11/15/08-- Back online, finally!
Harry will be appearing in a benefit performance of Happy to Make Your Acquaintance at the Mark Taper Forum on Monday the 17th. The show is a tribute to the music of Frank Loesser. Click the link for more info.
9/19-- A very, very happy 30th wedding anniversary to Harry and Dawn! Here's hoping there are many more happy years in store for them both! :)
5/12-- NEW! A recap of our trip to Texas to see Harry in "American In Paris"!
4/29-- Harry was center stage this April at the Alley Theatre in Houston, Texas, in "The Gershwins' An American In Paris", a wonderful reimagining of the 1951 Gene Kelly classic musical! The musical is hoped to debut on Broadway sometime in the next few months. Read all about it at the Alley Theatre's site here!
Read more news about the show here.
The Jeff Bridges-directed film The Amateurs was released to DVD in February! Dawn Didawick appears along with Ted Danson, Steven Weber, and lots of other stars in the comedy about small-town actors raising money by making a porn film. Buy the movie at Amazon!
02/05--
The Antaeus Group will hold a benefit performance of Noel Coward's plays at the Deaf West Theatre in Los Angeles, on March 1st and March 2nd. The featured plays will be "Shadow Play", "Ways and Means", and "The Better Half", for the first time in the U.S. Buy tickets and get directions at the official Antaeus site!
02/01-- Harry will star alongside Erin Dilly in the upcoming "The Gershwins' An American In Paris", a reimagining of the 1951 Gene Kelly classic musical, being helmed in Houston's Alley Theatre in Texas, starting April 26. Read all about this wonderful news at the articles here and here, and then visit the Alley Theatre's site here!
01/01/08-- Happy New Year!
Harry joined Buffy creator Joss Whedon and many other Buffy cast members and writers on the picket lines Dec. 7 at 20th Century Fox, in support of the continuing writers' strike. Read quotes from the queue which included Eliza Dushku (Faith), Nicholas Brendon (Xander), writer David Fury and more at IFMagazine.com.
Harry will be in New York at the end of January, working on a hoped-for musical based on the Drew Barrymore fantasy Ever After.
Dawn's film with Jeff Bridges The Amateurs premiered in various venues including L.A., Dallas, and Seattle in December. The comedy about small-town actors raising money by making a porn film is rumored to hit DVD in February. Read an interview with Jeff Bridges here.
9/16-- The Antaeus Group will be performing Noel Coward's "Tonight at Eight Thirty", from October 20
to December 23, at the Deaf West Theatre in L.A. One of the featured pieces will be "If Love Were All"-- Harry starred as Noel Coward in the off-Broadway show of the same name in 2003. Read more at the Antaeus website!
8/10-- The official Buffy/Angel magazine went to press for the last time in July. There's a new interview with Harry about the Mayor, not to mention plenty of tidbits with the rest of the cast. Copies may still be found in your local bookstores, and as always, on Ebay.
4/28-- Harry and Dawn will be appearing at the Cape Playhouse in Regrets Only, along with Joel Higgins, from July 2nd through the 14th. Go to the Playhouse's official site to buy tickets.
4/21-- Sweet video of Steve Kazee (Lancelot) interviewing the cast members of Spamalot last year. Thanks Theatre.com and Maribel!
4/13-- Harry is reprising his role in The Great Tennessee Monkey Trial throughout the month of April at various theatres along the East Coast. Number of shows is in parentheses.
April 15, 17 — New London, CT – Connecticut College (2)
April 18-22 — Philadelphia, PA – University of Pennsylvania (6)
April 24 — Plymouth, NH – Plymouth State University (1)
April 26-27 — New Bedford, MA – Zeiterion Theatre (3)
April 29-30 — Concord, NH – Capitol Center (2)
Info by latw.org. Thanks also to Star Trek.com.
2/17-- Very nice photos from September's Broadway on Broadway, including the Spamlot crew performing, can be found at Michael Schamis' website.
2/8-- Harry will appear on the February 15th episode of CSI, titled Monster In A Box, on CBS at 9 p.m.
12/20-- The MoneyDots interview with Harry and Barbara Alexander will air at 8:00 AM Saturday, December 23rd, on Newstalk KSCO 1080 AM. Also, you can listen to the show via streaming over the internet. See their website for more details!
12/13-- "The Great Tennessee Monkey Trial" has been released as an audiobook by L.A. Theatre Works. The drama about the evolution trial of 1925 stars Ed Asner and Sharon Gless along with Harry, and ran in Richmond VA in January. You can order a copy at the LATW website.
12/5-- The UW School of Drama did a wonderful article with Harry last month. It will soon be published with photos at their website, but we have the text version now. Thanks Sarah and Kris!
10/18-- Harry was part of the Actor's Fund's benefit presentation of "The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas" at the August Wilson Theatre on Oct 16th. And I was there! :) Photos forthcoming, but in the meantime
see photos from the production at Playbill.com!
Dawn appears on the official audiobook of The Red Hat Society's Fun and Friendship after Fifty, which you can buy at Christian Book.com Get your copy now!
9/28-- Have added the photos from me and my Mom's trip to NY two weeks ago-- see them here!
9/19-- Read the account of my mother's and my trip to see Harry in Spamalot last week on his birthday, Sept 10 2006!
9/11-- The annual "Broadway on Broadway" exhibition took place on Sunday morning in Times Square, with a special performance by the cast members of Spamalot singing "Always Look On The Bright Side of Life". A clip of the performance can be viewed at Youtube!
Harry's final performance as King Arthur has been moved up to October 29th.
He will also appear at the August Wilson Theatre on Oct 16th, as the Governor in a production of "The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas". Buy the tickets at the Actors Fund website!
Click here for the entire story of Maribel and Mel's trip to finally see Harry live on stage on Broadway in April, 2006!
8/4-- Harry will be the King in Spamalot only for a short time longer: on Oct 31st, he will be turning over the crown to Jonathan Hadary. Read the complete article here. And get your tickets to see Harry now, before Halloween!
8/1-- Harry will be performing Spamalot at Broadway in Bryant Park this Thursday, Aug. 3rd There will also be performances from "The Lion King", Chicago" and others. The outdoor performance will be from 12:30 to 1:30 in the park, sponsored by 106.7 Lite FM. Click the link to find out more.
7/30-- The Alpine Theatre Project will be hosting Dawn Didawick in Montana this August! Please visit their homepage to see this year's repitoire!
7/24-- Harry will be interviewed this Friday on "Downstage Center" on XM Radio's On Broadway, channel 28. The show starts at 6pm and will rerun Sat the 29th at noon. Read the article at BroadwayWorld.org.
7/11-- Broadway.com has a fabulous new interview with Harry, in which he talks about Spamalot (lots of pics!), working on Vegas and Buffy, and about missing his wife Dawn (awwwwww!!! :D
6/8-- Last evening the Theatre World awards were handed out in New York; Harry presented awards with the likes of Jonathan Pryce, Lucie Arnaz, and others. Click here for some *very* nice pics of Harry-- in cowboy mode. :)
5/9-- Finally I was able to scan some photos of our trip to NY to see Harry onstage (at last!) for his first night as King Arthur in Spamalot! Click here, peasant! :)
4/23-- Countdown to Spamalot! Harry will take over for Simon Russell Beale as King Arthur in the Tony award winning Mothy Python musical starting Tuesday, Apr 25, at the Shubert Theatre in NYC. The Shubert is the same theatre where Harry starred in Crazy For You for over two years, earning his 3rd Tony nomination in the process. (Maybe the 4th time will be the charm!) Visit the official Spamalot website!
Click here to buy tickets.
Dawn's film The Amateurs recently had a 3-day showing at the Sarasota Film Festival in Florida! The film, about a small town's attempt at breaking into-- of all things, the adult film industry-- stars Jeff Bridges and Ted Danson and will (hopefully) be released in mid July.
