The Divas of Daytime

The Divas, Bobbie Eakes (Krystal, AMC), Kassie DePaiva (Blair, OLTL), and Kathy Brier (ex-Marcie, OLTL) will be performing a special concert on Sunday, August 14 at 7:00 pm at the famous Triad located at 158 W. 72nd Street , New York. Join three of your favorite daytime actresses for a very special concert during One Life To Live's Fan Club Weekend. Meet and greet with photo opportunity immediately to follow concert.

Tickets are $55.00, with a 2 drink minimum in Orchestra and $45.00, with a 2 drink minimum in the Mezzanine, if purchased in advance. (Tickets will be $65.00, with a 2 drink minimum in Orchestra and $55.00, with a 2 drink minimum in the Mezzanine, if purchased the night of the concert). Don’t let this special concert pass you by.

Order your tickets now!

http://www.kassiedepaiva.com/divanyc11.html

Interview Outtakes, Part 2

Here are some blurbs from stars that did not make it to the print version of the interview, but were too good not to publish.

Jess Walton (Jill Abbott, The Young and the Restless), pictured, on what she likes best about Jill: “I think it’s the humor, the way she’d call Katherine and old trout, her sarcastic tongue with Esther, and the strength that she never does stay down for long. I think people like that. I used to have women come up to me and tell me that they were trying to raise their daughters just like Jill. Now, of course, I thought that was going a little far, but I appreciated the sentiment and their love of the character.”

David Charvet (ex-Craig Field, Melrose Place) on competing on The Superstars, which premieres June 23: “Without giving too much away, there were a lot of interesting personalities on the show. Terrell Owens is just a ball. He is so much fun and so funny and just so sarcastic. He and (NBA star) Robert Horry would go back and forth. There were some events where we thought these guys were gonna whip our butts, but a lot of the celebrities held their own. It wasn’t all about physical challenges; it was also about using your head and figuring out a strategy with your partner. It was not just about being physical, but about being intelligent and just going for it.”

JoAnna Garcia (Megan Smith, Privileged) on her co-stars: “Lucy Hale (Rose) and Ashley Newbrough (Sage) are so good and so sweet and so driven. I couldn’t be more proud to work with them. They bring the levity to their characters as actors, because that’s how good they are. But then the heart of their characters is really what they are as people. It’s a nice combination of what these women are real life.

“With Laurel, Anne Archer’s character, what is so special is her strength and determination, and because of those things you see what that has afforded her. But then she plays this vulnerability that is just so heartbreaking and so touching. She is just a very real and a very powerful woman. She fights the stereotypes and isn’t afraid to make the tough decisions. But at the end of the day, she is really human. I couldn’t think more of Anne as a human being, and as an actress, I am just in awe of her.”

Bobbie Eakes (Krystal Carey, All My Children) on her favorite part of performing with the Divas of Daytime: “When you get a chance to do something you are proud of, it is very rewarding artistically — plus we have a good time with each other. The rehearsals are almost just as fun as the performances. Anything we want to do is on the table. It’s an opportunity to pull songs out of your repertoire that you’ve always wanted to do. We also experiment with doing songs differently.”

Bobbie also spoke about performing with her sisters when they were younger: “My sisters and I had an amateur group where we started singing in the neighborhood. And then it became semiprofessional as we became older. I’m really the only one who took it to this level, although a couple of my sisters also have been a part of different local groups in their different towns. All five of us were singers growing up.”

Interview AMC: Bobbie Eakes and Co. Make Beautiful Music Together

While All My Children’s Krystal Carey always seems to have her hands full — whether it’s juggling men or juggling secrets — her portrayer, Bobbie Eakes, is a pretty busy woman herself. Only Bobbie isn’t up to no good — she’s making beautiful music.

Since June of last year, Bobbie and fellow soap stars Kassie DePaiva (Blair, One Life to Live) and Kathy Brier (ex-Marcie, OLTL) have been performing to packed audiences as the Divas of Daytime. This year, the Divas will also be featured performers at the Country Music Association’s Music Festival the weekend of June 12.

Bobbie explains how the Divas came about: “I had been wanting to put a group together for a long time. My first idea was a group where I’d be the only girl and have a couple of soap hunks, where it would be a girl and a couple of guys. At the time, Vincent Irizarry was one of the guys I was talking to, and he was in L.A. doing The Young and the Restless. It was logistically hard to get everyone together, because the people I wanted to use were spread out. Then I thought, ‘Why not three girls? It would be cool to have a trio.’”

Bobbie didn’t have to look far to find her musical accomplices. “I immediately thought of Kassie and Kathy, because I had done duets with both of them. They were excited about the idea — the enthusiasm was there, the availability was there, and we were all on the same page about it.”

Performing with the Divas is, as Bobbie says, “an absolutely a joy. We just laugh all the time. We laugh at what we say, and we also get a kick out of our songs. Singing together in the three-part harmonies that we’ve put together just really seems to work. It’s very rewarding.”

Fans who want to catch the Divas in concert can expect one main thing: fun. “The show is mostly music — with songs most people recognize from the ’60s, ’70s, ’80s and ’90s — with between-song banter. We also do some current stuff with maybe a few original songs tossed in there. It’s the kind of show that you can sing along to. You come away feeling that you’ve been to a party.”

Meanwhile, Bobbie has been very busy on AMC with her firecracker alter ego, Krystal. “When I was Macy on The Bold and the Beautiful, I didn’t work near as much as I’ve been working since coming to AMC. Immediately I was so fulfilled with the character. In the beginning, Krystal came in swinging pretty hard. Now she’s pretty much woven into the Pine Valley scene, and she’s a little bit subdued. She’s definitely very layered, and they continue to write very interesting stories for her.”

Krystal presently has her hands full with two big stories: the discovery of a long-lost daughter, Babe’s fraternal twin, Marissa, and the murder of Stuart Chandler. Bobbie explains: “The murder story line is a big story line, but it is also happening at the same time that Krystal is having her daughter story line with Marissa. Krystal is implicated in the murder; a lot of people are implicated. There is a lot of action, and the show is moving really really fast, so hold on!”

The Divas will be performing at the CMA Music Festival with a Divas of Daytime breakfast/concert at the Nashville BB King’s Blues Club on Saturday, June 13, as well as a few acoustic sets throughout the weekend. Fans can find event information at www.kassiedepaiva.com/divabreakfast.html.

Divas of Daytime in NYC

Announcing the Divas of Daytime TV, Kassie DePaiva, Bobbie Eakes and Kathy Brier, will be at Prohibition in New York City on Sunday, April 19th at 7pm. Tickets are $15 at the door with a 2 drink minimum. Come and party with the Divas!!!

Save The Date:
What: Divas of Daytime TV: Kassie DePaiva, Bobbie Eakes and Kathy Brier
When: Sunday Evening April 19th at 7PM
Where: Prohibition
503 Columbus Avenue, NYC 10024
212.579.3100
Tickets at door - $15. 2 drink minimum
website: www.divasofdaytimetv.com

Divas of Daytime Tour Hits Altoona, PA

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Divas of Daytime Tour

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VIDEO: The Ladies of ABC Soaps Perform "Cell Block Tango"

The ladies of the ABC soaps perform their own version of Chicago's "Cell Block Tango." With Bobbie Eakes, Bree Williamson, Kristen Alderson, Tika Sumpter and Melissa Claire Egan. This performance was from Disney MGM's Super Soap Weekend Street Jam on Saturday, November 10.