Jake Silbermann’s former As the World Turns co-stars Colleen Zenk, Terri Conn and Austin Peck turned out for the opening night of his Off-Broadway play Derby Day on December 3.  The Derby Day cast performed a dress rehearsal on November 28 at The Clurman Theatre, where the production is running through December 17. Visit The Camisade Theatre Company's Official Website for ticket prices and times. Check out photos from Derby Day’s opening night after the jump! READ MORE

Former As the World Turns star Colleen Zenk (pictured above with Janine Davita, Eddie Korbich, Josh A. Davis and Emma Zaks) glowed at the opening night of her new musical Odyssey -The Epic Musical on October 23. 

Based on the classic poem by Homer, ODYSSEY is a thrilling musical adventure that follows Odysseus’ epic journey home after the Trojan War. Join Odysseus as he encounters the lotus-eaters, outwits the Cyclops, resists the Sirens and battles the gods in a quest to return home to his wife and son.

To purchase tickets visit OdysseyTheMusical.com. See more photos after the jump! 

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Former As the World Turns star Colleen Zenk (pictured above with Eric Michael Gillett and Karen Akers) attended a performance of Widescreen on February 16. Gillett performed songs from and about movies at Feinstein’s in New York City. Check out more photos of Zenk, who needs to be back on a soap ASAP, after the jump!

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For 32 of As The World Turns' 54 years Daytime Confidential's Special Guest Colleen Zenk dazzled audiences as the insurmountable Barbara Ryan. Today Zenk joins Luke, Jamey, Mike, J. Bernard and Melodie to reflect on the passing of television's most popular soap opera of all time. Download this moving chat to hear from an insider's perspective what it was like during As The World Turns last few months. How does Zenk feel about the job ATWT's last show runner Chris Goutman and head writer Jean Passanante did in wrapping up this iconic serial? When did she feel the soap opera first began to lose its footing? Her answers may surprise you, not to mention provide a new perspective.

Zenk also discusses the many loves of Barbara's life—James, Gunnar, Hal, John and finally that rascal Henry Coleman, revealing moving, poignant and at times humorous details about what it was like to work with each of her leading men over the years. Who does she feel was the love of Barbara's life? You'll have to tune in to find out. Zenk also shares how the end of the "World" parallels what she's going through in her own life, following a battle with a deadly disease and divorce. Hear how this passionate oral cancer survivor plans to chart the next phase of her life. The world may have stopped turning on CBS, but something tells us, Colleen Zenk is headed for a whole new world. READ MORE

Several days ago, I posted an entry about the fallout from the death of Dr. Reid Oliver (Eric Sheffer Stevens) on As The World Turns. There were three central ideas in that piece. First, despite the very legitimate complaints that any given fan might have, ATWT is providing great human drama here at the end of its run. Second, Reid’s tragic passing and donation of his heart to Chris (Daniel Cosgrove) encapsulated that goal mainly by thrusting the Hughes’— the show’s core family since its very debut— front and center toward its conclusion. Third, given the soap opera wrapped production months ago, the idea of kicking a dead horse with unrelenting criticism isn’t going to make it win the Kentucky Derby.

I have not budged one iota from any of those positions and I am about to incur the wrath of a whole lot more of you by making what I know will be a very controversial statement to many: I believe that in these final days, executive producer Christopher Goutman has made mostly the right decisions.

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The ageless and fabulous Colleen Zenk recently spoke with Michael Logan for TV Guide about the end of As The World Turns this coming Friday. In yet another moving chat featuring the woman who breathed life into Barbara Ryan for the better part of 30 years, Zenk revealed how having kicked cancer in the nads helps her cope with whatever life throws at her— including a real-life divorce and soap cancellations.

 TV Guide Magazine: You've been through so much since the cancer diagnosis in 2007. How did it affect your work?

Zenk: I feel extraordinarily freed up as an actor, and that has everything to do with what I've gone through. I would not be able to tackle the recent material with as much abandon as I did had life not dished me all this crap these last few years. It's a kind of fearlessness, but it certainly wasn't conscious. It wasn't until this past spring that I realized I was no longer working in such an uptight way. I said to [exec producer] Chris Goutman, "If I get too big, just rein me in." But he never did. A few years ago, I would not have been able to portray Barbara as an older woman with the kind of confidence I did in this go-round. A great deal of that is having survived cancer twice. There's nothing like staring death in the face and saying, "Screw you!" READ MORE