3/23--Spamalot-- the smash hit Broadway comedy based upon Monty Python and the Holy Grail-- has a new King Arthur! Harry will replace the current king, Simon Russell Beale, starting April 25th at the Shubert Theatre in NYC. Click the link to buy tickets, or read the press release here.
3/12-- Harry's name is being mentioned along with many other Broadway stars ("Cats'" Betty Buckley, Shirley MacLaine, Debbie Allen, Tovah Feldshuh, and more) for a documentary titled "Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age." I'll post more about the release dates when it comes out.
2/19-- Harry has reteamed with the Five Sisters Production Co. (Manna From Heaven) for The Happiest Day of His Life, a short comedy about a wedding. Dawn Didawick, Harry's wife will also star in the film-- as his wife! :) Click the link to find out more at the Five Sisters' website.
2/15-- From March 1-6, Harry will be appearing in Los Angeles Theatre Works' traveling production of "The Great Tennessee Monkey Trial," a drama about the Scopes evolution trial of the 1920's. The controversial drama also features Ed Asner, James Cromwell, Sharon Gless, and others. Here's a brand new review of the show from Playbill.com.
Gunther Returns! It's Cookoff Deathmatch between Gunther and Wolfgang Puck on NBC's Las Vegas, when Gunther tries to defend his turf against newcomer Puck at the Montecito. Las Vegas returns to NBC on Fridays at 9pm, starting March 10th after the Olympics.
Here are some screengrabs from Harry's recent reunion with fellow Buffy star David Borneanaz on 1/25's episode of Bones, very kind courtesy dj43. Enjoy!!
That very same night, I was enjoying Harry live on stage! in "The Great Tennessee Monkey Trial" in Richmond. :) Stay tuned for a full recap......
Watch for Dawn in the Jeff Bridges film now titled The Amateurs coming (hopefully this year) to a theatre near you!!
11/18-- The Nov. 21st episode of Medium features the return of Harry as Jake Weber's morally ambiguous boss, in the season's big 3-D Rod Serling showcase! You'll need to pick up 3-D glasses in this week's edition of TV Guide, with Jake and Patricia Arquette featured on the cover.
11/2-- Christmas With The Kranks is available everywhere just in time for the Christmas season! Dawn appears in the Christmas film as the ham/shopping cart lady. :)
10/30-- From March 1-6, Harry will be appearing in Los Angeles Theatre Works' traveling production of The Great Tennessee Monkey Trial, a drama about the Scopes trial of the 1920's. The controversial drama also will feature Ed Asner, John De Lancie, Sharon Gless, and others. Read the Playbill article here.
10/18-- Harry will be guest starring on Oct 24's episode of Medium, 10 PM, NBC. The new hit show stars Patricia Arquette as a psychic mother who balances home life with solving grisly murders. Don't miss it!
6/26-- Manna From Heaven is being released to DVD by MGM on July 12th! The disc will feature interviews with the Burton sisters, an audio commentary,
deleted scenes and bloopers, and more. Reserve your copy at the Five Sisters website or
Amazon.com.
Cynthia Wang provides us with some very nice production
photos. Thanks!
The Antaeus production of "Mother Courage" is nearing the end
of its run at the Warehouse. The show will close June 12th, so get out and
see it while you can!
Star Trek Screencaps has a couple shots of Harry's latest appearance on Star Trek: Enterprise. (Demons and Terra Prime)
5/11-- Thanks to agent Susan Schulman, we now have some high-quality press shots from Harry's various Broadway hits, plus the caricature of Harry that hangs in world famous Sardi's Restaurant! Click here to see all the good stuff.
"Mother Courage" has been extended to June 12th! The Antaeus Company's brand new staging of Bertolt Brecht's wartime drama, Mother Courage and Her Children, has been running at the NewPlace Theatre in West Hollywood since April 15. The show has been a huge hit, with its timely themes of common people caught in the nightmare of a 17th century war. Click to the Antaeus website to buy tickets!
The second Star Trek: Enterprise episode "Terra Firma" will air this Friday the 13th on UPN, the second of Harry's two episodes. Check your local listings for time and channel. This is the third team-up between Harry and Scott Bakula, whom Harry has enjoyed working with in past showcases Quantum Leap and Role of a Lifetime.
A new article in the Print section, from 1993, Playbill marking Harry's 1000th performance in Crazy For You.
Also: Harry will be appearing on one of the final episodes of UPN's series Star Trek: Enterprise The show will reunite him with Scott Bakula, whom Harry appeared with previously in Quantum Leap and Role of a Lifetime. Go to Star Trek.com to read more about it!
2/12-- Harry will be co-hosting the 36th annual Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Awards ceremony along with critic Wenzel Jones, at West Hollywood's Coronet Theatre on March 21. Harry is also one of the nominees for Best Featured Performance for his role in last year's Chekov X 4. Click the link above to read the article at Playbill.com. Good luck Harry!!
2/3-- Manna From Heaven will be screened at the Fredonia Opera House in Fredonia NY with a special Q&A session with filmmaker Gabrielle Burton. See our Manna page for more info.
2/2-- Catch an all new episode of Las Vegas, "Can You See What I See?" next Monday on NBC at 9 PM.
Hey, he looked darn fine up until the moment he got whacked. :) See some pictures of Harry in all his glory in last week's gruesome Monk episode. Thanks to Kristen at Monk Fans Livejournal community for capping the show! :)
1/14-- Gunther's back!! The new Las Vegas episode "The Lie Is Cast" will be airing Monday the 17th on NBC, 9 PM.
1/7/05-- Happy New Year everyone. :) Harry is listed as appearing in the new Monk episode titled "Mr. Monk Vs. The Cobra". Monk will begin airing new episodes on Jan. 21st on the USA network, so keep an eye out for that.
Manna From Heaven, the independant Five Sisters comedy that was making the rounds nationwide last year, will finally be released to DVD and video in the spring, thanks to MGM and Porchlight Entertainment. Click the link to reserve your copy at the Five Sisters website!
11/3-- Welcome to the new frames layout!
Unfortunately, I come with bad news. Dr. Vegas has been placed on hiatus by NBC. For those of you not familiar with the lingo, hiatus is a fancy word for cancelled. :P
10/30-- New listing! Harry appears in November 5th's Less Than Perfect, at 9:30 on ABC. Less Than Perfect is the one that stars Sara Rue and Andy Dick from the similar (and much better, dearly departed) Newsradio. Catch it!
Showtime Network has opened the official site for the Hank Azaria Showtime series Huff, which Harry filmed a few episodes for last spring. The series will premiere on Showtime, November 7th at 10 PM. Hopefully it'll allow Harry to show us the same kind of quality dramatic range he showed in last night's amazing Dr. Vegas!
The ads for Dawn's film Christmas With The Kranks have begun airing on TV. (I saw it on Cartoon Network!) You can even see her in the ad, racing shopping carts with Jamie Lee Curtis! The film will be opening this Thanksgiving. Click the link for the official site!
9/27-- From one Vegas to another: Harry appeared on the pilot episode of Rob Lowe's new series Dr. Vegas last Friday! He's filmed at least three episodes for the show, as a recurring character, with hopes for maybe more as time goes on. Tune in to Dr. Vegas on Fridays at 10 PM on CBS; Harry's next episode should air at some point in the next three weeks.
Meanwhile, Dawn's wrapping up not one but two feature films: the Tim Allen comedy Christmas With The Kranks which is aiming for a Thanksgiving release, and a Jeff Bridges film The Moguls, in the works for 2005. Stay tuned for more news!
9/10-- A happy birthday to Harry today, with some good news on Manna From Heaven-- a video release is on the way!
Catch Harry's episode of Quantum Leap on the Sci Fi Network. It's either the 16th or the 17, at 2 AM. (Conflicting TV guides.)
Check out Richess' pics of Harry, along with James Leary and J. August Richards, at the Sunnydale Central con last year.
More news soon....
7/23-- Catch the rerun tonight of Harry's episode of Las Vegas: The Big Bang. More news coming presently....
6/16-- One new link: the brand new official website of Bruce Adler, who played Bela Zangler in 1992's Crazy For You, and was nominated for a Tony alongside Harry. Check it out!
