George Dvorsky

Later, I decided to ask him if he would take his picture with me. He gladly accepted and got down on his knee to take the picture. I was sooooooo happy! The evening went on, and I had a great time. When I saw George on his way out, I stopped him and said "Excuse me George, but are you going to be in anything around New England anytime soon?" . He replied, "Why yes, I am going to be in 'It's A Grand Night For Singing' at the North Shore Music Theater in September." Now I was really happy because we are members at the Theater and we go to the monthly plays! I told him that I would be there and he said "Great! If you send me a note, I can send you backstage passes."

I waited, and on September 6, (I was going to see the play on Tuesday the 17th), I wrote a letter to George at the theater reminding him of his promise. On September 9th, I got a note from him in the mail, saying he would invite me backstage with him.

When the big day arrived, we went for the performance (which was wonderful), and after the show, we went to the stage door, told the lady that George was expecting to see us, and she led us into the green room to wait. In a few minutes, she escorted us into the hall, where George came out to see us. We greeted him, gave him the Boston tee shirt we bought for him as a little souvenir, and then took some more pictures. I asked if I could start a Fan Club for him on the Internet, and he happily agreed. He gave me his address, and told me to write him about the fan club. Even though I had some questions to ask him about his career, the time went very quickly and unfortunately, I didn't have a chance to. We left, but the next day after school, I had a brilliant idea.

I asked my mom if she would return to the theater later that week, if I could arrange an interview with George. She agreed, and suggested that I call George and ask him if I could interview him for two reasons. One, so I could get more information for starting the fan club, and two, so I could do an extra credit report for my American Musical Theater class. On that Wednesday afternoon at 3:00 p.m., I sent George a fax at the theater, asking him if I could do the interview. At 6:00, when I was eating dinner, the phone rang, and it was George!!!!!!!!! He said he would love to do the interview, and asked if I would like to have dinner with him to do the interview. I gladly accepted and we set a date. I waited six long days, and at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday the 25th, my mom and I met him at the theater, then drove to Joe's Bar and Grill in the North Shore mall, where we had dinner. Read on, for the tantalizing life story of George Dvorsky: the person ... the actor.

We talked a lot about families, and George's favorite childhood memory is when his father used to dress up like Santa Claus every year. He and his siblings always used to wonder why every year on Christmas Eve, their father would have to "go and paint Grandma's kitchen", but even after they found out, it was still very fun for them! Although his father died when he was quite young, George has many fond memories of the time he spent with him.

I asked him a lot of factual questions, and he was great about giving me detailed answers, with lots of funny stories to go with his answers. After we covered some of the basic facts, I asked George some more "philosophical" type questions. I asked him "If you could invite three people, living or dead, to dinner, who they would be?", and after several minutes of careful thinking, he answered, "Linda Ronstadt, because I love her voice; Robin Williams, because he is a genius; and my father, because he died 23 years ago, and I would like him to see what I have done and accomplished."

I asked him if he lived in New York because he liked it, or because of its convenient location to work, and he said, "I HATE New York, but I must live here because that's where a lot of my work is." When pressed to give a city he does like, he said that he really likes being in the Boston area (and he wasn't just saying that because we were there!) George's face lit up when I asked him his all around favorite place, and I thought it might be somewhere tropical like Hawaii. But, he was emphatic when he said his FAVORITE place in the world is Ogunquit, Maine, which is also where MY family vacations. George describes it as, "...heaven on earth...Paradise. P-A-R-A-D-I-S-E ." Maybe it's the fabulous lobsters and steamers, the beautiful beach, or the warm, friendly people, but if he has the time, you always know where to find him!

And last, but certainly not least, I asked him what his greatest fear was. His reply was "Not being to true to myself and the people around me." It was truly a wonderful evening.

Percy (Understudy) in "The Scarlet Pimpernel" at the Minskoff Theatre
Henry Spofford in "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" at the Lyceum Theater
Private Augenti in "Passion" at the Plymouth Theater
Prince Charming in "Cinderella" at the NYC Opera
Tommy in "Brigadoon" at the NYC Opera
Jim Dougherty in "Marilyn: An American Fable" at the Minskoff Theatre
Aggie in "The Best Little Whorehouse" at the 46th Street Theater

Both male roles in "And The World Goes Round" at the West Side Arts
Dick in "Dames At Sea" at the Lambs
Captain Armin in "Elizabeth and Essex" at the York Players
Carrody in "Time and Again" at the Old Globe Theatre

Henry Spofford in "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" at the Goodspeed Opera House
Curly in "Oklahoma" at the North Shore Music Theatre
Ghost of Christmas Present in "A Christmas Carol" at the North Shore Music Theatre
Joe Hardy in "Damn Yankees" at the Casa Manana and the North Shore
Billy Early in "No No Nanette" at the Pittsburgh CLO
James in "Shenandoah" at the PaperMill Playhouse
Billy in "Anything Goes" at the Houston TUTS and at the Hirschfeld Theater
Richard Henry Lee in "1776" at the PaperMill Playhouse
Dick in "Dames at Sea" at Asolo State
Peter in "Jesus Christ Superstar" at the PaperMill Playhouse
Capt. Billy in "My One and Only" at the PaperMill Playhouse
Jim in "Gift of the Magi" at ATL
Athos in "The Three Musketeers" at the Hartman Theater
"Himself" in "A Grand Night For Singing" at the North Shore Music Theater

"Himself" in "Leading Men Don't Dance" at the North Shore Music Theater

In addition, George has appeared in many shows at the Ogunquit Playhouse in Maine, over the past 10 years. These include, "1776", "My One and Only", "Damn Yankees", and "Brigadoon." He was a featured soloist in the "Thank You, John Lane Gala" in the summer of 1996.