Melissa Ordway (Abby) is already a huge admirer of Noemi Gonzalez (Mia). “Noemi is the perfect person to play this role,” enthuses Ordway. “She’s so good at being bad and yet she’s so sweet in real life. It’s crazy when she turns it on. I’m like, ‘Whoa, you’re scary-good at that!’ She’s very prepared, and what she’s doing with her character gives everyone else so much to play with because of how unpredictable Mia can be.” Ordway is also thrilled with how the women tangle with each other. “I love it because I think it brings out a side of Abby we haven’t seen in a while,” the actress explains. “She’s been very businesslike lately, so it’s really fun to play that sassiness in her again. But I mean, talk about not wanting to laugh during our scenes because, like I said, Noemi’s totally nice, so it’s funny to me when we have to be that mean to each other. When we get done with a scene, I’m like, ‘I’m so sorry that I had to be so rude to you,’ but she just laughs. I’m very excited because we have some really fun stuff coming up.”
Photo credit: JPI
GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN
Kin Shriner (Scott, GH) holds his memories of his relationship with the late Susan Brown, who played his Port Charles stepmother, Gail, dear to his heart. “Susan was the first one who welcomed me on to GENERAL HOSPITAL,” he recalls. “Gail wanted to bring Scotty back to Port Charles because she thought it was important that Lee have his son back, and Scotty had run off to Greenwich Village where he was living like a ne’er-do-well, so I had had an immediate relationship with Susan in the professional world of soap operas. We became very fast friends. In those days, the dressing rooms where a hangout, and Susan’s was certainly the number one spot. It was very nicely appointed. She had very nice taste — and I went on to hire her to help design and furnish my house! I’m not sure if she ever understood why I wanted a fire pole in my house — Scotty had one when he lived in the firehouse — but I’m not sure she got that. She said she didn’t think it was a good idea to have a fire pole to get down from the game room to downstairs because somebody would end up getting hurt [laughs]. Everybody loved Susan. We went to breakfast just about every Sunday and we had a very high social life with her. She was a major part of everybody’s life at GENERAL HOSPITAL. Everybody had a relationship with Susan. She really knew how to make you feel special.”
Photo credit: Getty
