Roll ’em.
A&E Network has greenlighted the reality series “Aspen” and will begin filming the first day of ski season and continue till the lifts shut down.
Producer Scott Stone, who brought us “The Mole” and “The Man Show,” held casting sessions and an open call in the ski hamlet last month. Casting director Zena Coniglio told me then that she was looking for six to 12 different types of people.
Looks like they found ’em. A press release from Stone tells us to get ready for “Rocky Mountain high drama and high comedy.” The cast is to include “the hot young Australian brothers who work as ski instructors by day and high-priced babysitters by night; the sexy and single hostess of the hottest après-
ski bar and restaurant in town; the mega-rich heiress who tortures her parents by hanging out with the ski bums instead of the dreary sons of billionaires; and the ex-paramedic who is now captain of the Aspen Ski Patrol.”
The production company is psyched to be making the series in Aspen, “a place where ‘Northern Exposure’ meets ‘Dynasty.”‘
Look for the show to air next year on A&E.
My wicked, wicked ways
I’m no fan of the musical “Wicked,” which has been packing fans into the Buell for the past two weeks. I guess I’m just a cranky brainless scarecrow – because Denver loves it.
The show is such a hit, Denver Center Attractions has rebooked it for May 16-June 3, 2007. Tickets will go on sale Monday. Monday! That could be a record for the earliest ticket ever on sale in Denver for anything. Eighteen and a half months out!
“There is just such a demand for tickets, we wanted to offer it to people now,” says DCA mouthpiece Jen Schiavone.
We don’t know now who the cast will be – but will the show still stink?
“It’ll still be one of the hottest shows on tour,” says Schiavone.
Georgia
The Museum of Contemporary Art/Denver is back with another trendy party this fall – the Dinner with Miss O’Keeffe gala Oct. 26 at the Seawell Ballroom. Tickets start at $200 – and you can pay that much for a cocktail that night. The Starry-Night drinks will come with real gemstones at the bottom of the glass, sapphires, rubies and more.
Last year, the excitement of the evening came when donors bought Mayor John Hickenlooper a complete makeover. The honorable redo was postponed from its May date due to mayoral matters. Museum spokeswoman Cynthia Stone says the makeover did occur this summer, but it was a low-key affair.
I saw the mayor at the baseball game Sunday and he didn’t look made-over to me.
City spirit
Morton’s DTC again hosts the Oct. 10 party to benefit the Jake Plummer Foundation. It’s $150-per-person for a lavish buffet, great wines and Champagnes – and hopefully they’ll have Jake’s Fault Shiraz as they did last year. Call 303-409-1177 … The AMC Cancer’s Men’s Event is $750-each at the Palm Nov. 14, call 3030-698-1151; Allied Jewish Federation’s Men’s Event features Sen. Joe Lieberman on Nov. 6 … Sez who: “I bear no grudges. I have a mind that retains nothing.” Bette Midler
Bill Husted’s column appears Sunday, Monday, Tuesday and Thursday. Husted also appears on Fox 31 News. You can reach him at 303-820-1486 or at bhusted@denverpost.com.
