After 43 years of soap opera drama, heartbreak, heroics, crazy story lines and hope ABC's "One Life to Live" ends today.
My wife, who still dabbles in an occasional soap opera, tells me that the many former stars have made cameos on the show this week and even more interesting that two of the long time actresses on the series spent time right here in Milwaukee early in their careers.
Both Judith Light and Erica Slezak performed for The Milwaukee Rep.
Slezak plays Victoria Lord on the show, and was a member of the Rep for three seasons. Light (Karen Wolek) performed with the Milwaukee Repertory and the Seattle Repertory Theatres in the early 1970s. Light, among other roles, played Angela Bower on the ABC show "Who's the Boss?" She was nominated for a Tony Award for her role in the Broadway production of "Lombardi."
In other soap news, if you're a "All My Children" fan the traveling tribute for the show stops in Milwaukee tomorrow (Saturday) at The Pabst Theater.
A life-long and passionate community leader and Milwaukeean, Jeff Sherman is a co-founder of OnMilwaukee.
He grew up in Wauwatosa and graduated from Marquette University, as a Warrior. He holds an MBA from Cardinal Stritch University, and is the founding president of Young Professionals of Milwaukee (YPM)/Fuel Milwaukee.
Early in his career, Sherman was one of youngest members of the Greater Milwaukee Committee, and currently is involved in numerous civic and community groups - including board positions at The Wisconsin Center District, Wisconsin Club and Marcus Center for the Performing Arts. He's honored to have been named to The Business Journal's "30 under 30" and Milwaukee Magazine's "35 under 35" lists.
He owns a condo in Downtown and lives in greater Milwaukee with his wife Stephanie, his son, Jake, and daughter Pierce. He's a political, music, sports and news junkie and thinks, for what it's worth, that all new movies should be released in theaters, on demand, online and on DVD simultaneously.
He also thinks you should read OnMilwaukee each and every day.
