It appears that there is some Dark Shadows related activity coming to Tarrytown the weekend of October 10-13th. The Sleepy Hollow Film Festival is planning a weekend of screenings and activities related to Sleepy Hollow and Halloween. This includes cult actor Jeffrey Combs doing a one man show as Edgar Allen Poe and a live production of Plan Nine From Outer Space featuring Bobcat Goldthwaite.
There is going to be something DS related as well. The announcement was extremely vague but it sounded like a screening of the documentary. This is not being presented by the Dark Shadows Festival. There may be guests with a DS connection but none have been announced as yet.
Tickets for individual events have not been announced as yet. The only prices that have been posted as yet are Gold and Platinum Tickets for the entire weekend's events. Gold tickets are priced at $235.00; platinum tickets are priced at $375.00.
Beyond the budget of many of us.
I know that a lot of this sounds rather vague but the organization's posting is short on specific information. It sounds like a very ambitious event. Let's see if they can pull it off.

sleepyhollowfilmfest.com

Jasmine Nickerson, Denise's daughter in law, posted that Denise had a major medical emergency and was taken to the ER yesterday. She's currently in ICU and has had seizures and is said to be in pulmonary and respiratory distress. She has also developed pneumonia. They have upped her oxygen. She is under a DNR order, so they have not put in a ventilator or feeding tube. They just have to wait to see how well Denise responds.

On a brighter note, Jasmine's baby, which will be Denise's first grandchild, should be arriving in about seven weeks.

Remember that interview that Lara, KLS and David did with Herbie J. Pilato? The one that we assumed was connected to the DS 50th anniversary? It appears that it is finally going to air, on Amazon Prime. It's part of a series with the aforementioned Mr. Pilato, called Then Again With Herbie J. Pilato.

thenagaintv.com

Marie Wallace and Kathryn Leigh Scott will be appearing at Chiller Theatre in Parsippany, New Jersey next weekend, April 26-28. Tickets will be available at the door. For more information chillertheatre.com

I was on a soap opera message board and ran across a posting from a former child actor who posted under the screen name TimWil. He recalled going on an audition as a potential recast as Chucky Shea, one of Lisa's sons on As The World Turns in 1972. One of the other actors up for the part was David Jay. TimWil hysterically describes him as looking like the image of the boy on the Dutch Boy paint can. Neither of them got the part but they continued to run into each other at auditions.
TimWil ended up being cast as David's understudy in a 1974 production of Macbeth at Lincoln Center; he played Macduff's son. Others in the cast were John Heard, Carol Kane, Christopher Walken and Christopher Lloyd!

Marie Wallace made a post on Facebook regarding a small, one day DS event in NYC in early spring. No other details at this time but if I were to hazard a guess, I'd say that it would be to screen the documentary film. No idea which of the actors would be attending.

Chris announced on his Facebook page that he will be at The Hollywood Show on Saturday, October 20th. He is not listed on the Hollywood Show's website, so there's no indication if he will be there for the duration of the show or if any other DS cast members would also be appearing. Best bet is keep checking their website hollywoodshow.com

He also announced that the DS, or rather DC, documentary, Master of Shadows, would have its west coast premiere on the same day. No indication of where or when the screening would take place. And no mention of any screening on the east coast.

Stay tuned.

I just finished reading Marion Ross' autobiography, My Days, Happy and Otherwise. Ross has had a long career and an interesting life but her DS connections are what is pertinent here. She mentions appearing in the stage production of Arsenic and Old Lace but does not mention Jonathan Frid or any of the other actors.
She does, however, devote an entire chapter to her long term companion, Paul Michael. She mentions a lot of his stage work,Zorba, Tevye in Fiddler on the Roof and a role opposite Judy Holliday in Bells Are Ringing. But the only television part she mentions by name is his appearance as King Johnny Romano on DS.
Their romance was unexpected but sweet. Just a nice couple who found true love after sixty.
And the rest of the book is interesting too!