Marlena De Lacroix

In 80s and 90s, many debuting soap actors used their roles as steppingstones to primetime and further fame. Good examples include Alec Baldwin (Billy, “The Doctors”), who went on to “Knot’s Landing,” and John Stamos (Blackie, “General Hospital”), who went to “Full House.” At the same time, there was a cadre of talented actors who […]

Attention soap writers!  Are you having fun writing your shows these days?  Well, it certainly doesn’t feel like it! Where is your collective sense of humor? And, with the recent departure of Spinelli from “General Hospital,” where will our much-needed lighter moments come from? Especially on a show that is so serious all the time? […]

Think of where daytime soaps were in 2023, when “Days of Our Lives” went to Peacock and the only three network soaps left were CBS’s “The Young and the Restless,” CBS’s “The Bold and the Beautiful,” and ABC’s “General Hospital.” No new soap operas had been created since “Passions” in 1999, and ABC had canceled […]

Stop It!  Excessive Spoilers Are Ruining Our Soaps! By Marlena De Lacroix, a.k.a. Connie Passalacqua HaymanLast Friday, I experienced something as a soap viewer that I had not felt in decades: a genuine surprise. No, correct that, a shock. At the close of Friday’s “General Hospital,” Nina (played by the divine Cynthia Watros) shoved […]