Gina Wilhelm Actress – Broadway Actress Comes Home Sarah Jane Nelson got her start acting at the Strauss Theatre in Monroe, Louisiana. She was one of the original members of the Strauss’s Young Troupe. Since then, she’s moved on to Broadway. She made her debut on The Great White Way in “The Green Bird” and appeared in “SWING.” She returns to the Strauss November 19 and 20 for two concerts. Tickets cost $15. Her husband
Gina Wilhelm Actress – Gabourey Sidibe is a Good Actress Gabourey Sidibe is the breakout star of the movie “Precious: Based on the Novel by Sapphire,” which was a hit at film festivals and opened in limited release in the US November 6. She nearly didn’t audition. “I didn’t decide to go to the audition. I just ended up on that side of the street.” Director Lee Daniels nearly didn’t cast her, either. At first
Gina Wilhelm Actress – Actress Search Finds a 10-Year-Old Disney Star Straight-A student Elizabeth Dampier has always had talent, her parents say. After almost three years of auditions, she landed the role of the young Tiana in Disney’s latest animated movie. “Well, I had many open call auditions and they called me, and I came out to L.A.” to try out for her role in “The Princess and the Frog.” This is the first animated
Gina Wilhelm Actress – Angela Lansbury, Good Actress With SondheimAngela Lansbury, who received her fifth Tony earlier this year, is set to receive Signature Theatre’s Stephen Sondheim Award next spring. After her first stage performance, in 1964’s “Anyone Can Whistle,” with a score by Stephen Sondheim, Sondheim himself called her performance “a gift to the musical theater.” “Anyone Can Whistle” only ran nine performances, but Lansbury was just getting started. She’s won Tonys for a
Gina Wilhelm Actress – Amy Adams Actress Moves to Townhouse Amy Adams is set to star in “Townhouse” opposite “The Hangover” star Zach Galifianakis. The movie is base on the book by Tish Cohen. Adams will play a “friendly call girl,” while Galifianakis is an agoraphobic man whose life alters dramatically when his financial situation changes. Adams is currently working on “The Ten Best Days of My Life” and “Daughter of the Queen of Sheba,”
