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Marian Seldes: Tony Award Winner and Video Vixen?
Marian Seldes: five-time Tony Award nominee, 2010 Lifetime Achievement Tony Award winner…music video vixen? Not entirely, but close. In 2009, everyone’s favorite awards show speech maker became the video muse for documentarian Rick Rodgers when he began filming The Third Act of Marian Seldes, a retrospective about the actress’ storied career and position in the New York theater scene. The film itself is a remarkable look at Seldes featuring tributes from her many high-profile fans (Edward Albee, Elizabeth Marvel, etc.), but it’s this eerie viral trailer for the doc that got our attention when we stumbled upon it on YouTube. Shot by Rodgers and scored to trip-rockers Unkle’s “Burn My Shadow,” this is Seldes as you’ve never quite seen her before. Just watch it already.
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Marian Seldes Explains Her Silent Tony Acceptance 'Speech'
One of the most talked about moments at the 2010 Tony Awards came during the initial hour (shown on NY1 and online), when Marian Seldes took the stage at Radio City Music Hall to accept a Lifetime Achievement Award. The great actress placed her hand over her heart and gazed out at the crowd, then exited the stage without saying a word. (The replay on the CBS Tony telecast emphasized just how unusual Seldes' big moment seemed to viewers.)
Now comes an explanation on the blog of actor/writer Steve Schalchlin (The Last Session), who was seated at the same table with Seldes at Sardi’s after a starry June 14 benefit concert of Brigadoon. “We had to ask her about it, of course,” writes Schalchlin. “A.J. Shively, who was sitting on my other side, and who is in the cast of La Cage [as Jean-Michel], said that he was upstairs with the Cagelles [when Seldes received her Tony], who all were screaming in delight at her ‘speech.’ With a twinkle in her eye, she said to Jim [Brochu], ‘They told us, keep it short, keep it short, keep it short, so I decided I would just say nothing.’"
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Click to viewMarian Seldes: five-time Tony Award nominee, 2010 Lifetime Achievement Tony Award winner…music video vixen? Not entirely, but close. In 2009, everyone’s favorite awards show speech maker became the video muse for documentarian Rick Rodgers when he began filming The Third Act of Marian Seldes, a retrospective about the actress’ storied career and position in the New York theater scene. The film itself is a remarkable look at Seldes featuring tributes from her many high-profile fans (Edward Albee, Elizabeth Marvel, etc.), but it’s this eerie viral trailer for the doc that got our attention when we stumbled upon it on YouTube. Shot by Rodgers and scored to trip-rockers Unkle’s “Burn My Shadow,” this is Seldes as you’ve never quite seen her before. Just watch it already.
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Marian Seldes Explains Her Silent Tony Acceptance 'Speech'
One of the most talked about moments at the 2010 Tony Awards came during the initial hour (shown on NY1 and online), when Marian Seldes took the stage at Radio City Music Hall to accept a Lifetime Achievement Award. The great actress placed her hand over her heart and gazed out at the crowd, then exited the stage without saying a word. (The replay on the CBS Tony telecast emphasized just how unusual Seldes' big moment seemed to viewers.)
Now comes an explanation on the blog of actor/writer Steve Schalchlin (The Last Session), who was seated at the same table with Seldes at Sardi’s after a starry June 14 benefit concert of Brigadoon. “We had to ask her about it, of course,” writes Schalchlin. “A.J. Shively, who was sitting on my other side, and who is in the cast of La Cage [as Jean-Michel], said that he was upstairs with the Cagelles [when Seldes received her Tony], who all were screaming in delight at her ‘speech.’ With a twinkle in her eye, she said to Jim [Brochu], ‘They told us, keep it short, keep it short, keep it short, so I decided I would just say nothing.’"
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