[Dixielandjazz] Ringwald no longer everyone's favorite teen queen.

[Robert S. Ringwald]

Thanks for posting this article Steve.

After playing San Diego, San Jose, Sacramento, Portland, Los Angeles, 
Seattle, Salt Lake City, Costa Mesa, she is now in Denver.

After a two week Christmas break, the show opens in Clearwater, FL on Jan 1.

If anyone wants the tour schedule, write to me off-list.

--Bob Ringwald (Proud dad)




---- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Barbone" <barbonestreet at earthlink.net>
To: "DJML" <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2006 7:41 AM
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Ringwald no longer everyone's favorite teen queen.


> CAVEAT: Not OKOM: but about Mr. Wonderful's daughter Molly. From The West
> Chester (PA) Daily Local:
>
> Cheers,
> Steve Barbone
>
> December 7, 2006 -  by Erika Gonzalez - Scripps Howard News Service.
>
> Molly Ringwald can't blame us for being a little bit clingy. She was like
> the sister we never had - the one who taught us how to apply lipstick
> without using our hands. She was our best friend - the one who knew what 
> it
> was like to be completely mortified and misunderstood. But most of all, 
> she
> was the girl who gave us hope - the one who got the hot preppy guy even
> though she wasn't the popular big-chested blonde.
>
> But our favorite red-haired, freckle- faced sweetheart can't stay 16
> forever. "I have a lot of goodwill directed towards me because so many
> people associate their life and memories with me, which can really be a 
> nice
> thing," acknowledged Ringwald, now a very grownup 38 year old. "But it's a
> little weighty sometimes."
>
> So weighty, in fact, that Ringwald relocated for a while to France (she 
> was
> married to French novelist Valery Lameignere for three years) and enjoyed
> life without the teen queen label.
>
> These days, however, Ringwald is trying on the title of stage star. After
> spending much of the last four years stockpiling theater credits 
> ("Cabaret"
> and "Enchanted April" on Broadway, "When Harry Met Sally" in London's West
> End), Ringwald is starring as Charity Hope Valentine in the first national
> touring production of "Sweet Charity".
>
> It's a tough gig for Ringwald - who totes 3 year old daughter Matilda on
> tour - but one she couldn't pass up. "It's a musical I really loved," she
> explained, speaking from a tour stop ,in Southern California. "I had
> expressed interest in doing it after 'Cabaret' but when the revival was
> happening I was pregnant or had Matilda and in no position to do a project
> like that."
>
> Hardest for Ringwald, a veteran singer, was mastering the production's
> intense dance sequences. She began studying the moves long before the tour
> launched, even working with a choreographer while filming a movie in 
> Canada.
>
> "I focused on it a lot more than anything else because I haven't done as
> much of it," she said. "It was sort of a great way to get in shape."
>
> Ringwald knew she'd have to build up her stamina to play Charity, a role
> made famous on Broadway by legendary dancer and actress Gwen Verdon. "It's
> just a challenging role, period. There are only two numbers I'm Not in," 
> she
> said.
>
> Ringwald made her theater debut at the age of 10 in the first West Coast
> production of "Annie," and she's retained some things from her early days 
> on
> the stage. "It serves you well later on," she explained. "You learn how to
> be onstage. It's something you never forget."
>
> Though theater is where Ringwald started, she holds equal affection for 
> film
> and television work. She most recently appeared in the television movie 
> "The
> Wives He Forgot" and NBC's "Medium". When she's not busy working, Ringwald
> dabbles in writing, occasionally doing entertainment profiles for the
> Westchester (NY) Journal News and book reviews for a Connecticut 
> newspaper.
>
> "I have a friend who was working at the newspaper who knew that I read a 
> lot
> of books when I'm not working," said Ringwald. "But I gave him the 
> heads-up
> that I was not going to write any negative reviews. I don't feel like I 
> have
> enough experience to do that. I have some much respect for anyone who
> completes that project."
>
> One of Ringwald's favorite assignments was interviewing Stephen Merritt of
> the band Magnetic Fields. The band had just released the 3-disc set "69 
> Love
> Songs,"  so Ringwald thought it would be fun to ask 69 questions.
>
> "We hung out for hours, and talked," said Ringwald. "But after a while, it
> was like question number 58: "What;'s the name of your dog."
>
>
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