5/6-- Dawn has got a part in the new John Grisham comedy (yes, I said comedy) based on his Skipping Christmas (retitled again! Christmas With The Kranks), starring Tim Allen and Dan Ackroyd.
Last month Harry wrapped an episode for the Hank Azaria Showtime series Huff, in what may become a recurring role as a medical investigator. The series will debut on Showtime sometime this summer. Stay tuned!
5/06-- Chef Gunther suffers a "crises of confidence" on the May 10th episode of Las Vegas (Monday, 9PM, NBC)! (They actually mentioned him in the TV Guide blurb this time!)
Dawn has got a part in the new John Grisham comedy (yes, I said comedy) based on his Skipping Christmas (retitled Skipping The Holidays), starring Tim Allen and Dan Ackroyd.
In June, Harry will be appearing at the Cape Playhouse in Dennis, Mass. in the musical "I Do, I Do". The show will run for two weeks. On TV, he has just wrapped an episode for the Hank Azaria Showtime series Huff, in what may become a recurring role as a medical investigator. The air date is yet to be determined, but the series debuts on Showtime this summer. Stay tuned!
4/13-- "Chekhov X 4" will have its final curtain on May 16th. The show is garnering rave reviews, pleasing audiences ranging from ordinary folk to foriegn dignitaries. Harry describes working on the show as "great fun" and says it's wonderful to play in something where he gets to "fall in love every night" with his co-star/wife Dawn. :) Awww! Click the link or the image at right for times and ticket info.
3/24-- At last, Harry and Dawn's episode of I'm With Her will finally be airing on March 30th, 8:30 PM, on ABC! The pair filmed the episode last fall and it's been a long wait for it. Harry plays the principal of the school that Patrick teaches at, and Dawn plays his secretary.
2/26-- Buffy fans, we're jumping on the bandwagon to help save Angel. The current season has been targeted as the last one by the WB, and where signing petitions is a hit-or-miss proposition, some of the fans have come up with the (maybe better) idea of writing to other networks (namely TNT, which is already running Angel in syndie) to pick up the show for all new seasons. (No, Harry has never appeared on the Buffy spinoff.... yet. But maybe, if we got the show back, maybe in some wild act of providence.... ;)
Anyway, click the banner to be taken to savingangel.org. Join the fight!
2/7-- New pix!! See Harry and Dawn starring together in "The Bear", one of four parts to The Antaeus Project's production of "Chekov X 4." The show is opening in previews at the Newplace Studio Theatre on Feb. 6, 7, and 11, and will premiere over four nights-- Feb 12-15. Order tickets at the show's official site, or see more pix here!
2/3-- Harry was featured (briefly) on Groundhog Day's episode of Las Vegas as Gunther the chef. Rerun watchers should keep an eye out for the heavily advertised "Paris Hilton" episode when reruns roll around.
One new link added: the official U.K. site for Twiggy Lawson, the celebrated actress/model who starred with Harry in 1999's "If Love Were All" on Broadway. (Sorry I didn't see your url at the bottom of the note, Tim!)
1/16/04-- Harry and Dawn are in rehearsals for a new show with their theatre group, the Antaeus Project, titled "Chekov X 4". The show will open Feb. 12. Go to the homepage to see a picture of them in rehearsals with the rest of the group. More about the show will be posted as soon as I find it!
Harry filmed a new episode of Las Vegas on Jan. 8th. Keep watching NBC on Mondays at 9 PM to catch it!
12/13-- Found a link at Reprise.com for the one-day production of "Assassins" earlier this year; a very good account of Harry's performance as a presidential assassin. The site also has links to more huge-o pics, so surf with caution.
For you icon buffs-- I threw this together, seemed like something the Mayor would say. :) Upload it to your own server and use it if you like.
11/27-- Welcome to the site's new look! :)
"Like Jazz" opened Nov. 21 at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles. Harry stars in the overview of jazz as an art over the decades, along with Jennifer Holliday and Cleavant Derricks, among others. The show is slated to run through January 25th. Click the logo at right to buy tickets!
Also, the Forum's official site has posted a humungo-sized pic from the play-- click here for a more easily downloaded version.
Two new blast-from-the-past links: Galacticfed.com has a small rundown of the episode of Dead Last that Harry appeared in around 2000. Also, Al's Place has a tiny cute pic of Harry as he appeared in the Quantum Leap episode "Permanent Wave", circa 1983. (For Leap fans, there's a petition going around now to get this beloved series on DVD-- a shame it hasn't been done by now, really.)
11/17-- Las Vegas Online has posted a few screengrabs of Harry as
chef Gunther from the Oct. 13th ep. No news yet as to when, or indeed if,
he'll soon be serving snail guts to unsuspecting Vegas denizens in a future
show. :) But stay tuned....
10/31-- A new musical opening up in Los
Angeles! "Like
Jazz" will be running in previews at Los Angeles' Mark Taper Forum on
November 21st, and opening December 4th! Harry stars in the overview of jazz
as an art over the decades, along with Jennifer Holliday and Cleavant
Derricks, among others. Click the link to get tickets!
10/27-- Archived five pieces of print on the Article Page, from back in
the day; three reviews of Harry in 1987's Broadway magician drama "Sleight Of
Hand", one interview with him backstage at "Cats" in 1982, and one review of
him in 1979's hit "Oklahoma!". Much thanks go to Patti at Hudson Valley
Records for all her help and for supplying the articles! :)
There are also new dates to be found on the Manna From Heaven
page... including one or two in New York City!
It's happening sometime... Harry and Dawn will still be guesting on an
episode of ABC's new comedy I'm With Her (Tuesdays, 8:30 PM). Harry plays the
principal of the school David Sutcliffe's character teaches at, Dawn plays his
secretary!
And at some point, hopefully before the end of the world, I will
get to adding more to Dawn's biography page. It's gonna
happen. Honest!
9/25--Bad, bad news regarding WB's The Mayor... it's not
going to happen. After filming only one episode of the comedy series, which
centered on a teen mayor of a small town, the WB has decided it's not
something they want to pursue, and have dropped it from the schedule. Rats. :(
9/10-- Happy birthday Harry! :)
The new TV season draws near with
two confirmed guest appearances. First, both Harry and Dawn will be
guesting on an episode of ABC's new comedy I'm With
Her, debuting Sept 23rd. Harry plays the principal of the school David
Sutcliffe's character teaches at, Dawn plays his secretary! (Incidentally, the
two celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary on the 19th...)
Then, Harry
plays a star chef on two eps of NBC's new James Cann drama Las Vegas, which debuts Sept.
22. We don't know exactly *which* eps they're going to be, though. So keep an
eye on those!
9/2-- Harry's joined the cast of "Assassins", a
reprise of the 1990 musical by John Weidman and Stephen Sondheim. The play
focuses on various presidential assassins (Lee Harvey Oswald, John Wilkes
Booth), and is scheduled to run for one night only at UCLA's Freud Playhouse
in L.A. on September 15 at 8 PM. Tickets to the show can be got by calling
UCLA Central Ticket Office at (310) 825-2101, or going to http://www.harrygroener.com/www.reprise.org
8/20-- Manna From Heaven has been picked up to open in 25 more
U.S. cities, and it's also been picked as a premiere American film for the
Canadian Circuit, a subdivision of the Toronto International Film Festival
Group. Check out the Manna
venue page for a list of cities the movie is coming to, and if you can,
head out there and see it!
7/25-- Big news: Harry's going to appear at the Sunnydale Central 2
convention in Toronto, Canada, on August 22-24! This is one of the few Buffy
conventions Harry has been able to do, so get there if you can. J. August
Richards and Danny Strong are on the menu too. Click the banner above to visit
the official site for the latest! Thanks Cindy! :)
7/24-- Harry's interviewed in the August issue of Cult Times, #95!
He talks about his final appearance as the Mayor during the last season of
Buffy. Pick up your copy at Visual
Imagination.
