Thomas Duplessie recently had that experience with the late In her seven decades in Hollywood, Cloris, who
passed away at age 94 this week, became as known to audiences as she was to her co-stars for her acting breadth and versatility, sense of humour and the total joy she brought to her work. Thomas experienced that first-hand with Cloris in
Jump, Darling, which is now one of her final feature films. Working with Cloris was like a master class every day that you d show up, Toronto-based Thomas told
HELLO! Canada. She was just so connected to the material and so present, and then when we weren t shooting, in between scenes, she took every opportunity possible to keep the energy alive.
When the cloud of COVID-19 lifts and the long-shuttered Fox Tucson Theatre reopens to audiences and artists, Executive Director Bonnie Schock imagines there will be an outflowing of emotion from her staff and audiences filling the nearly 1,200-seat historic theater.
âThe push to get back there, it feels Herculean some days,â said Schock, who has led the Fox through the pandemic. âGetting to that point is going to be an extraordinary emotional release, and I think that will be true for audiences, too.â
But that day wonât come for months. Schock, who took over the Fox just days before city and state officials ordered businesses to close, said she anticipates it will be late summer or early fall before the Fox will return to live concerts.