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the heat is on
Quinn Lemley is Rita Hayworth
by dick kerekes    dickkerekes@yahoo.com

      I often wish there were a time machine to take me back to the l940s so I could see the talent of those years in person. Of course, we have movies, TV, and DVDs that have been wonderfully restored to help us live in the past, but that is still not like the real thing.
      Over the years I have seen several famous people recreated by actors in live performances and they were very realistic interpertations. Hal Holbrook as Mark Twain, Robert Morse as Truman Capote and Frank Gorshin as George Burns come to mind.
      On Saturday, December l5th, at the Wilson Center, Jacksonville residents will have the opportunity to experience the love goddess of the l940s, Rita Hayworth, “live.”
      The Heat Is On is a theatrical concert based on Hayworth’s life and performed by Quinn Lemley, who has garnered rave reviews for her show all over the United States. Not only does Miss Lemley bear a remarkable likeness to Miss. Hayworth, she is said to have all the moves of this famous movie dancer. She can do something even Rita did not do, sing up a storm with a great voice (all of Hayworth‘s great songs in all those movie musicals were lipsynced).
      This is not just a musical revue, although music, dance and costumes are the largest part of the show. The Heat Is On also explores her turbulent off-screen life, including her five marriages (emphasizing two of her most infamous, to Prince Aly Khan and Orson Welles), and the relationships she had with many leading men, like singer Dick Haymes, Fred Astaire and Frank Sinatra. Miss Hayworth died in l987 from Alzheimer’s Disease.
      Rita Hayworth was a pin-up star for American soldiers in WWII, along with Betty Grable, Lana Turner, Jane Russell and Dorothy Lamour. Her fans consider her one of the all-time leading ladies of movie musicals. She was a very fine actress, proving it in films like The Loves of Carmen and Miss Sadie Thompson. Two of my all-time favorite Hayworth movies are Pal Joey with Frank Sinatra and Kim Novak, and Separate Tables with Burt Lancaster.
      You can bet I will be in the audience on Saturday to experience this homage to Hollywood’s Ultimate Love Goddess, Rita Hayworth. This concert will be in Jacksonville for two performances only: 4 pm and 8 pm on December l5th. It will be at the Wilson Center for the Arts on the FCCJ South Campus, 1190l Beach Boulevard. Tickets are available by calling (904) 632-3373.

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