Tom Pelphrey of Hoboken, an Emmy Award-winning actor who had a starring role in the old "Guiding Light'' soap opera, was given a 'New Jersey Obie' on Sunday by the Star-Ledger in an article that coincided with the real Tony Awards.
The award was for best actor in a play by a smaller New Jersey theater company.
The award was for best actor in a play by a smaller New Jersey theater company.
While there's no statuette (as far as we know) or black-tie ceremony to go along with Ledger critic Peter Filichia's award, there were some very nice words:
"Best Actor: Tom Pelphrey ('My Italy Story,' Mile Square Theatre, Hoboken). The noted soap star ('The Guiding Light') told of being in the middle of a warring Italian-American family. The lengths he went to in order to restore peace resulted in a fascinating journey and performance.''
The one-man play, staged last summer, saw Pelphrey telling his character's family story through a number of Italian-American relatives.
At the time, the Ledger enthused:
"Pelphrey, with his slicked-back hair and perfect teeth, tells the tale with skill and style. He's excellent at replicating Jersey accents of both the male and female members of the brood. Even when he portrays his mother or any of his aunts, Pelphrey manages to adopt a convincing voice that ranges from falsetto to a guttural one corrupted by a lifetime of cigarettes. A theatergoer who closes his eyes might assume that a genuine woman has just arrived on the scene.''
According to Pelphrey's website, he's most recently been in an episode of the nighttime hit "The Good Wife'' and daytime's "As the World Turns.''
Congratulations, Tom!
And congratulations, too, to the Mile Square Theater and playwright Joseph Gallo.
"Best Actor: Tom Pelphrey ('My Italy Story,' Mile Square Theatre, Hoboken). The noted soap star ('The Guiding Light') told of being in the middle of a warring Italian-American family. The lengths he went to in order to restore peace resulted in a fascinating journey and performance.''
The one-man play, staged last summer, saw Pelphrey telling his character's family story through a number of Italian-American relatives.
At the time, the Ledger enthused:
"Pelphrey, with his slicked-back hair and perfect teeth, tells the tale with skill and style. He's excellent at replicating Jersey accents of both the male and female members of the brood. Even when he portrays his mother or any of his aunts, Pelphrey manages to adopt a convincing voice that ranges from falsetto to a guttural one corrupted by a lifetime of cigarettes. A theatergoer who closes his eyes might assume that a genuine woman has just arrived on the scene.''
According to Pelphrey's website, he's most recently been in an episode of the nighttime hit "The Good Wife'' and daytime's "As the World Turns.''
Congratulations, Tom!
And congratulations, too, to the Mile Square Theater and playwright Joseph Gallo.
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