7/10-- It's way overdue, and it's still not even close to
being done. But to commemorate Dawn's current run in "On Golden Pond" at the
theatre in Missoula, Montana, I'm putting out the (very preliminary!) first
draft of her biography
page. She'll be appearing in the show for the next two weeks. Stick around
for more additions to the page!
Still no solid start date for the WB's The
Mayor, although there's a chance it may not be debuting this summer
after all-- TV Tome even lists a date of January 2004. Six eps have been
filmed so far, with more to come. Stay tuned....
6/6-- A huge screening of Manna From Heaven will happen on June
13th at the AMC Fashion Valley 18 theatre, San Diego. It's a special screening
to benefit Habitat for Humanity. Harry and his wife Dawn Didawick are both
going to be at the premiere, to meet moviegoers! Get your tickets before the
event sells out by contacting the Sisters.
Also, the WB site has posted their official
page for Harry's new series The Mayor! Still no premiere date yet,
though.
5/6-- This winter, the extremely generous Anthony Larme provided
images, info and a whole lot of pep talk toward the creation of a complete
episode guide to Harry's 1997 sci-fi drama Sleepwalkers.
While I (still) have not completed the site, you can head on over to find out
more about this series, its stars, and see more photos of Harry as the creepy
Smiling Man! And please
make sure to visit Anthony's personal site devoted to Naomi Watts (who
played Kate; also starred in The Ring). Thanks Anthony! (I'll finish it
soon, I swear...)
We have a new recent interview with Harry, kindly donated by journalist
Simon Monger. In it, Harry talks about his experiences with sci-fi convention
fans, Jack Nicholson's surprising shyness, and outs the Mayor as a Virgo. :)
Read the article here!
Thank you, Simon!
4/21-- Well, I wasn't able to update this right away, but Manna From
Heaven was held over for an extra weekend in both New York and L.A. last
week. Go here for a list
of theatres it may still be playing at at this late date! Visit the official movie site to see a
trailer, or go to the Five
Sisters Productions site for more updates!
TV Tome is listing the WB's Kid Mayor for September! That's in
no way a definitive airdate, but go
here to see their page. The show is being produced by Adam Sandler's
company, and stars Samm Levine as a 19-year-old who is elected the mayor of
his small town. (To answer your question, no. I was hoping Harry was playing
the mayor too, but nope. Not this time. :)
However.... you can watch Buffy on May 6th-- the episode titled
"Touched" is the hoped-for Mayor/Faith reunion.
4/2-- Manna From Heaven is going to open in 33 theatres
throughout New York and Los Angeles on April 4th! At least one of the Five
Sisters filmmaking family will be present at the AMC theatres throughout the
weekend. The first weekend will be crucial to maintaining the film's momentum,
and may get it into even more theatres. So if you live in either city, jump to
the Sisters'
tour schedule page for an updated list of theatres the movie's playing in.
****BUFFY SPOILER ALERT****
(highlight the following text to read a
Spoiler about one of the upcoming Buffy eps!)
According to Spoiler Slayer, Faith will be visited by
the morphing First Evil in the guise of the Mayor on episode 20, titled
"Touched", airing May 6th. It's only for one scene, and it isn't "really" the
Mayor back from the dead-- only a disguise that this other demon is wearing.
It still sounds like Harry will be making an appearance, though! To read all
the dirty details, see the Spoiler
Slayer.
****END SPOILER ALERT****
3/17-- Manna From Heaven, the independent film from Five Sisters
Productions, is undertaking a "whistle stop tour", opening at theatres in
various locations around the country. In the film, Harry plays a struggling
dance-school owner, who along with his neighbors is blessed by a mysterious
shower of money from the sky. Being an indie, the film has had to draw
moviegoers almost purely on word of mouth-- but that word has been great. It's
been drawing comparisions to last year's huge indie hit My Big Fat Greek
Wedding-- same kind of homey styling and hopeful themes. On April 4th it's
going to be opening at theatres throughout both N.Y. and L.A. Go to the Sisters' tour
schedule page to find a theatre near you! The Sisters' site has lots more
info (and photos!) about the film as well.
3/6-- Harry's got a new series!! The pilot of the new WB comedy Kid
Mayor will be filmed on April 11 (Friday) at Sony Pictures in Culver City,
California. The show is being produced by Adam Sandler's company, and stars
Samm Levine as a 19-year-old who is elected the mayor of his small town.
Catherine Denevue has joined the cast as well. If you're near L.A. and you
want tickets to be in the studio audience, head over to TV Tickets.com and grab 'em! As
soon as I find out anything else about the show, air dates and specifics of
Harry's character and so on, you'll see it here! Thanks Steve!
NBC.com still lists the airdate of Dawn's Ed as March 12th,
although they've been considering moving the sitcom to Thursdays (thereby
changing the date to the 13th). Dawn's appearing as one of the guests staying
at Molly Shannon's snowbound inn.
The new logo graphic on the front page is courtesy Ken-- thanks much to
him! :)
3/1-- At last... the account of our recent trip to see Harry in New York City!! Maribel
got to see him in Imaginary Friends, she said he was awesome! Now that the
show's over, it's back to L.A. for him and his wife Dawn, in search of this
year's gigs.
On that note, keep an eye on NBC's sitcom Ed; Dawn will
guest-star on March 12's 8 P.M. episode. And keep watching this site for a
history of Dawn's life and career, coming soon!
2/1 -- Imaginary
Friends will close on Broadway on February 16th. Various reasons,
including the threat of war and an impending musician's strike are the cause.
Get your tickets at the official site to see this one before it's gone.
Manna From Heaven, the film from Five Sisters Productions, is
gaining more and more theatre showings across the country. The film, which has
drawn comparisions to the current indie smash My Big Fat Greek Wedding,
tells the story of several neighbors who come into a divinely-sent amount of
money, only to discover years later that they may have to pay it back. Harry
gets to dance in this one! For more about the film and the Burton sisters who
produced and starred in it, go to the official Five Sisters
website.
Of course, About Schmidt is still showing everywhere, too. BTW,
Harry's wife Dawn was originally cast as his wife in the movie! The role
eventually went to Connie Ray, but it was going to be Dawn first. Read all
about it at Moviehole's interview
with Harry.
1/18/03 -- New: a great article on Harry over at Talkin' Broadway.
Harry talks about the new play, as well as Crazy For You and Cats. Gotta love
that picture.... :)
12/16 -- It's almost here: season 3 of Buffy will be released on
DVD in the States on January 7th! Along with all the eps, we get commentary on
selected ones, and no doubt at least some talkin' from Harry about the Mayor.
Jump to amazon.com
to reserve your copy now!
About Schmidt, the Jack Nicholson film, will open
nationwide January 3rd. Harry appears as a Winnebago-driving husband Jack has
dinner with. Check out the official site to get the story
behind the Oscar-buzz film, which is directed by Election's Alexander
Payne.
11/29 -- Imaginary
Friends appears to have been extended through June 29th at the Ethel
Barrymore theatre in New York City! The show started previews there on Nov.
25th, it opens Dec. 12th. Harry has several roles as every single man in the
lives of embittered writers Lillian Hellman and Mary McCarthy. Singing,
dancing, the works! Visit the official site at the above link (they've got
photos!), or get your tix at NYTheatre.com.
Go here for an
article on the show from the San Diego Tribune.
10/3 -- Harry's starring in multiple roles in the new Nora Ephron
musical comedy 'Imaginary Friends' at the Globe Theatre in San
Diego until November 3. After which, the show packs up and moves to the Ethel
Barrymore theatre in New York City. The show previews there Nov. 25, and opens
Dec. 12! Order your tickets now at NYTheatre.com.
Go
here for an article on the show from Theatre Mania.
9/10 -- Happy birthday Harry! :)
And now a little gift for us Mayor
fans: Go here for a MAJOR SPOILER about the
upcoming season premiere of Buffy, airing September 24th, 8PM on UPN.
(Although, I guess just the fact that I'm mentioning it at all spills a lot,
doesn't it?.....
