Thursday, March 11, 1999
Actress proves show must go on
BY JIM KNIPPENBERG
The Cincinnati Enquirer
Dang, we've heard these “show must go on” stories before, but not about somebody quite so young.
Consider Haley Williams, the high school junior plays Madame Dubonnet in Beechwood High School's production of the musical The Boy Friend this weekend.
And playing it well, says choreographer Sarah Warner. “Plus, she's irreplaceable, because she's the only one with the operatic range or the pipes to pull off Dubonnet.”
Which makes what happened Sunday a double whammy. “She was on her way home and had an (auto) accident,” Warner says. “Lost two front teeth and got pretty banged up.”
So, that was the end of the show, right? Canceled, because of the pipes issue. No, Williams says.
“I don't look good,” Haley told director Alissa Ayers. “I'm all black and blue, but I'm going to do it.”
She returned to school Tuesday, did the dress rehearsal Wednesday night, and will perform this weekend.
“I'm sore, and I hate the diet (soft foods because of the teeth), but I'm OK,” Haley says. “I do have to waltz in the show, but luckily that's all.”
OUTTA HERE: So who was that guy, you were wondering, dressed in bad '70s disco a la Venus Flytrap (yes, as in WKRP In Cincinnati) and barging in on local radio stations?
It was MTV host Tom Green, here Monday and Tuesday shooting for shows that will air in May.
Green is the pushy host who specializes in putting people in odd situations, always with a camera rolling, and always for laughs.
Which is what he did here. First stop: He wandered in to the sales department of WEBN-FM, sang the WKRP theme song and rifled through stuff on desks.
National sales manager Mike Finney kicked him out.
Ditto at WKRQ and WVMX.
After Green was booted, Greater Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky Film Commission staffer Kristen Erwin went in, explained who he was and asked people to sign releases. Most agreed.
Green also spent time tracking Jerry Springer's old haunts. That took him to One Lytle Place, where Springer had an apartment, and to City Hall, where Springer once reigned as mayor.
FASHION PARADE: Here's something we don't see every month: major fashion types in town.
• No. 1 is high-end jewelry designer David Yurman, who creates rings, watches, bracelets and necklaces in a cable or braided design (with and without gemstones). His stuff (ranging from a few hundred dollars to thousands) is on all the finest folk all over the country.
Lynn Redgrave, for example. She wore his stuff to the Golden Globes. Calista Flockhart, for another example. She showed up at a recent awards show decked out in his stuff.
Local buyers? Probably today when he makes a stop today for a Saks meet 'n' greet with cocktails and a showing of his 1999 line. Plus, of course, sale of same.
Yurman usually sells a lot here (this is his third visit) and donates part of his profits to the Leukemia Society.
• No. 2 is hatmaker Eric Javits. He rolls in March 26 for the annual Mad Hatter Tea Party benefiting the Cincinnati Horticultural society.
Javits has whipped up hats for Ivana Trump, Barbra Streisand, Liz Taylor, Sharon Stone and the like.
What local buyers, including Joanie Lotts, Gail Forberg, Joni Herschede — appreciate is his personal consultations. You know, which hat would go best considering facial shape, hair style, height, coloring, etc.
Psst! appears Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday. Have an item to report? Call Jim Knippenberg at 768-8513; fax: 768-8330.
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