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George Reinblatt
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I first met this creative young man when his dad, my good friend and
Canadian Achiever Gary Reinblatt, invited me to their Toronto home for
dinner. George was about 15 years old. He struck me as a person who
would someday achieve. Well, he certainly has. Now 30 years of age,
George is recognized as one of Canada’s top playwrights and comedy
writers.
Born and raised in Toronto, he graduated from Queen’s University, where
he studied film. From Queen’s he went to Humber College to study comedy
writing. While there he earned money as a freelance comedy writer. His
reputation grew in the comedy community, where soon he was writing for
people like Howie Mandel, William Shatner, Jason Alexander and Tim
Allen. But his proudest achievement came with his musical comedy
production of “Evil Dead: The Musical” based on the three Evil Dead
movies produced by Spiderman creator Sam Raimi.
George told me, “Dick I needed his permission. Mr. Raimi is now one
of the biggest directors in Hollywood. It seemed impossible.”
Once he had Raimi’s permission, he had to convince local talent to work
pro bono. “We rehearsed and developed the play in the back room of a
small bar in Toronto. There was something magic about it. Word spread,
soon there were lineups and we got picked up by Just for Laughs,
Montreal, where we were a big hit.”
It was always George’s dream to take his play to New York. As the song
says, “If you make do it there you can make it anywhere.”
His dream came true Nov. 1, 2006 when “Evil Dead: The musical” opened in
New York. “Sometimes I still don’t even believe it. Maybe in about 10
years it will really hit me.”
He shares this advice: “It’s not like I was lucky from the start. I
had hundreds of unlucky breaks before my one big one. So my advice to
others is if you aren’t lucky the first few dozen times, keep trying,
your luck will come one day.”
George Reinblatt, another Canadian Achiever. Read more about him at
www.canadianachievers.com.
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