Ring in the New Year with 'Old Ringers'
"Old Ringers" is coming to the Fort Myers Theatre from Jan. 9 to Jan. 12.
Updated: 10:29 AM EST Jan 7, 2025
ACCURATE FORECAST FROM ABC, 7, JIM, THANK YOU. >> INVOLVEMENT DOWN ON OUR LUCK. >> WHAT WOULD YOU DO TO MAKE A LITTLE EXTRA MONEY? HOW ABOUT PHONE WELL, ENOUGH ABOUT I KNOW GOING BRING ARE ALL THE RINGER'S A COOL DO SOMETHING. ALI WROTE IT. WE'RE TALK ABOUT THAT A SECOND. BUT JOE'S WITH US, GREG WATCH OF HOUSE KEYS HERE. ELIZABETH BRADFORD BURKE BE IS HERE WITH US AS WELL. GETTING US MORE ON WITH THE DIRECT AND I WANT TO MAKE MENTION OF THAT AS WELL. LET'S START WITH YOU. THE PLAYWRIGHT AND THESPIAN. TELL US ABOUT THIS PLAY WRITTEN ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO FROM YOUR HEAD. YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT. PLAY WAS I DON'T KNOW WHERE HER SONS. I KNOW IT JUST CAME UP. THE SUBJECT CAME UP WITH THAT. MAKE A GREAT, GREAT IDEA FOR A BECAUSE PEOPLE COMPLAINING KIND OF MONEY AND ABOUT RIGHT? YEAH, SOMEHOW CAME UP. WE HOW RELEVANT TO BECAUSE WE KIND OF LIVE IN THAT SAME EXACT LINE EXACTLY RIGHT NOW. YES, IT GOT US TO ABOUT IT. SO UPON TO VOTE DOWN A NO LUCK SENIORS GET AN OBSCENE PHONE, COOL AND THE GUY GIVEN MONEY FOR THE CALL AT THAT. SHE SAID, NO, NO, NO, IT'S WRONG NUMBER. AND GO, HEY, MAYBE WE CAN MAKE A LITTLE EXTRA DOUGH TO SWAY YESTERDAY. DECIDE TO DO THAT. THE RUG BEING THAT OUR PROTAGONIST. I OUR LEAD PLAYED BY ELIZABETH BERKLEY, HER DAUGHTER'S A FUNDAMENTALIST CHRISTIAN IS NOT A DOES NOT APPROVE TO TRY AND KEEP IT A SECRET. YES, AND MAYHEM AND ENSUES BECAUSE THEY HAVEN'T COMEDY FALLING INTO LIVING DAN, TELL US ABOUT YOUR CHARACTER. HOW DOES THIS HAPPEN TO WHICH >> BY MISTAKE, TAKING OBSCENE PHONE CALL AND THEN WELL FIGURE OUT A WAY TO MAKE A LITTLE MONEY OFF OF MAMA HAS. >> THEN GETTING OVER PAYMENT FROM SOCIAL SECURITY AND THEY FOUND THAT OUT. SO THEY'RE NOT GOING TO THEY'RE GONNA DAUGHER HER SOCIAL SECURITY TO RECOUP ALL THAT MONEY. OH, BOY, THAT'S A SHE SUFFERING. WE'VE GOT ANOTHER CHARACTER WHOSE HOURS HAVE BEEN CUT. ANOTHER CHARACTER WHO'S BEEN A SENIOR. >> LIVING IN AN ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY WHO JUST DOES I'M LOSING IT. AND SO WHEN THIS CALL COMES IN, THEY'RE ALL KIND OF LIKE, YEAH, NO, WE CAN'T HELP YOU. BUT OH, MY GOSH. >> HOW MUCH MONEY CAN YOU MAKE? YEAH. >> ALL RIGHT. SO YOU COULD HAVE THIS. THAT'S WHAT GETS THEM STARTED. LUCRATIVE STUFF. GREG, HOW ABOUT YOUR CHARACTER? YOU PLAY HARRY YESTERDAY, HARRY, THE HAT HITCHCOCK BECAUSE I WEAR MANY HATS BOTH LITERALLY AND FIGURATIVELY >> FIGURATIVELY AND I AND MY GIRLFRIEND. AND SO I'M THE ACCOUNT AND THE BOYFRIEND AND I HELP THEM SET UP A PAYPAL ACCOUNT AND GET THE BALL ROLLING. SO TO SPEAK FOR THIS. >> PHONE OPERATION SO WE CAN HANDLE OUR CALLER. NICE FOLKS. WHAT YOU CALL