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GoLocalProv | Lifestyle | Steve Feinberg, Trudy Coxe and The Gilded Age — 22 Who Made a Difference in 2022
It’s the impossible trio.
Steve Feinberg, the energizer bunny of the Rhode Island Movie and Tv trade, is a continuous salesperson for the state.
Add in Trudy Coxe and the Newport Mansions — as she heads The Newport Preservation Society. Coxe was chosen in 2020 as one of many biggest residing Rhode Islanders for her management of each the Preservation Society and Save the Bay.
Then, combine in The Gilded Age. The American TV drama tv sequence created and written by Lord Julian Fellowes for HBO that’s set in New York and Newport in the course of the Gilded Age, the growth years of the Eighteen Eighties.
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Fellowes, in fact, is the creator of Downton Abbey.
The Gilded Age was a little bit of a success on the little display screen. “‘The Gilded Age’ Hits Sequence Excessive With Season 1 Finale; Viewers Grows 54% From Premiere,” reported Selection.
However the larger impression was on Newport and the Rhode Island economic system.
The present reenergized tourism to the Newport Mansions.
And, with the present in ultimate manufacturing now, the second season with air in 2023.
The combo of Feinberg, Coxe, and The Gilded Age was a inventive and financial hit, particularly for Rhode Island.