I am in the process of buying a restaurant, Wilde Oscars, on Church St., in Toronto.
I travel a lot – I like to go somewhere warm at least once a year.
I have been all over the Caribbean, the Bahamas, Mexico; I have sailed
down the Grenadines; each year I go to New York to see a few shows.
I wrote songs for U.I. Or Die, a Summerworks musical.
Mamakin
Five Alive: The Musical
U.I. Or Die
On television, in:
Howie Mandel’s Sunny Skies
Rita and Friends ( Rita MacNeil)
Commercials – Labatt’s Blue; Amex
In film, in
A Simple Wish – Universal Studios
I have done 6 or 7 short films - Forgiveness
aired on Bravo
In music, I did vocals and keyboard in
Maximum Capacity – an 80’s rock cover band
which toured Montreal, Kingston, Nova Scotia, Ottawa (Molly Maguire’s),
and Toronto (Hard Rock Cafe)
I accompany vocalists at cabarets and other performances
I do vocal coaching
I play piano and organ at weddings and funerals
Summerworks
Buddies in Bad Times
Musical director for Damn Yankees, Singing in the Rain, the Music Man, Promises Promises, Grease - all for Camp Winnebago
(Debbie Grinnell, improv ‘85-‘88 was there too – with
the drama staff)
I am a reader at Sprockets Children’s Film Festival –I read the subtitles of foreign films to audiences.
(This is an annual festival in downtown Toronto –it takes place in various theatres in April each year.)
I volunteer with the Children’s Wish Foundation of Canada.
Acting in more tv and film
Traveling
He and the screenwriter wrote new scenes for me in the movie because they said I was funny. Many of those scenes were cut eventually, as the subplot was getting too big.
Michael Ritchie announced at the end of the first day that his favourite moment was casting Derek Carkner – he told others, but I was around a corner and heard him. The other actors were nudging me, saying, “did you hear what he said?”
I coordinate interviews, arrange limos, escort these people down the red carpet, take them backstage, interview the publicists, go to screenings etc.
A few people I have worked for and chatted with are:
Gwynneth Paltrow, Ben Affleck, Al Pacino, Robert Duvall, Elton John.
Last year I took Helen Mirren to see The Winter Garden while she missed her own screening. She stood on the stage and said it would be great to act there.
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