Remember Steven Weber from "Wings" and "The Shining" mini-series?
Remember Steven Weber from "Wings" and "The Shining" mini-series?
Dollypop
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#1Remember Steven Weber from "Wings" and "The Shining" mini-series?
Posted: 6/9/09 at 8:46pm
Here's my article about him:
Steven Weber Article
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#2re: Remember Steven Weber from 'Wings' and 'The Shining' mini-series?
Posted: 6/9/09 at 9:03pm
This paragraph was the best:
THE PRODUCERS turned out to be an incredible ten month adventure for Weber. "I'd never done anything on that scale of commitment before. Actors are a lot of things but on film and TV they're a bunch of p*ssies. In theater it's a different story. In the theater an actor is a soldier; you are in the infantry. You have to work. You cannot mess around; you can't throw hissy fits, you can't mess around and you can't give a half-assed performance. I learned invaluable lessons in the process. The biggest realization was how difficult it was to maintain your apparatus so you can sing and dance. I was proud of myself that I'd gotten dance-related injuries. I was incredibly proud of them! It was an amazing experience. Stepping into Matthew's shoes was great. I was encouraged to do some of my own things but in many instances I saw that I didn't have to because Matthew had already done them brilliantly so I incorporated those moments into my own performance."
***But how do you really feel about TV actors???
#2re: Remember Steven Weber from 'Wings' and 'The Shining' mini-series?
Posted: 6/9/09 at 9:08pmIs it sad that I don't know him from 'Wings' and 'The Shining'? I only know him from The Producers and Hair.
#3re: Remember Steven Weber from 'Wings' and 'The Shining' mini-series?
Posted: 6/9/09 at 9:11pmSteven is great, I loved him in Jeffrey ( with Debra Monk as his mom with her dirty cameo) and "wings". I think he is sooo cute and talented. Good read Dollypop. Thanks.
#4re: Remember Steven Weber from 'Wings' and 'The Shining' mini-series?
Posted: 6/9/09 at 9:18pmI absolutely fell in love with Steven Weber when I saw the Reefer Madness movie. LOVE.
#5re: Remember Steven Weber from 'Wings' and 'The Shining' mini-series?
Posted: 6/9/09 at 9:32pmDid you really write the article?
#6re: Remember Steven Weber from 'Wings' and 'The Shining' mini-series?
Posted: 6/9/09 at 9:52pm
Indeed...
His screenplay and performance in Dario Argento's JENIFER is his best work to date. It is a very interesting film with a fascinating central conceit and is made on his delicate performance in a very difficult role. Plus, it's Argento!
REEFER MADNESS: THE MOVIE MUSICAL is absolutely sublime as is everyone in the film and I cannot wait to see what those guys write next (LAND OF THE KINGS, no?).
Laugh if you will, but maybe they could make THE SHINING work as a musical (King and John Mellencamp premiere their new show out of town in a few weeks, btw)... Weber could do a helluva job reprising his role as Jack Torrance.
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#7re: Remember Steven Weber from 'Wings' and 'The Shining' mini-series?
Posted: 6/9/09 at 10:29pmI LOVE Steven Weber. Wasn't crazy about him in The Philanthropist, but that whole show was a disaster. Good article, thanks!
Dollypop
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#8re: Remember Steven Weber from 'Wings' and 'The Shining' mini-series?
Posted: 6/10/09 at 3:06pm
>>>"Did you really write the article?"<<<
No, it was written by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
PiraguaGuy2
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/10/08
#9re: Remember Steven Weber from 'Wings' and 'The Shining' mini-series?
Posted: 6/10/09 at 3:12pmHe was also great on Aaron Sorkin's underrated "Studio 60".
TalkinLoud
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/3/09
#10re: Remember Steven Weber from 'Wings' and 'The Shining' mini-series?
Posted: 6/10/09 at 3:13pm
I liked him a lot in The Philanthropist!
Though I seem to be one of the few who enjoyed that production.
#11re: Remember Steven Weber from 'Wings' and 'The Shining' mini-series?
Posted: 6/10/09 at 3:18pm
I fell in love with Weber due to his fantastic and genius work in the REEFER MADNESS movie, and once again during his guest stint in BROTHERS & SISTERS. He and Rachel Griffiths had so much chemistry, hot!
I hope he keeps doing theater and he has to do a musical soon.
