No TV trivia contest is complete without a question about the 1970s show, “The Brady Bunch.” And if you’re ever asked who played Greg, the oldest brother, the answer is Barry Williams, who has been successful in numerous television and stage productions since the show went off the air.
Williams will be in Nashville to star in the original musical, “My Catskills Summer.” The show will premier March 11 – March 14 and then tour the U.S. before landing in New York. The show’s writer and producer, Jay Kholos, has worked with Williams in past shows and hand-picked him to star as an 88-year-old grandfather living in a Catskills hotel in the mid 1950s, but longing for the tumult of Manhattan.
Kholos has chosen to purchase the show’s props and costumes from Goodwill and will use those items as the show travels to various cities. He also plans to work with Goodwills in each city he visits to purchase additional items as needed. It is the first time that Goodwill in Nashville, Goodwill Industries International, and individual Goodwills, have worked with a stage producer and undertaken such a broad program.
For Kholos, the decision to work with Goodwill was easy. “Goodwill is the greatest source I’ve ever seen as far as availability of costumes and props. This is a dream come true for me, as a theatrical producer, with such a large inventory to choose from. The cast will look amazing!” Kholos will join Williams on Friday, March 5, as they tour the plant and meet the employees and clients who work daily sorting donations for Goodwill’s 33 stores.
“My Catskills Summer” is being choreographed by Broadway veteran, Kimberly Dawn Smith, who was Val in the original production of, “A Chorus Line.” Along with Williams, it also boasts a cast of 38 actors, singers and dancers who join the show from Los Angeles, south Florida and Nashville.
Kholos’s first show, “A Stoop on Orchard Street,” also debuted in Nashville and he decided to premier his second musical in Nashville based partly on superstition. “The first show did so well; it ran 1000 performances, including a sixteen month stint off-Broadway, so why not keep that good luck!”
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