Dawn Didawick may be seen on PBS in Masterpiece Theatre's American
Collection, in the Esmerelda Santiago biopic Almost A Woman on Sunday
the 15th, 8PM, on PBS and WNET. It also reruns the 17th at 12AM.
Also, Harry will begin his run in 'Imaginary Friends' Sept. 21, at the
Globe Theatre in
San Diego. Harry's got a starring role in the Nora Ephron musical. Click the
link to buy tickets.
8/24 -- Go to Buffyverse.de
for a download of Harry speaking on the Buffy season 3 DVD. It's still yet to
be released over here in the States, but you can watch a snippet here if you
download Windows Media. (The rest of the site's pretty neat too... some new
screengrabs. :)
6/30 -- Harry's got a new play! 'Imaginary Friends', a Nora Ephron
scripted musical that will be showing at the Globe Theatre in San
Diego, from Sept. 21 to Nov 3rd. Click the link for ticket info. Thanks Tim!
Sleepwalkers has been released on DVD in Germany! If you've got
a region 2 DVD player, you can get Harry's scary performance as the Smiling
Man in "Night Terrors" at Warner
Vision. (Click their Fantasy/Sci-Fi link to find it.)
6/29 -- Be sure to catch the Tom Hanks Prohibition drama Road to Perdition on July
12th, Harry has a scene with Tom in it! Directed by Sam Mendes, who did
Election and American Beauty, the film is being released by
DreamWorks. Visit the official site (uses Flash) or this fan website
for much more info and photos from the production.
6/14 -- Here's another account from the Homecoming con, from the very
gracious Cathryn:
"....When I saw Harry out of the corner of my eye having
breakfast in the hotel restaurant, I had a sudden flashback to "Graduation
Day" and the spiders. BTW, he told us they were tootsie rolls painted black.
They were apparently too hard to swallow quickly, so he's actually spitting
them back out when he appears to be cleaning his mouth with the
napkin.
"Until his Q&A session, I'd no idea what an interesting, really
nice man he is. (They were all nice, but him especially so).
"But I was
really converted to the Harry love on Saturday night. He was dancing with a
little girl of about 12 (to "Sex Machine" if you can believe it!) when some
very glamourous - and very forward - girls of about 20 or so tried to drag him
off to dance with them. He handled it so well. He accepted their invitation
but took the 12 year old with him, making sure they knew he was still dancing
with her. Sigh. What a gentleman!"
Thanks for the scoop Cathryn! :)
6/9 -- David Taylor got to see Harry at the Odyssey convention last
year in England. This year, he traveled to the Homecoming con in Scotland, and
brings us this awesome story of the proceedings:
"After meeting Harry a year ago at another convention, I was looking
forward to seeing him again as I have found him to be an entertaining and
interesting guest. It is also safe to say that I was not disappointed!
Harry's talk on Saturday was as part of a villains panel. He was joined on
stage by George Hertzberg (Adam) and Danny Strong (Jonathon). However, most of
the questions fielded were for George and Danny, with Harry not getting into
the flow of it until his Sunday individual talk. And boy was it worth waiting
for.
I can only hope that Joss catches a copy of the tape or reads this
post and gets in touch with Harry. After fielding some of the usual convention
questions, he was asked if he would like to return to Buffy, and if so, under
what circumstances?
With everyone expecting the, well there's nothing more
the character could do answer, Harry proceeded to explain a scenario that he
has either given much thought to, or has an amazing mind to come up with this
on the spot.
Yes he would like to come back (no surprise there) but only
in flash back if he was too old to play the character of the Mayor's son.
I can't think of any episode that actually mentioned he had a son, so this
is something that would be fleshed out with back story. He arrives in
Sunnydale looking for revenge on the group that killed his father. After
collecting the details of all those involved in the murder (in his eyes) he
goes after them one by one. First off he kills Xander, and the Scoobies get
some clue about him and start searching the books for the demon responsible.
But here's the twist, he is a cross demon and cannot be found in any books!!
Then another of the gang is killed, then another, and another. All the time,
clues are massing up but Buffy is unable to piece them together and find a way
of killing him. She is getting more frustrated all the time, and eventually
all alone, her friends all dead. So who does she call? Angel!! He rushes back
to Sunnydale in time for the big climax, Buffy vs. the Mayor's son. In this
final fight, she manages to kill him (well she has to, it's her show) but only
after he has managed to kill Angel. So Buffy has won, but at what cost.
At
this point the audience went wild, with suggestions that he should send his
idea to Joss. But Harry being modest suggested that us fans should do it
instead. I can only add that Joss will have to come up with one hell of a
season seven, if he's gonna beat that idea.
All too soon, his hour was
over and he left the stage to thunderous applause.
Yet again, it has been
a real pleasure to see Harry perform, and I think he has made many new friends
this past weekend."
Thanks for that, David! :)
Other news: Daisy Eagan, who appeared in "Caught In The Net" this
January with Harry and Dawn, posted some neat photos of the play at her official site. Only a few
of them are thumbnails, but she promises more.
5/31 -- Harry stars in the Tom Hanks Prohibition drama Road to
Perdition, coming out on July 12th! Directed by Sam Mendes who did
Election and American Beauty, the film is being released by DreamWorks. Visit
this fan
website for much more info and photos from the production.
5/6 -- An interview with Harry about his role as the Mayor can be found
in this month's issue of Xpose, a British sci-fi mag, found at Visimag.com.
4/24 -- Sector 14's Homecoming
convention in Glasgow Scotland has been rescheduled! The con will now run June
1st-2nd. Harry will appear at the con with a few other Buffy alumni,
including Anthony Stewart Head.
4/19 -- Tuesday, Apr 23rd, ABC: Harry guest-stars as a "Jerry-Springer
type" on Philly at 9 PM. At the exact same time, he appears on UPN's
Roswell as a psychiatrist. And FX is rerunning the Mayor arc all this
month on Buffy. Happy viewing!
4/5 -- Wonderful news: Harry has secured the role of Buddy in Reprise's Los
Angeles production of Follies! The role is one that many theatre aficiandos
have been hoping he'd get, and wish granted! The Reprise site is now updated with
schedules and cast lists. The show will run June 15th through the 23rd.
Meanwhile, Harry's wife Dawn is in Alabama, starring in Doris Baizley's
Shiloh Rules. The production is part of the Alabama Shakespeare Festival and
will be running all April. The show is a comedy about women who stage Civil
War reenactments. Good luck to the both of them!
3/29 -- Two TV spots: Harry guest-stars on NBC's new Julia Louis
Dreyfus vehicle, Watching Ellie, on April 2nd at 8:30 PM. UPN's Roswell will
air April 30th!
Don't forget, Haunted is still being written and distributed!
Issue four should be out in April. Links to buy all four can be found on our
merchandise page.
3/17 -- Happy St. Patrick's Day! Head over to the new merchandise page where you
can find links to buy Buffy stuff, videos of Harry's films, and CDs from his
shows.
3/5 -- Harry's episode of Malcolm
In The Middle will rerun Sunday, Mar. 17th, at 8:30 PM on the Fox network!
2/19/02 -- Harry will guest star on an upcoming episode of UPN's hit
sci-fi series Roswell! The date isn't final, but keep an eye on that network.
Site-wise, check out Pix for scans of the
Mayor-centric Buffy comic "Haunted" from Dark Horse comics. Part three comes
out on Feb 20 (my b-day :)
12/3 -- Harry and his wife Dawn star in Caught In The Net, a Ray Cooney
play, opening December 7th at the Coconut Grove Playhouse in Miami! Harry
plays the bigamous head of two families and Dawn plays one of his wives. The
comedy runs from the 7th to the 23rd and also stars Tony Randall and Paxton
Whitehead.
If you've got TNN, tune in Friday the 7th at 11PM for a rerun of
Harry's classic Star Trek Next Generation episode, "Tin Man". A fan
favorite, considered one of the best eps ever, this is the one with Harry as a
lonely mindreading alien, whom the crew picks up on the way to investigate a
strange new spaceship-like life form. The writer of the episode originally
wanted David Bowie for the role!
