By Marlena De Lacroix a.k.a. Connie Passalacqua Hayman The 2014 Nurses Ball on General Hospital, marking the twentieth anniversary of the celebrated soap opera event, is now in the history books. It did not disappoint. There was the usual male strip tease, and young people singing and dancing to pop tunes. But what really worked was the way … [Read more...]
General Hospital: Plots Progress at the 2014 Nurses Ball
Filed Under: General Hospital, MARLENA Tagged With: Cabaret, Connie Passalacqua Hayman, Dr. O, General Hospital, Jane Elliot, Jon Lindstrom, Kathleen Gati, La Cage Aux Folles, Lynn Herring, Marlena De Lacroix, Nurses Ball, Parry Shen, Ronn Moss, soap opera, Tony Geary
General Hospital: When the Veterans Come Marching Home
By Marlena De Lacroix a.k.a. Connie Passalacqua Hayman The late Jim Reilly used to say that writing a soap was like baking a cake. You mix in various ingredients, maybe a little bit more or less of some, bake it, and then, voila, there’s the show, rich and delicious. The main ingredient mixed into GH this past year has been veterans. With the … [Read more...]
Filed Under: General Hospital, MARLENA Tagged With: Connie Passalacqua Hayman, Finola Hughes, Frisco Jones, General Hospital, General Hospital 50th Anniversary, Genie Francis, Ian Buchanan, Jack Wagner, Jackie Zeman, Jim Reilly, John Stamos, Kin Shriner, Kristina Wagner, Lynn Herring, Marlena De Lacroix, Rachel Ames, Robin Mattson, Ron Carlivati, Sean Kanan, soap opera, Tristan Rogers
Is General Hospital’s Vampire Story Too Much? Do The Bold and the Beautiful’s Taylor and Eric Deserve a Little Romance? Is Days of Our Lives Tops?
By Marlena De Lacroix a.k.a. Connie Passalacqua Hayman General Hospital: So what do you think of GH’s vampire story that features characters from that soap canceled a decade ago, Port Charles? Because it’s not over yet, I'm not going to conclusively judge the storyline that already involves one murder (Allison Barrington's) and has “mad” … [Read more...]
Filed Under: Bold and the Beautiful, Days of Our Lives, General Hospital, MARLENA Tagged With: Allison Barrington, Bold and the Beautiful, Connie Passalacqua Hayman, Days of Our Lives, Dr. Taylor and Eric Forrester, Eileen Davidson, F, Ferncliff, Frank Valentini, General Hospital, Jimmy Deshler, John McBain, Kelly Monaco, Lynn Herring, Marlena De Lacroix, Michael Easton, Port Charles, Sam McCall, soap opera, Twlight movies
Ten Happy Halloween Questions
By Marlena De Lacroix 1. Isn't it most curious that two of the most intelligent women characters in daytime -- Dr. Marty Saybrooke on One Life to Live and fashion mogul Jackie M on The Bold and the Beautiful -- have gone from brunette to blonde in the last few months? Fashion, or just another attempt by the networks/shows to "dumb down" smart … [Read more...]
Filed Under: All My Children, As the World Turns, Bold and the Beautiful, Days of Our Lives, General Hospital, MARLENA, One Life to Live Tagged With: Bold and the Beautiful, Colleen Zenk Pinter, David Canary, Eric Braeden, Kelly Monaco, Lynn Herring, Marlena De Lacroix, Nicholas Rodriguez, Nigel Bartholomew Smythe, One Life to Live, Robin Strasser, soap opera, Stuart Damon, Trent Dawson
