David Cassidy on the Web
May be last chance to see Cassidy in Canada
May 19, 2011
By Tom Harrison
The Province
www.theprovince.com
IN CONCERT
David Cassidy
Where: River Rock Casino Resort, 8811 River Rd., Richmond
When: Friday at 8 p.m.
Tickets: $49.50 at ticketmaster.ca and 604-280-4444
Donald Trump waved a carrot before David Cassidy's eyes.
"Do you know you could make one million dollars for your charity?" Trump asked him.
Cassidy, whose charity organization fights Alzheimer's, happily took the bait. Thus it was that David Cassidy appeared on Trump's TV series, Celebrity Apprentice. He didn't last more than an episode before Trump famously fired him, and he didn't enjoy the experience either.
"Um," Cassidy thinks for a second. "Not my favourite genre, reality TV."
Cassidy had first met Trump in 1983 when he was cast on Broadway as Joseph in Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Their paths had crossed a few times since and now Trump was calling.
"It's not something I'd do again." Cassidy stresses. "I didn't have a bad experience, but it's just not me. I really can't stand competitive people."
Likely, too, his mind was somewhere else.
He's immersed in putting together a show for Las Vegas that will draw on his experience in theatre, TV, and music.
"I like the challenge of doing something different," Cassidy cautiously explains the concept he has in mind for Vegas. He's learned not to be presumptuous. A lot could go wrong. "I mean, really different. One hundred and eighty degrees. I'm going to play a character, not just David Cassidy."
Cassidy also is advising his 20year-old son, Beau, as Beau and his band, The Fates, make their first album.
"I'm really proud of him," he brags. "He writes, he's the lead singer, and, unlike most teenagers who just turned 20, he's listening. They're really gifted. It's an exciting time."
Thus distracted, the onetime teen idol from TV's Partridge Family still wants his Vancouver show to be memorable.
"I'm not going to say it's the last one I'll do; it's a celebration, though, he says.
"Because of my plans, I don't know when I'll go out again. It's a long-term show.
"I've always been embraced by Canadian audiences, so, if this is my last time, I want it to be special."