The Santa Monica
Mirror reports Harry will be at the Salon IX at the Mark Taper Forum on
December 4th, for a centenary of composer Kurt Weill.
The
Buffy comic The Haunted #1, co-written by BTVS script writer Jane Espenson,
comes out Dec. 19th. The comic reunites the Mayor with the dark Slayer Faith
to wreak havoc on Buffy's life. You can order a copy at Dark Horse comics by
clicking the pic; or go to ElizaDushku.org.
11/8 -- Head over to ElizaDushku.org to see four pages of
the upcoming Buffy comic featuring both Faith and the Mayor; "The Haunted".
Click here
to order a copy from Dark Horse comics!
10/16 -- It's offical: Harry and his wife Dawn will star together in a
play by Ray Cooney called Caught In The Net, at the Coconut Grove Playhouse in
Miami, FL. December 7-23. Harry plays a man juggling two wives, one of whom is
played by Dawn. Tony Randall and Paxton Whitehead are also in the cast. The
play *might* also run at the National Actors Theatre in New York City. Thanks
much to Michelle for the info!
Also, make sure to check out the BTVS snaps in the gallery. Some have
been added, others have been improved. Well worth checking out. Thanks again
to GHope!
10/8 -- Well, the bad news first: Harry has had to cancel his
appearance at Conthulhu in November. The good news is he's been signed to a
Broadway show (name pending) which will start in New York and be touring
throughout the country. As soon as I find out more about the production I'll
post it here.
The also-good news is, GHope from BTVSCaps By Ru has very generously
supplised us with new shots of Choices. Go and drool.
(And drop GHope a line to say thanks!)
Lastly: apparently the Mayor will be making an appearance in the Buffy
comic book after all! Check out the
cover of Haunted #1, co-written by BTVS script writer Jane Espenson. The
issue is due out Dec. 19th, but you can order a copy at Dark Horse comics
right now. Thanks to Everlasting Eliza
for the news tip.
10/1 -- Harry is interviewed in Cult Times Special #19, featuring Scott
Bakula on the cover. I think the magazine is a British one, but you can order
a copy at the official website here.
9/27 -- Harry will appear with an incredible roster of Broadway's best
in an "Audience Sing-Along Family Event" on Monday, October 1, 2001 at 8:00
p.m. The event is non-profit, but all donations will be given to the Red Cross
for the victims of the WTC tragedy. It will take place at Wadsworth Theatre,
11301 Wilshire Boulevard in Brentwood California, and reservations are
required. Go here
to read the official press release! (Thank you Cheryl for the info!)
Also, David Taylor reports that Harry is scheduled for Sector 14's
Homecoming convention, June 15-16 2002 in Glasgow, Scotland. Here's the official site. Thanks David!
9/19 -- The show goes on: Primedia's Conthulhu convention is going
ahead as scheduled. They've added a meet-and-greet with Harry on the evening
of the 9th, from 10PM to 11:30PM. In addition to that he's scheduled to speak
on the 10th, at 2PM, and on the 11th, at 11AM. Check the official schedule here.
Also, our site can now be found at http://www.harrygroener.com/, which I
guess makes us the Official Harry Groener Page, doesn't it? Maybe somebody
would like to suggest a new name?...
9/17 -- The Drew Carey episode postponed September 12 will now air on
Wednesday, Sept. 19.
Ebay.com has a great many charities under their wing right now, but the
one I'm posting here is the New York Fire 9-11
Relief Fund, benefitting the families of the brave men and women who
answered the call of duty on Sept. 11, never to come home again. So give to
that if you can.
9/15 -- In the wake of the horrible things that happened in New York
City and Washington Tuesday, updating a webpage seems pretty unimportant. But
if you're not on my mailing list you may want to know that Harry and his wife
Dawn are both safe, having been at their home in Los Angeles at the time of
the attacks. If you'd like to make a donation to the Red Cross, you can do so
at Amazon.com.
As far as I know, the Primedia convention is still on. Keep checking
back for details.
Pray for the families, for the victims, and for our armed forces to
bring a swift end to the conflict. God bless America.
9/10 -- A very happy birthday to Harry today! :) By coincedence Mary
Loye has posted several *yummy* photos from the Odyssey convention in May at
her website! Go
and check em out. Also, I've typed up the Theater Week
interview Harry gave in 1992 during CFY. There's a sweet description of
the things he and his wife Dawn were sending to each other. Plus some photos,
of course. And there's one loose, very cute photo
of Harry and Dawn added to the gallery, which comes from the 1999 In Theatre
article (which I'll type up as soon as I can) and another, very special photo
added to the New Harmony
gallery -- Harry turned around and snapped this one of us three, me, Maribel
and Tennille, in the audience at the second play. Wow!
9/6 -- The Orange County Weekly posts a nice review of Twelfth Night on
their website,
with a great picture of Harry as the jester Feste. (Their link to the larger
picture doesn't work, so go
here for it. Also, Tim has sent us some great reviews
culled from various places. Thank you Tim!
8/28 -- Harry's Drew Carey episode reruns Wednesday, Sept. 12 at 9PM on
ABC. (I'm told he dresses up like Mimi in this show... too cool!! :)
8/7 -- The WB network will begin airing Dead Last, a summer series
about a rock band that gains the ability to see ghosts. Harry filmed one
episode for the thriller, which debuts Tuesday, Aug 14.
The Buffy News Wire reports
that Harry has been appearing at the Globe Theatres Lowell Davies Festival
Theatre in San Diego all this month (July 7th to August 11th) in their
production of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night. If you're reeeeeally quick, tickets
are $25 to $50. Call (619) 239-2255 for more information.
7/17 -- Updated the Articles with People
magazine from 1992, including a nice photo. Also, added one pic of Harry
with my friend Maribel in Indiana last
year (finally got it scanned!) Finally, a scan of the ILWA cd cover he
signed, same day. More to come...
7/14 -- Harry's 1st North America convention will be in Ontario,
Canada, at Conthulhu, an H.P. Lovecraft convention November 9-11. Details on
registration and accomodations are at the official site.
About Schmidt, Harry's Jack Nicholson movie, has finished
filming in Nebraska. Go to Omaha.com
for details. The film is expected to open in 2002 or late this year at the
least.
7/11 -- Welcome to version 2.0! One new project: "The Day The World
Ended" from USA network. See IMDB
page
The photo from this month's Seventeen
Magazine has been added. I have a scanner now, so look for more eye candy
soon.
News
Archive has been added.
6/5 -- This past week saw the first anniversary of our trip to New
Harmony. Thanks for the memories, Harry. :)
Go to The
Darkest Night for a pic (yes it is him, NOT Tony Head) at the wrap party
of the 100th Buffy ep?? (He wasn't in that...was he? I haven't been
watching...)
5/13 -- David rocks.... Go here for new
photos from Odyssey 2001, incl. some with Anthony Stewart Head and others from
the convention. Everlasting thanks, David! :)
5/10 -- This comes to us from David, henceforth known as Extremely
Lucky Bug, who was at the Odyssey 2001 convention in England last week:
"I believe this was Harry's first convention, and was he value for
money, you bet!! He really set the tone when he did his first talk. After the
initial blast of flashguns going off, Harry totally turned the tables on the
fans by taking a camera from his pocket and taking the fans pictures. A nice
touch that really broke the ice. In all the talks / photo sessions / autograph
sessions he did over the weekend, he came across as a really nice guy, and I'm
sure his face must have been aching by the end with his infectious grin.
"One of the Harry highlights happened on the final panel on the Monday
morning. While on stage with Robin Sachs (Ethan Rayne in BTVS), the following
question was asked from the floor; "Now that Tony Head has left the building -
you can tell us the real story of what he is like to work with". Nobody
expected any dirt to be dished, and in that respect, were not disappointed.
