The Karen Ziemba Appreciation Thread- Page 2

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 9/2/04 at 2:52pm

Okay, I'm leaving town tonight, not back till late Monday - you're all going to just let this thread die, aren't you?

[LadyGuenevere]

Posted: 9/2/04 at 3:50pm

Fine...I'll bump it.

Was I *really* the only one who saw KZ in Much Ado About Nothing? She was my ideal Beatrice- that lady can really act.

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 9/2/04 at 3:52pm

You may have been, Guen. I read the reviews though - apparently she can rock her Shakespeare. Can Idina??

Updated On: 9/2/04 at 03:52 PM

[LadyGuenevere]

Posted: 9/2/04 at 3:55pm

Only if it was a musical! And if Beatrice needed to belt everything. But that's it. Take that, witch!

She was great, it made me a fan.

The whole cast was great too, Dan Snook was awesome opposite her. I wish I could have seen it again...

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 9/2/04 at 3:56pm

Hopefully she'll do some more stuff like that a little closer to home. Then we can all see her, along with some casting director/producer/director types.

[ShineOn]

Posted: 9/3/04 at 2:39pm

You guys have done a really horrible job of keeping up this thread!!! (And it's only been ONE day... you guys suck...)

Oh yeah... and um... Karen rocks. Woo.

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 9/4/04 at 10:16am

*bump*

[ShineOn]

Posted: 9/4/04 at 5:51pm

Yeah... Karen... woo.

[Jon]

Posted: 9/4/04 at 8:36pm

Just to add something to the thread:

The other night I was watching PBS and there was a short (12 minute) called OFFICE PARTY. The cast included Carol Kane, Tate Donovan, Ralph Macchio (!), Clea Lewis (the squeaky voiced girl on the old ELLEN sitcom), comedian Dave Attel, and Jon Stewart. There was one other guy - a good looking white-haired guy in his late 50's - playing the boss. I knew I knew this guy and couldn't figure out how. As the credits ran, it finally hit me, literally a second before his name appeared on the TV screen - it was Bill Tatum. Karen's hubby.

[kissmycookie]

Posted: 9/4/04 at 10:34pm

One degree of separation from KZ

[ShineOn]

Posted: 9/5/04 at 1:15am

Doesn't EVERYONE have one degree of separation from Karen Ziemba?

Ooo... ooo... let's play a Karen game! Like that Kevin Bacon game, but not. I'll start... I'll throw out a name and you link the person to Karen... (how exciting!!! *jumps up and down with glee*)



Okay... Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm...


Patty Duke!

[Jon]

Posted: 9/5/04 at 8:07am

Patty Duke was in MIRACLE WORKER with Anne Bancroft, who's married to Mel Brooks, who wrote THE PRODUCERS, which was directed by Susan Stroman, who worked with KZ on THE WORLD GOES ROUND, CRAZY FOR YOU, STEEL PIER, CONTACT, etc.

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 9/5/04 at 1:03pm

Tovah Feldshuh

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 9/5/04 at 1:21pm

*double post*

Updated On: 9/5/04 at 01:21 PM

[Jon]

Posted: 9/5/04 at 4:42pm

Tovah has appeared numerous times on LAW AND ORDER. Karen has been on both the original and Criminal Intent.

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 9/5/04 at 5:40pm

Kevin Bacon

Updated On: 9/5/04 at 05:40 PM

[ShineOn]

Posted: 9/5/04 at 6:13pm

Kevin Bacon was in Footloose, the movie. Jennifer Laura Thompson was in FOOTLOOSE on Broadway... J-La was in URINETOWN with Nancy Opel... Nancy Opel and Karen Ziemba were both performers in the American Foundation for AIDS Research (AmFAR) benefit ANGELA LANSBURY: A CELEBRATION, on November 17, 1996.

Updated On: 9/5/04 at 06:13 PM

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 9/5/04 at 7:56pm

Very good, Daisy!! Gold star.

Emily "Daisy Hilton" Skinner.

[ShineOn]

Posted: 9/5/04 at 7:57pm

Ooo... challenge. :)

Emily Skinner was roommates with Sarah Uriarte Berry at Carnegie Mellon University (like, in the stone age of COURSE... *wink*).

Sarah Uriarte Berry played Miss Dorothy in THOROUGHLY MODERN MILLIE at La Jolla Playhouse from Oct. 6-Sept. 10, 2000 along with Sutton Foster.

Sutton Foster participated in the Actor's Fund of America's FUNNY GIRL benefit concert on Sept. 23, 2002 along with Idina Menzel.

Idina Menzel and Kristin Chenoweth currently star opposite each other in WICKED (you learn something new every day, right?).

Kristin Chenoweth was engaged to Marc Kudisch until she dumped him (stupid, stupid girl).

Marc Kudisch (is really, really hot) played Joie Ray in a workshop of STEEL PIER at the Public Theatre with... *drum roll*

LA ZIEMBA!!!

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 9/5/04 at 8:00pm

*wild applause*

Now THAT is how you play Six Degrees of Karen Ziemba!!

Onward...

Richard Nixon

[Jon]

Posted: 9/5/04 at 8:10pm

Why include Kudisch? Yoi can go directly from Chenoweth in Steel Pier to Ziemba.

Here's a quicker connection: Kevin Bacon was in the movie WILD THINGS with Bill Murray.

Bill Murray played Luther Billis to Ziemba's Nellie Forbush in a Lincoln Center concert version of SOUTH PACIFIC in 2000. Updated On: 9/5/04 at 08:10 PM

[ShineOn]

Posted: 9/5/04 at 8:36pm

Why include Kudisch?

A.) It's MARC KUDISCH.
B.) Um, it's SIX degrees of separation.

If I was going for short... Emily and Karen were in Miscast together last year. WHERE is the fun in that? Plus, Marc being in the workshop is more obscure... Steel Pier is what put Kristin on the map.


You're just jealous because my degrees were more interesting than yours. :)

[Jon]

Posted: 9/5/04 at 8:47pm

Richard Nixon:

Richard Nixon was defeated in his 1960 presidential run by JFK.
JFK once met future president Bill Clinton.
KZ performaed a the White House for Clinton.


OR:

Richard Nixon's secon vice president was Gerald Ford.
Ford defeated Ronald Reagan in the 1976 battle be the Republican candidate for President.

Ronald Reagan's Vice President was G.H.W. Bush.

KZ performed for G.H.W. Bush.

OR:

Nixon was a lousy, lying crook. So is Georgre Dubya Bush.

KZ performed for Dubya.

[Rathnait62]

Posted: 9/5/04 at 8:57pm

Ah yes. I KNEW there was a bin Laden connection somewhere...

Please play nice, kiddies. I don't believe KZ would approve of the infighting.

Princess Diana

[Jon]

Posted: 9/5/04 at 11:22pm

Princess Diana's brother-in-law was Prince Andrew.

KZ performed at a benefit for the Prince Andrew Trust.