PGenre, I believe the great REEFER MADNESS team is working on a musical adaptation of the hilarious movie HEATHERS, supposedly Christian Campbell and Kristin Bell starred in the reading.
danstudney
Chorus Member Joined: 12/3/05
#12re: Remember Steven Weber from 'Wings' and 'The Shining' mini-series?
Posted: 6/10/09 at 5:17pm
Ray & PG,
Kevin Murphy's doing Heathers with the very talented Larry O'Keefe of Batboy/Legally Blonde fame. I'm doing something else on my own, which I am being somewhat tight-lipped about at the moment.
But Kevin *is* working with our Reefer director, Andy Fickman, on Heathers & they did recently do a reading of the first act with K-Bell & Christian, among others from the extended Reefer family.
Dan
#13re: Remember Steven Weber from 'Wings' and 'The Shining' mini-series?
Posted: 6/10/09 at 5:26pmDan, thanks for clarifying. I can't wait to see both works!
chiuptown
Stand-by Joined: 4/28/09
#14re: Remember Steven Weber from 'Wings' and 'The Shining' mini-series?
Posted: 6/10/09 at 5:30pmhe was in the cast of a revival of Hair in recent years in L.A.
#15re: Remember Steven Weber from 'Wings' and 'The Shining' mini-series?
Posted: 6/10/09 at 5:35pmWhat role did he play in HAIR?
chiuptown
Stand-by Joined: 4/28/09
#16re: Remember Steven Weber from 'Wings' and 'The Shining' mini-series?
Posted: 6/10/09 at 5:40pmI frankly don't remember, tho a lead, i'm thinking Claude. i could be totally wrong, but if i remember correctly, the prod got good reviews all around.
#17re: Remember Steven Weber from 'Wings' and 'The Shining' mini-series?
Posted: 6/10/09 at 5:44pm
I enjoyed The Shining with Steven in the title role about a million times better than the Stanley Kubrick version with Jack Nicholson.
The book is King's best, in my opinion. I don't think Kubrick did it justice.
Weber was excellent, very scary. Now I need to dig the tape out.
chiuptown
Stand-by Joined: 4/28/09
#18re: Remember Steven Weber from 'Wings' and 'The Shining' mini-series?
Posted: 6/10/09 at 6:01pm
He played Berger, and Sam Harris played Claude
http://www.thefreelibrary.com/PASSION+MAKES+%27HAIR%27+SHINE-a083598559
TalkinLoud
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/3/09
#19re: Remember Steven Weber from 'Wings' and 'The Shining' mini-series?
Posted: 6/10/09 at 6:28pmOT, but...@ BlueforBroadway. Kubrick's film is far superior to King's book.
EVIE
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/12/04
#20re: Remember Steven Weber from 'Wings' and 'The Shining' mini-series?
Posted: 6/10/09 at 6:48pmI used to have the biggest crush on Steven when he was on Wings. I was so jealous of Helen's sister when she started dating him! Love him in Reefer Madness. Oh and his death by stiletto in Single White Female, tragic.
sparkleplenty
Stand-by Joined: 9/4/07
#21re: Remember Steven Weber from 'Wings' and 'The Shining' mini-series?
Posted: 6/10/09 at 7:01pmIt is sad that you missed "Wings" a pretty consistently funny sit com. But I guess you're really just bragging that you're a THEATRE person and therefore wouldn't be watching television.
#22re: Remember Steven Weber from 'Wings' and 'The Shining' mini-series?
Posted: 6/10/09 at 7:04pm
Great interview!
He was the best part of Sorkin's Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip.
#23re: Remember Steven Weber from 'Wings' and 'The Shining' mini-series?
Posted: 6/10/09 at 7:21pm
"OT, but...@ BlueforBroadway. Kubrick's film is far superior to King's book. "
TalkinLoud, personally, I hated Kubrick's take on Stephen King's novel. I couldn't feel anything for the characters. I did for King's version. King didn't much care for Kubrick's version, either.
The Shining is my favorite Steven King book. I love his books and am a constant reader.
I digress. Thanks for posting your interview, Dollypop. Very nice.
Dollypop
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#24re: Remember Steven Weber from 'Wings' and 'The Shining' mini-series?
Posted: 6/10/09 at 7:37pm
You're very much welcome.
I appreciate the fact that so many people have taken the time to read the article. It's fairly lengthy.
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