What we got was an inspired piece of ab-libbing from Harry and Robin on the
problems Tony had with dealing with the other members of the BTVS crew due to
his false leg, wig and glass eye!!! Needless to say, the audience knew it was
a windup (these guy's tongues were firmly in their cheeks), and there was not
a dry eye (glass or otherwise) in the audience.
"Another favourite moment
happened at the stewards party, when Harry carefully balanced a bottle of beer
on Armin Shimerman's head!!!
"At the end of the day, it was a pleasure to
meet Harry, and I think he enjoyed himself as much as the audience did."
Thanks very much for that anecdote, David!! :D
TV-wise, watch the first-run The Drew Carey Show on Wed, the
29th, on ABC at 9PM.
5/1 -- A new musical: "The Grave White Way" opens in previews May 3rd
at the Hudson Backstage Theatre in Hollywood and will run Thursdays through
Sundays until June 17. In the comedy, five dead Broadway actors try to get
into Musical Theatre Heaven by performing an "afterlife revue" of the
disastrous flop musicals that condemned them to the musical theatre purgatory
known as the "Grave White Way." Harry is listed in the Celebrity Schedule as
appearing May 31st and June 1st. Call (310) 289-2999 for tickets, or check out
the official website (they listed
my site next to Harry's name!! I guess I really ought to start calling this
the Official Harry Groener page, shouldn't I??)
4/23 -- With that voice, why isn't he getting more voiceover work??...
Harry's lovely tones will be heard on an episode of FOX's King of the Hill, on
Sunday, May 6th, at 7:30 PM.
Also, the Antaeus Project has posted some
cute photos of Harry and Dawn (it's her, trust me) performing at their annual
Valentine's dinner on their homepage.
4/8 -- Got an email today.... :-D
Harry has a whole scene with Tom
Hanks in "Road to Perdition"! The film will be released November 2, 2001.
"Ghost of a Chance", the Scott Bakula movie, seems to have been pushed back
indefinitely, although "Manna From Heaven", the Five Sisters Production, has
been getting good reviews at festivals and may be out soon.
TV-wise, watch Fox's Boston Public on April 16th, 8 PM. 18
Wheels of Justice aired on TNN this week, and I dropped the ball on it!
Sorry!! However, this fall may bring us a very intriguing series from the WB
called Dead Last, about rock stars who see dead people; Harry filmed an
episode playing a bad guy, but he doesn't think it will see daylight. (But it
sounds so cool!!....)
Also, Harry will be appearing at Odyssey 2001, the 51st British Trek
convention, to be held in the Radisson Edwardian Hotel, Heathrow, London,
England, May 4th thru 7th 2001. Tickets are selling fast! See the official
webpage here. Also appearing are
Armin Shimerman (Principal Snyder on Buffy; Quark on Deep Space Nine), Anthony
Stewart Head (Giles on BTVS) and Robin Sachs (Galaxy Quest, Ethan on BTVS),
plus lots of Trek notables. A *huge* thank you to Harry and Dawn for the
info!! :)
4/1 -- Happy April Fools Day, and no this is NOT an joke update....
Harry's new movie "About Schmidt" is being directed by Alexander Payne
("Election"), and looks to be shooting for a fall 2001 release date. Also in
the film are Kathy Bates and Dermot Mulroney. More info about the Jack
Nicholson movie can be found at UpcomingMovies.com and
the very sparse IMDB page.
Shooting back to back with "Schmidt" is a Dreamworks film, "Road to
Perdition", directed by American Beauty's Sam Mendez and featuring a
huge-name cast, including Tom Hanks, Paul Newman, Jude Law, Jennifer
Jason-Leigh, Alfred Molina and Dylan Baker! The film is based on the Max Allan
Collins graphic novel and is set in Depression-era Chicago. More can be found
at this semi-official
site and at comics2film.com.
Meanwhile, Harry's wife Dawn Didawick is filming a movie for the very
prestigious Masterpiece Theatre series on PBS, "Almost a Woman", based on the
memoirs of Esmerlda Santiago. Much thanks for the info! :)
3/19 -- Long time no news, but I hear from Harry's agent today that
Harry's making a movie with Jack Nicholson called About Schmidt! About
all we know so far is it's been filming for some time. I'll post more as soon
as I hear it. :)
1/19 -- Harry will guest star in an upcoming episode of the TNN series
"18 Wheels of Justice". The show is about a renegade trucker who travels the
country doing good and crimefighting. I'll post when the ep gets an airdate.
Thanks Patti and Dawn! :)
1/10 -- The 1995 IMAX film Across
the Sea of Time features Harry as...himself. Well, sort of. There's a
scene in the film (which was shown in glorious 3-D in IMAX theatres in New
York) where a young boy enters the theatre where Harry is performing in Crazy
For You. Thanks kindly to Sue for spotting this!
1/2/01 -- Happy New Year! Five of Harry's twelve Buffy episodes are
being released in a box set on January 9th. Go to amazon.com
to pre-order a copy. The episodes featured are: Bad Girls, Consequences,
Enemies, Graduation Day Part One and Two. The Harryless Earshot is
also included, apparently on the strength of its being the one (along with
GD2) that was postponed in the States due to the Columbine tragedy. All in all
great television, if you missed it the first time, or just want it on
crispy crunchy VHS, this is one you have to buy.
12/20 -- Happy holidays to you all. Go buy the brand-new Watcher's
Guide Volume 2, a Buffy book published by Pocket Books. Harry is
interviewed in it and has loads of interesting tidbits and insight on the
Mayor. A few cute pictures too!
In the obsessive category, TV Guide quoted one of the better one-liners
from Harry's recent Judging Amy episode, (however anonymously) in this week's
Cheers &; Jeers page: "'You've got more fake parts than Inspector Gadget!'
-- An angry husband to his wife during a divorce case on CBS' Judging
Amy"
My unsightly site: for some stupid reason all the archived news before
January 12 2000 got erased down at the bottom there, but at least the
navigation bar is back. Sorry about that. :)
And did I mention he sent me a Christmas card?..... :-D
12/17 -- Harry has agreed to appear at Odyssey 2001, the 51st British
Trek convention, to be held in the Radisson Edwardian Hotel, Heathrow, London,
England, during the weekend of May 4/7 2001. Look at the official webpage here. Thanks to Rob Vandal for this
info! :)
12/1 -- Two upcoming appearances: Harry will guest star on December
5th's episode of Judging Amy, at 10 PM on CBS, and on Dec. 7th's
City of Angels, at 9 PM, also on CBS. Thank you TV Guide.com!!! :)
11/17 -- Harry made a guest appearance on the 11/9 episode of Charmed
as an empathic priest. Sorry I didn't hear about it beforehand, but Khae's
Charming World has put up a few screen grabs. I'll watch for the rerun and
post when it comes up.
9/14 -- Harry was in New York on the 10th (his b-day) for the final
performance of Cats at the Winter Garden Theatre. How do I know this?
Uh...well, I don't actually know it for sure, but Showbiz Today covered
the event and talked to Ken Paige (Old Deuteronomy) and for maybe three
seconds you can see a guy who looks like Harry over his shoulder. I told you I
was obsessed!! :)
I have revamped the image galleries and added one or two images to
nearly every section. The Buffy gallery was in serious need of help, hopefully
it's a bit more organized now.
Also Harry and Dawn celebrate their 22nd wedding anniversary on the
19th. Much happiness to them and many more years of it. :)
8/13 -- This new tidbit about "Ghost of a Chance": the film is being
distributed by Disney or one of their vast minions, and will likely be made
for cable. Jason Stuart and Nancy Cartwright (Bart Simpson) are also in the
film. This is the one in which Scott Bakula plays a presumed-dead actor trying
to get the role of himself, and Harry is his agent. Thanks to Pam and Emma at
the Scott
Sightings Scott Bakula page for this info. :)
I'm still trying to get some info about "Follies". Harry was one of
three up for the role of Buddy, but according to his agent, it may not happen.
Stay tuned.