HIM, HARRY, THAT. >> WANT TO KNOW WHY HE'S VERY THAT. YES, DON'T KNOW HOW TO SPOTTER TECHNOLOGY PLAY A ROLE IN HERE. >> WELL, A SENIORSO IT REALLY DOESN'T. I I IT THAT THE COMEDY AND THAT IS WHAT THAT RISK THERE IS WE HAVE UNTRACEABLE TRACK ONE AND WE THINK THAT'S REALLY HIGH-TECH. OH, YES. AND WE T OUR PERSON IS GOING TO DIRECT THE COST GET THE HEADSET. THAT HIGH TECH FOR THOSE ALREADY AGES OF THESE OLD LADIES ARE 55 TO 81. SO IT'S A BIG, GOOD WINDOW AND WE GOT TO THINK LIKE WE'RE YOUNG BILL. AND THAT'S PRETTY TYPICAL. I KNEW THE RISKS. SOME OF THESE CHARACTERS PERSONALLY. I SAY HOW DO YOU COME UP WITH THESE COMPLEX CHARACTERS? I SAID, FROM SOME TYPE OF EXCEPT UNUSUALLY IT IS CAN'T SPEAK FOR THE PLAYWRIGHT, BUT YOU'RE RIGHT WITH, YOU KNOW, AS THE OLD SAYING. THAT'S RIGHT. LOT OF THE ACTORS AND ACTRESSES GET REALLY SURPRISED WHEN THEY FIND OUT REALLY KNEW THIS PERSON AND SOMEONE LIKE THIS. BUT SO IT HAPPENS WITH THE SOMETHING HAPPEN, SOMETHING THAT YOU'RE KIND OF JUST YEAH, GETTING ONTO THE SITUATIONS AND, YOU KNOW, AND YOU'RE RIGHT, DID YOU TAKE THE PHONE CALL INITIALLY? IS NOT THAT STEP ABOUT SOMETIMES, YOU KNOW, YOU AND THAT YOU DON'T COME AROUND IN THE CABINET IS AT KNEES. ACTORS HAVE DONE A GREAT JOB WITH THE CHARACTERIZATION AND THERE'S JUST A WIDE RANGE AND IT MAKES FOR THE COMEDY TO STEPHEN MOORE. JUST FUN AND ROBUST AND ABRE ASLEEP. I KNOW YOU BUT IT IS YEAH, IT IS BODY. WELL, THAT'S WHAT THEY WANT. AND YOU GOT TO PREPARED FOR THAT. THAT'S WHAT MAKES OF INNUENDO. WELL, THAT'S ANALYSTS ESTIMATE, BUT NOTHING ON NETWORK TV. YEAH, YOU LIKE OF YOUR WARRANTY, THE LANGUAGE IS CLEAN. IT'S JUST THE REFEREES. THE LEAGUE WITH OUR DEBT LIKE WHICH IS FAIRLY WELL A ACT, NOW YOU'LL LOVE THAT. FOLKS HAVE TOLD THAT WHAT ELSE YOU HAVE TO DO THIS, JUST SIMPLY TO SHOW INSIDE WHERE IT'S WARM FROM THE DIRECTOR'S STANDPOINT, HOW WAS WORKING? THESE GUYS ALL THIS HAS BEEN SUCH A FABULOUS, FABULOUS GROUP. WE LOST A COUPLE OF ACTOR SAYS EARLY ON. WE HAD SOME SOME FILL-INS COME IN AND GROUP JUST EMBRACE THEM. HOW GREAT A GREAT STRONG COLLABORATION. I'VE BEEN JUST DELIGHTED TO WORK WITH TO THE ORIGINALS WERE INSPIRED. AND REALLY I REALLY WANT TO WORK WITH EACH ONE OF THESE PEOPLE. AGAIN. IT'S JUST BEEN WONDERFUL EXPERIENCE. GREAT FAMILIAR JAPAN, SOMEONE ELI'S SKY. I HAD A LEAD IN ONE OF HIS PRIOR PLAYS. WAKE ME NIGHT A CAPE CORAL. >> YEARS AGO, I DON'T KNOW HO A COUPLE YEARS AGO, COUPLE YEARS AGO. AND SO I KNEW HIM. AND THEN WHEN HE OFFERED ME THIS PART, I WAS ECSTATIC BECAUSE IT'S A REALLY FUN PART. I HAVE MANY COSTUME CHANGES. LOT OF SKIN IS GOING TO SHOW DON'T GET MUCH NOTHING. NOTHING FAMILY GO TO BRENT. YES, NOTHING HAPPENED AT STATES ON ICE. >> I'M VERY OTHER HAND. OTHER HAD STAY A LOT COMING TO SEE IT, I THINK YOU REALLY CASSIDY BECAUSE OF THIS. >> THAT WORKS. JOE, THIS OPENS UP