Ms. Zimmer is best known for her portrayal of Reva Shayne on Guiding Light where she received four Lead Actress Emmy Awards along with eleven nominations, but she is also an accomplished stage actress. She recently wrapped up a record-breaking tour with the first national company of Wicked. Other favorite regional and Off-Broadway credits include: Four Dogs And A Bone, Love, Loss, And What I Wore, Blood Brothers, Gypsy, Sunset Boulevard, Dirty Blonde, Curtains, Shirley Valentine and Lost Boy Found At Whole Foods. Other television credits include Seinfeld, Designing Women, Models, Inc., MacGyver, One Life To Live, The Doctors and Santa Barbara. Film credits include 23 Blast, Body Heat, Freshmen Father, Keeping Secrets and Trench Coat In Paradise. Ms. Zimmer's experience in Daytime T.V. spans 32 years and is chronicled in her best selling memoir " I'm Just Saying!". She is a graduate of Hope College and The American Conservatory Theatre in San Francisco, as well as an Essex County resident. Her appearance in Old Love New Love marks her Luna Stage debut.
Old Love New Love is a funny and moving new play about the challenges of caring for loved ones with Alzheimer's Disease and the lengths we go to in order to honor the lives of those we have loved. The show opens to previews on Thursday, April 7th, and runs Thursdays through Sundays until May 8th. Opening night is Friday, April 15th. Tickets range from $27-$37 dollars. Group sales available. $10 Student Rush tickets available one half-hour before curtain. Individual tickets can be purchased at lunastage.org, or at the box office Tues.-Fri. 10:30am-3pm (973-395-5551). Luna Stage is located at 555 Valley Road, West Orange, NJ 07052. The theatre is handicapped accessible and offers assistive listening devices.
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