Adventures of a Fan Turned Producer
StageScene LA has given Julie Ben-Victor (Julie Austin Felder) the honor of Outstanding Performance by a Featured Actress (Drama) for her role in The Miracle Worker. Congratulations to Julie!
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Some of you may have already heard this news, but for those of you who haven’t, you may be happy to know that on July 5, Paul Ben-Victor married Julie Austin Felder!
I would have gotten this notice up earlier, however, I’ve been having ongoing computer problems. But I want to thank Julie Ben-Victor, BB Fenix of Pure PR Associates, and Marc Bennett for being so gracious and allowing me to share the following pictures and video with all of you.
The wedding took place at a Los Angeles yacht club under a large white tent. Most of the guests wore white. It was a beautiful setting. There were so many wonderful pictures to choose from that I had a hard time deciding which ones to pick, but I can only post a few so, first up, here are the happy couple. Don’t they make a lovely pair?
Photo courtesy of Julie Ben-Victor, photographer unknown
Photo courtesy of Julie Ben-Victor, photographer unknown
Photo courtesy of Julie Ben-Victor, photographed by Hart Nw Houston
Here are Paul and Julie lip-syncing to their own pre-recorded voices. What fun!
Not surprisingly, there were several celebrities in attendance, but since this blog focuses on the I-Man cast, there is one in particular that I know all of you are interested in: Vincent Ventresca. Check out the photos!
Photo courtesy of Marc Bennett
Photo courtesy of Pure PR Associates, photographed by Angie Pines
Photo courtesy of Julie Ben-Victor, photographed by Hart Nw Houston
Paul’s financee, Julie Austin Felder, is currently playing the role of Helen Keller’s mother, Kate Keller, in the stage production of The Miracle Worker. The play is getting great reviews and so is Julie!
LA Splash says: “…with the wonderful Julie Austin Felder playing mother, Kate Heller…both giving impassioned performances of parents realizing the greatest of fears, the sickness of their beloved child, Helen Keller.”
Socal writes about Julie: “…Both actors delved profoundly into their character and the peculiarities of the age lingos and accents and succeed in making the Kellers fully believable. Him, stern, patriarchal… and paternalistic, her, concerned, emotionally involved and… maternalistic.
Lynne Bronstein at Stage Happenings says: “Julie Austin Felder also is outstanding as Kate Keller, maintaining a balance between soft-heartedness and underlying strength.”
The Miracle Worker can be seen every Friday and Saturday at 8:00 p.m. and Sunday at 2:00 p.m. from now through June 28 at the Edgemar Center for the Arts. The Center is located at 2437 Main Street, Santa Monica, California 90405. Tickets are $25.
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Paul Ben-Victor news continues…
Sunday’s post would have been too long and unwielding, which is why I decided to split it up into two posts.
Let’s start with another interview. This one is from Hollywood 411.
Paul’s Santa Monica home has been featured in a couple of publications and websites. There’s good reason for this too. Paul has excellent taste. According to Statement magazine Paul “probably could have distinguished himself as an architect or a designer” — and I have to agree. So take a look at Paul’s place and maybe you’ll get some decorating ideas for your own home.
First up is a brief video tour of his home on the Modern Home & Living website. Just scroll down a bit to watch the video on the lower right side of the website. Paul’s home is the very first one shown in the video.
Next up is an eight-page spread in Statement magazine. A digital version of the magazine (No. 5, 2008) can be found here. But you’ll have to scroll to page 96 to get to the article. It’s a bit of a pain. You can also download a PDF version of the entire magazine from the website if you wish. It’s a pretty cool magazine. To make things a bit easier, however, I pulled out just the article from the PDf download for you.
But before I go any further there is a very newsworthy piece of information on the first page of this article that you might be interested in, namely, that Paul is engaged to actress Julie Austin Felder. Yes ladies, Paul is officially off the market. I want to give a big huge congratulations to Paul and Julie and wish them much happiness!
Coming soon: I’ll talk about Julie’s new play.
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