Still Friends Jul 1, 2008
She was also honored by the Radiation and Public Health Organization for her contribution to the "Tooth Fairy Project, which is part of a study on children s baby teeth to see the level of radioactivity. By the way, a lot of people are asking who s doing the leaking about the details of Cook s financial arrangements with his former 18-year-old lover, Diana Bianchi. Only Cook, Bianchi and her stepfather would have been privy to those details. Even Brinkley, they say, was surprised to hear all... (Fox News)
Polonius provides the real passion in 'Hamlet' Jun 20, 2008
Braugher), or his best friend, Horatio (Kevin Carroll), or even his father's ghost (a most corporeal spirit, as embodied by Jay O. Sanders). This is understandable, since Braugher and Carroll give good oratory but little in the way of specific characterization. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
"Hamlet" update lost in Central Park Jun 19, 2008
Jay O. Sanders makes a dignified Ghost, a gently paternal Player King and finally a wonderfully caustic Gravedigger. As for the women, Lauren Ambrose (last summer's Juliet in the park) brings openness and strength to Ophelia and makes the transition from rejected lover to grieving, mad daughter believable and poignant. (Reuters)
Hamlet And Cheese Jun 18, 2008
REVIEW: NEW PRODUCTION OF HAMLET LACKS MYSTERY - New York Post. THE most interesting Hamlets convey an air of mystery, of ambiguity, that keeps us guessing: Just how crazy is he. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
Actors' Equity awards three Dec 19, 2007
Legit union Actors' Equity has named Lauren Ambrose, Byron Jennings and Jay O. Sanders the recipients of its annual acting awards for thesping in classical stage productions. Ambrose and Jennings won the Joe A. Callaway Award, each year given to one male and one female performer for their work in a classical play in the New York area. (Variety)
In The Main, The Best Part Plainly Is Danes Oct 19, 2007
Col. Pickering, as played by the normally excellent Boyd Gaines, fades away into characterless, sidekick enthusiasm, while Jay O. Sanders does even less than little as the Cockney dustman, Doolittle. Which leaves the enchanting Danes, making her professional stage debut. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
A Midsummer Night's Dream Aug 25, 2007
Theseus - Daniel Oreskes Hippolyta - Opal Alladin Egeus - George Morfogen Hermia - Mireille Enos Demetrius - Elliot Villar Lysander - Austin Lysy Helena - Martha Plimpton Peter Quince - Tim Blake Nelson Nick Bottom - Jay O. Sanders Francis Flute - Jesse Tyler Ferguson Robin Starveling - Ken Cheeseman Tom Snout - Jason Antoon Snug - Keith Randolph Smith Puck - Jon Michael Hill First Fairy - Chelsea Bacon Oberon - Keith David Titania - Laila Robins Philostrate - Herb Foster ... Before this night... (Variety)
A Midsummer Night's Dream Aug 24, 2007
Here, in the hands of a group of such expert comic actors as Tim Blake Nelson, Jason Antoon, Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Jay O. Sanders (just hearing the massive-bodied Sanders trill like a nightingale is hysterical), the comic interludes are as hilarious as they are intended to be. The complicated romantic travails of the love-struck couples at the play's center are handled in equally expert fashion, thanks to the charming performances by female leads Martha Plimpton and Mireille Enos. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
THE MOVIE BIZZMINUS THE GLITZ Feb 4, 2007
" Finding funding Lots of towns have a government office designed to market the region to filmmakers and commercial houses. The Buffalo Niagara Film Commission was established in 2002 by Erie County, but the Legislature hasn't been convinced it's necessary, cutting off its budget in 2005. It was re-established in 2006 with $150,000, as an office of the Buffalo Niagara Convention and Visitors Bureau. Tim Clark, a former Giambra aide, is its lone staffer, handling requests for information,... (Buffalo News -- Entertainment)
The Valley of Light Jan 25, 2007
Noah Locke - Chris Klein Eleanor - Gretchen Mol Matthew - Zach Mills Howard Reynolds - Jay O. Sanders Taylor Bowers - Jeff Perry Whitlow - Geoff Pierson Littleberry - Stephen Tobolowsky Hoke Moore - Robert Prosky. Valentine's Day is just around the corner, meaning it's time for another fuzzy, lovingly shot Hallmark Hall of Fame production -- in this case, one with a dollop of Mitch Albom sentimentality as well as a strong central performance from Chris Klein. (Variety)
Film veteran Sanders talks shop during local stop Dec 4, 2006
Bill Wippert/Buffalo News Actor Jay O. Sanders gets ready to roll during the filming of "The Dissection of Thanksgiving" last month at Island Lanes on Grand Island ... The one person on that set last week that American moviegoers might have recognized was Jay O. Sanders. (Buffalo News -- Entertainment)
'Half Nelson' is a moving human drama Sep 8, 2006
Half Nelson" literally brings it home, though, in its finest sequence, a dinner party hosted by Dan's ex-hippie parents (Jay O. Sanders and Deborah Rush).The complacency and bourgeois racism flow as thick as the wine, and the standard cluelessness of parents is compounded by everything these two and their generation could have done and didn't. ``You stopped the war," Dan offers his mom in an effort to cheer her up. That's nice," she nods, and pours herself another glass. If ``Half Nelson" had... (Boston Globe)
Wrestling with ambiguity Aug 25, 2006
Cast Jay O. Sanders, Tina Holmes, Anthony Mackie, Shareeka Epps, Ryan Gosling. Directed by Ryan Fleck. (Contra Costa Times -- Entertainment)
Half Nelson is Goslings breakthrough Aug 11, 2006
Starring: Ryan Gosling, Anthony Mackie, Shareeka Epps, Deborah Rush, Jay O. Sanders Director: Ryan FleckRun time: 1 hour, 46 minutesMPAA rating: R. Gosling plays Dan Dunne, a Brooklyn schoolteacher with a natural talent for challenging inner-city middle-school students. (MSNBC -- Movies)
With substantial casts, British plays are larger than life May 7, 2006
Stuff Happens" That same infusion of energy drives David Hare's dissection of the Bush administration's Iraq policy. As the cabinet comes marching out onto an open stage in the middle of the audience, it's almost as if you're watching Henry V's war council members preparing for battle -- with one another, as well as with Saddam.Unlike the other two productions, this one starts from scratch. Hytner directed the British version, also for the National, but Daniel Sullivan has reconfigured it for... (Boston Globe -- Living)
Bad Theater Happens: Apr 19, 2006
In a "Playwright's Note" in the New York production's Playbill, Hare explains that nothing in the play is "knowingly untrue," but "Less than a quarter of the play quotes the public statements of politicians verbatim." In practice, this means that the big political set pieces of the last four and a half years are faithfully reproducedJay O. Sanders, as President Bush, even dons a groin-hugging jump suit to deliver two paragraphs of the USS Abraham Lincoln ... Powell and Rice are played by... (Slate)
Stuff Happens Apr 15, 2006
Hans Blix, Jack Straw - George Bartenieff Donald Rumsfeld - Jeffrey DeMunn George Tenet - Glenn Fleshler Dick Cheney - Zach Grenier Palestinian Academic - Lameece Issaq Colin Powell - Peter Francis James Tony Blair - Byron Jennings David Manning, Michael Gerson - Ken Marks Paul Wolfowitz, Sir Richard Dearlove - David Pittu Condoleezza Rice - Gloria Reuben George W. Bush - Jay O. Sanders Alastair Campbell, Jeremy Greenstock - Thomas Schall Jonathan Powell, Robin Cook - Armand Schultz Angry... (Variety)