7/4 -- It's a go on the New Harmony story!! :) Harry very graciously
okayed it, so here
it is. Also: from July 7 thru August 20 Harry will star in Neil Simon's
"The Good Doctor" at the Pasadena Playhouse in Pasadena Calif. The play is a
comedy based on the stories of Anton Chekov and co-stars Michael Learned and
tickets can be ordered thru Telecharge at 1-800-872-8997. Check out the
official site too.
7/1 -- Happy 4th to you all. "This Year's Girl", the final final Buffy
episode for the Mayor (unless they're nice and invite him back next year :)
reruns Tuesday, July 11, 8PM on the WB.
6/21 -- The Shirley Jones website has put up a page about Manna from
Heaven. This page has pictures with the cast and that looks like Harry in
the last one at the bottom in the car, I'm not sure.
6/16 -- There's an interview with Harry in the latest Shivers magazine,
#77, a British sci-fi/fantasy mag, in which he talks about playing the Mayor.
Order a copy at the website.
Argh... Fox ran Harry's Time of Your Life on Wednesday without telling
us! I taped it, happily... he plays kind of the drama teacher from hell of one
of Sarah's friends. The one time Harry talked about TOYL he kept referring to
"they, them"... wonder if he did more than one.
6/13 -- After some thought, I've decided to pull the New Harmony story
offline for a while until I send Harry a copy of it for um, proofreading. The
story will hopefully be back up within the month. Be patient!! :)
A great interview with Eliza Dushku (Faith on BTVS) in which she says
some nice things about Harry can be found at Fanforum.com.
Also, according to Deja, Harry seems to be in the running for a
production of Roundabout in NYC? More later...
BTW, Cats has been pushed back to a Sept. 10 closing.
Join the campaign to get Dear John rerunning on Nickelodeon!
Visit Nick At Nite and write them a
letter!
5/24 -- Small blurb from Fox.com:
"Time of Your Life returns to FOX with all-new episodes beginning Wednesday,
June 14th! Tune in at 9:00 PM/8:00 C." Harry's episode? Stay tuned...
5/15 -- Here's a tidbit about Harry's new film "Manna From Heaven" from
the Shirley Jones website:
"Written by Gabrielle D. Burton and produced by Five Sisters
Productions, of Santa Monica, California. Shirley loves the script for this
new film. She plays a scoundrel in the film, a con artist type of role. The
movie is a comedy and it co-stars Cloris Leachman, Frank Gorshin, Shelly
Duvall, and Wendie Malick, from TVs "Just Shoot Me". & That's not all!
Actresses Louise Fletcher, Jill Eikenberry, Fay Grant and actors Phil LaMarr,
Harry Groener and Mark Ethan are also working on this picture.
Filming has taken place in and around the city. Some of the site
locations have included the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, the Buffalo-Niagara
Airport, Salvatore's Italian Gardens and Mason Manor (Gumball Mansion, built
by the inventor of the Gumball Machine)".
And on a personal note..... I get to go see Harry's play in Indiana in
June!! Yee-haaw!! :D
5/3 -- This from The
Buzz, a Susan Egan fanpage: "TOO DEAD TO SWING -- Susan just completed a
stint in the studio recording a book on tape. She is the narrator and central
character, Katy Green, in this vintage murder mystery with Swing-era music and
songs performed by Ann Hampton Callaway. Harry Groener also stars. It is
scheduled for release in June of 2000."
4/27 -- At last, a real update!! The following news comes from Patti:
Harry has started on a feature film, "Manna From Heaven", from Five
Sisters Productions. The movie will also star Shirley Jones, Cloris Leachman,
Jill Eikenberry and Faye Grant. The film seems to have something to do with
dance as Harry's and Faye's characters own a dance studio. (All right!!
Anything to see him dance is fine by me! :)
Also, from May 19th to June 4th Harry and his wife Dawn Didawick will
be appearing in a new musical together, "Steeplechase", from the prestigious
New Harmony Project in New Harmony, Indiana. The musical is written by John
Pielmeier and Matt Selman and based on 'A Midsummer Nights Dream', set on
Coney Island at the turn of the century. For those wishing to attend, the
closest town to fly into is Evansville, IN. And there's talk of the couple
doing a musical together sometime later this year....stay tuned.
Dawn's character in Erin Brockovich has a name!! She appears as
Rosilyn the Receptionist (I still haven't seen this movie, so I don't know
quite when in the movie Dawn makes an appearance, but keep your eyes
peeled....) She is also appearing in a revival Arthur Miller's first play,
"The Man Who Had All The Luck" in Los Angeles. It's the first time this play
has been produced in the US since 1945. A HUGE thanks to Patti for all the
great news!! :)
Also, in the site-maintenence department, I've (finally) updated the
theatre page and gotten us on a webring (see home page. Could they have picked
a more miniscule title?? Ah well....)
Does anybody out there know a really good theater/Broadway ring I
should submit this page to? E-mail me at the bottom of the page!
4/12 -- Small news: There's a fun little voting booth at freevote.com
for the most amazing actor on TV, and Harry's up to about 4th place! (other
contenders being David Duchovny and Scott Cohen from The 10th Kingdom) You can
vote for Harry here. There's
no prize, just bragging rights. :)
3/27 -- "Time Of Your Life" has now been moved back to a summer return,
according to Fox's official website.
Harry was scheduled to appear on one of the new episodes since waaay back last
fall.
3/19 -- New info about "Ghost of a Chance": Tony Alda, (a Broadway
director??) is directing, with Ed Sanders producing. Actor-standup comic Jason
Stuart ("Lost and Found") is also in the cast. The indie film started filming
February 15 but is described as being "in pre-production". Thanks to all at the Scott Sightings
Scott Bakula page. :)
After eighteen years, the hugely popular musical Cats, which
Harry was part of the original Broadway cast for, will close on June 25. Read
about it here.
3/6 -- Finally!! Harry will guest-appear on the March 18 episode of
Profiler titled "The Long Way Home" at 10pm on NBC (eastern). Thanks Buffyholism for the
info. :)
Harry made a very welcome return last week to Buffy the Vampire
Slayer as Mayor Wilkins III, albeit in flashbacks, on the Feb 22 episode
titled "This Year's Girl". I will be updating my Mayor site Sunnydale City Hall
as soon as my pal Luke sends me the videotape. :)
2/10 -- The official fan mail address, kind courtesy of Harry
himself... :)
Harry Groener
c/o Susan Smith Agency
121 N. San
Vicente Blvd.
Beverly Hills, Calif. 90211
2/27 -- Just a reminder: "Metro Entertainment in Santa Barbara is proud
to announce an autograph signing with Harry Groener, the mayor from Buffy, and
Elisabeth Rohm, Det. Kate Lockley from Angel. It will be on Saturday, March 11
at 1pm. Please contact us for more information at metrosbca@aol.com or call
(805) 963-2168.
Can't make it? Mail orders are available:"
Metro Entertainment
6 W. Anapamu
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
Metro Ent. is also looking for any 8x10 photos of Harry, Elisabeth
Rohm, and/or Marc Blucas, so if anyone's got any they can bear to part
with....:)
1/24 -- Fox has pulled out yet AGAIN: Time Of Your Life, on
which Harry was to have appeared Feb. 7th, has been put on hiatus. Sources say
the show has indeed been renewed for six more episodes and will return in
March, so stay tuned.
1/21/00 -- Some sad news: Mike Ockrent, the director of Crazy For You
and numerous other Broadway musicals, passed away on December 2. Mr. Ockrent
directed Harry during his time in Crazy For You, and Harry and other
performers are scheduled to speak at a public memorial service on January 24,
at 1 P.M. at the New Amsterdam Theatre on 214 West 42nd St. in Manhattan.
Information comes from Playbill.com.
3/14-- The Leap Back 2009: Quantum Leap Convention will take place from March 27-29 in Burbank, Calif. Harry will appear at the con on March 29th, alongside series star Scott Bakula, among many, many others. Fans will remember that Harry guest-starred on the Quantum Leap episode "Permanent Wave" back in 1991!