AT THE THE FLOOR. FORT MYERS THE YEAR AND IT OPENS ON WITH THIS IS THAT THERE'S NICE TUESDAY AND OPENS ON THE 9TH. HERE'S INFORMATION RIGHT THER I'VE GOT ABOUT 15, 20 SECONDS LEFT. BUT JOE, I KNOW YOU'RE IN THE WORKS AS WELL TO OPEN UP A DESERT THEATER HERE IN CAPE CORAL. YES. >> IT'S GOING TO BE OUT OF THERE. SO STILL LIKE TO MAKE THIS THING CAT. THEY WERE GOINEXPAND INTO A THEATER AND WILSON OPENED UP EARLY NEXT YEAR. I LOVE THIS YEAR CHECK IT OUT. JANUARY NIGHIS WHEN IT OPENS EVERYBODY. IT'S 07:00PM. THEY ALSO MATINEES ON THE 11TH AND 12TH. >> AT 1 O'CLOCK >> IT'S FUNNY. IT'S HILARIOUS. BELLY LAUGHS. IF YOU NEED A LAUGH, COME T
Ring in the New Year with 'Old Ringers'
"Old Ringers" is coming to the Fort Myers Theatre from Jan. 9 to Jan. 12.
Updated: 10:29 AM EST Jan 7, 2025
We've all been down on our luck before, but what would you do to make a little extra money? Maybe start a phone sex service? That's the idea behind "Old Ringers" coming to the Fort Myers Theatre.Joe Simonella, Greg Wojciechowski and Elizabeth Bredford Birkby joined ABC7 to discuss this upcoming hilarious comedy."Old Ringers" tells the story of Diane, a 65-year-old divorced mom, living with her 30-something rigid and judgmental daughter Amanda. Together with her friends, they receive an obscene phone call and decide to make a little extra cash by starting a phone sex service from their house. The problem is that they must hide it from Amanda.The show opens Thursday, Jan. 9, with shows on Friday, Jan. 10, and Saturday, Jan. 11, at 7 p.m. There will also be two matinees shows. They will be on Saturday and Sunday at 1 p.m. Tickets start at $20. To purchase tickets, you can call at 239-323-6570, email at office@ftmyerstheatre.com or purchase them online at ftmyerstheatre.com. WATCH THE FULL INTERVIEW ABOVE!
FORT MYERS, Fla. — We've all been down on our luck before, but what would you do to make a little extra money? Maybe start a phone sex service? That's the idea behind "Old Ringers" coming to the Fort Myers Theatre.
Joe Simonella, Greg Wojciechowski and Elizabeth Bredford Birkby joined ABC7 to discuss this upcoming hilarious comedy.
"Old Ringers" tells the story of Diane, a 65-year-old divorced mom, living with her 30-something rigid and judgmental daughter Amanda. Together with her friends, they receive an obscene phone call and decide to make a little extra cash by starting a phone sex service from their house. The problem is that they must hide it from Amanda.
The show opens Thursday, Jan. 9, with shows on Friday, Jan. 10, and Saturday, Jan. 11, at 7 p.m. There will also be two matinees shows. They will be on Saturday and Sunday at 1 p.m. Tickets start at $20. To purchase tickets, you can call at 239-323-6570, email at office@ftmyerstheatre.com or purchase them online at ftmyerstheatre.com.