Highlights from The Brini Maxwell Show

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Brini Maxwell Show Highlights

Sabrina "Brini" Maxwell is a fictional character created by actor Ben Sander. Described by Guy Trebey of the Village Voice as the "prototypical, pre-feminist, 1960's homemaker", Maxwell has also been described as a composite of Doris Day, Mary Tyler Moore, Auntie Mame, That Girl and Donna Reed and came to prominence in the late 90's as the host of her eponymous television show on cable access in Manhattan.

The pilot for the original show was produced in 1996. The show debuted on Manhattan Neighborhood Network on January 1, 1998, and aired for 5 years featuring tips, recipes, entertaining ideas, craft projects, home renovation and interior design schemes. It was produced by Sander's production company V.R.U.S.P. Inc. and directed by Sander's mother, Mary Jane Wells.

In 2001 Sander was contacted by Amy Briamonte, east coast director of development for west coast based Termite Art Productions (now Creative Differences Productions). Briamonte and Sander developed a pitch for the show for the Bravo network and received an order for a pilot. The pilot was produced in the summer of 2002 for a show titled Charming, Needs Work. The premise for the show was Maxwell lived in an apartment that she redecorated every week. After Bravo passed on the show Briamonte, Sander and Termite Art pitched it to Stephen Schwartz and Heather Moran, newly named VP's of programming for the Style network. The pitch resulted in an order for a 13-episode season

The first season of The Brini Maxwell Show for the Style network was taped in the summer of 2003 with studio production taking place on the main stage at Unitel Studios on west 57th St. in New York City. Location shoots for the season were taped over a period of 6 months in New York City, Los Angeles and Las Vegas. The Brini Maxwell Show debuted on the Style network on Thursday, January 1, 2004 at 9pm.

The second season went into production in the summer of 2004 and debuted in November 2004. The show was cancelled after two seasons. Nevertheless, Brini handled the cancellation with the same grace and style for which she has become well-known. She is still a popular figure in New York City's social circle.

Ben was born on July 23, 1969 at Boston Lying In Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts to Peter and Mary Jane. The first 7 years of his life were spent in Wellesley, MA with his father teaching theater at Brandeis University and his mother alternately keeping house and acting in professional productions in Boston and New York as well as touring with her own one woman adaptation of Pride and Prejudice. In 1976 the family moved to the small college town of Athens, Ohio, home of Ohio University. Ben attended elementary and middle school in Athens while his father taught in the graduate theater program there. In 1980 Peter Sander received a Pell grant and moved the family to Cleveland, OH, where he acted as a Dramaturge for the Cleveland Playhouse. The Playhouse offered Ben his first opportunity to act professionally. He was cast as Bodo in a production of Lillian Hellman's Watch on the Rhine. They returned to Athens in 1981 for two years. In 1983 Peter took a job with The University of Missouri in Kansas City where Ben attended Center Senior High School. Ben performed in high school theatrical productions, but eventually forsook the stage for the costume room becoming the costume designer during his senior year, using his extensive collection of vintage clothing as costumes for the productions that year. After graduating high school in 1987 Sander attended the Kansas City Art Institute foundations program.

In 1988 the family again moved; this time to Hempstead, Long Island, where his father had been hired as the chair for the theater department of Hofstra University. Ben spent a few years getting his sea legs in New York, working at various jobs and studying fashion illustration with Veronica Galati. He then applied to, and was accepted into the fashion design program at Fashion Institute of Technology in 1989. Ben spent 4 years studying his craft at FIT. Graduating in 1993, he obtained a job at moderate dress house BGB as an assistant designer. His job was making patterns for the samples. The company reorganized 9 months after he was hired and he was let go. After that he worked at a bridal boutique, and two furriers before moving into Manhattan and developing The Brini Maxwell Show for television.

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[gerelepo]

I still can't believe Brini doesn't have her own show on a major cable network anymore!

Logo totally needs to give her a show again!

Brini, you truly are awesome! Please make more podcasts and keep sharing your decorating tips! My house is so much nicer because of your ideas! :)

Your biggest fan,

Garrett M. aka omnipop on myspace :)

[SalaireDeLaPeur]

I know! I thought Brini was a very attractive lady, then my wife walked in the room and said "that's a man." Well, I STILL think Brini is attractive, gracious, and a great model for all.

[epoxypam]

Absolutely adore Brini!



[Cheryl1166]

Brini I wish I had your wardrobe....

[itsmemanduh]

i have fallen in love with brini maxwell

[godfreewoman]

When the Style Network was worth watching. Thoroughly enjoyed the show. The subtle references. The fact that Brini is a dude with more style than any woman I know was why the show was entertaining and fabulous!

If those bloody Kardashians can have a show, by golly Brini should have her own NETWORK! Let's start a Twitter/Facebook campaign to get Brini a show on a major cable network station. Who is with me???

[toribjork10]

@stantonstanza if you go to her website they have it out on dvd

[toribjork10]

@wes0607 brini maxwell is a drag character of ben sander. he's a gay man, not a transexual.... big difference lol

[MissShelbyLee]

This is my Film Genres teacher, Ben Sanders, at The New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts....

[meetdiamond]

i remember Brini on Style too. I miss her SO much. I didn't care that she's really Ben; she's fabulous and I still LOVE her style. so chic and charming. :) she needs to be back on a major netwrok so I can watch her again.

[gymbudPS]

I watched this show when it aired,,It was Hilarious.

[aLeKoNa2]

I watched this i was 10...and did not believe my mom when she told me brini was a man. im having a hard time adjusting.