He’s always open to ideas from everyone – actors, directors, stage managers. “Bob is one of the great stage collaborators.
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(Photo from Bob’s Facebook page.)Īrizona Theatre Company’s The Mystery of Irma Vepīob’s entry at Internet Movie Base: HERE Bob relaxes during a dinner interview. He took a moment to pose with Hugh Laurie (“House”) on the set. In December, 2014, Bob worked on “Veep,” playing Julia Louis-Dreyfus’ White House doctor. I can guarantee you this, Bob Sorenson will never wear out his welcome in Phoenix. At least he will never have to worry about the next meal. The good news is that, since making the switch, he has worked more often in the Valley than he has in the Big Apple. To call it a one-man tour de force is understatement.Įventually, Bob left the Valley to make his home in New York City.
One more ecstatic evening: Watching Bob as Sam, an actor paying the bills as a reservations clerk at an uber-trendy Manhattan restaurant in Fully Committed, at Arizona Theatre Company. Bob Sorenson as Sam in Arizona Theatre Company’s “Fully Committed.” (Please contact the page manager with photo credit.) Of course, that meant I had to see the show again. I embarrassed myself by laughing so hard, I got the hiccups and had to leave the auditorium. Hamilton Wright, he played a number of roles, male and female, with split-second costume changes that boggled the mind. Hamilton Wright and Bob Sorenson in “The Mystery of Irma Vep,” for Arizona Theatre Company. It would take until next month to list my favorite evenings spent laughing at this guy, but The Mystery of Irma Vep was one them. Mention Bob Sorenson and most people will say “Oh, the funny guy!” However good he is at dramatic parts, Bob is unquestionably a genius at comedy. It’s just hard to get casting directors to remember that. He’s been equally dramatic in other roles (Actors Theatre’s Orphans for one). I remember turning to my wife, after seeing him in Brendan Behan’s The Hostage at the fledgling Actors Theatre of Arizona, and saying, “This guy is going to be something!” That was a highly dramatic part and he nailed it. Along with Kathy Fitzgerald, another luminary of the day, his name on the marquee assured producers of a healthy return on their investment.īob defines versatility. Maybe that’s why it’s not surprising that in the late ’80s and ’90s, he seemed to be in every other play. The thing is, he was as memorable the first time I saw him as he is today. I was just beginning my journalism career in the Valley when he emerged from Arizona State University to begin his acting career. He may not be the greatest actor to perform in Phoenix – after all, John Barrymore tread the boards of a local stage back in the day – but he’s damned good. Mainly, because whatever I say, it won’t be enough to explain why this actor, in the minds of so many, IS Phoenix theater I never know what to say about Bob Sorenson.
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