Acting
November 8, 2009
- Utterly Astounding, November 1, 2009 This book was one I found quite compelling and astounding. The author did a fascinating job at depicting and outlining the events in Annette Martin's life. Such great achievements and yet so many hurdles she toppled throughout her years and it gripped me in such a way that I had to read on to reveal the subsequent chapters in her life. A must read for anyone ...
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May 29, 2009
- Do you have to act so gay? One More Reason to Love OtaliaThe soap world has been buzzing with news of Chris Engen's sudden departure from The Young and the Restless, where he's been doing such a bang-up job as Victor Newman's son, Adam. According to the rumor mill, Engen stormed off the set after refusing to play a scene which featured Adam kissing another male character, as part of a burgeoning ...
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April 27, 2009
- As part of a recent book store appearance at Rowan University, a student reporter for the campus newspaper interviewed me. Most of the questions were run-of-the-mill and the young reporter seemed to be taking all of my answers as run-of-the-mill, too.That is, until he asked me what advice I'd give to writers who were "just starting out." "Acting lessons." His scribbling came ...
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January 23, 2009
- Some of the greatest performances by actors are made great by their electrifying relationship – on stage or on screen – with others. The idea of the ensemble is an honored one in the history of theater and film, and an ensemble can be made up of just two actors. In the case of the 1997 film Donnie Brasco, those two are Johnny Depp and Al Pacino. This Mike Newell-directed film is a very ...
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December 25, 2008
- My mother's grandfather was in vaudeville. Every Christmas her Pappy perpetuated the Santa ruse with aplomb. My mom was a champion of truth and justice from a young age. Each year she intuited that something was afoot, that Santa's lap was very reminiscent of another she was used to bounce upon, and inquired after the resemblance. Every year she was assured that the likeness was a coincidence, ...
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November 7, 2008
- Tonight I'm living dangerously, acting in a readers' version of "Spinning into Butter," directed by Kali Meister. It's a true story, based an a racial incident that took place at Middlebury College. The main character, played brilliantly by Kali, is an administrator who airs her racist views to her friend, and tries to grapple with them. It's a dangerous play in that the redeeming ...
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November 1, 2008
- I will finish the first draft of the novel this month. No excuses. I've taken steps to streamline existing deadlines, and plan to say "no" to any extras this month. So weekends will be devoted to the columns and blogs, once a month I'll do the Pet Peeves newsletter and radio gigs, and devote weekdays and most evenings to fictioning. I'm at page 200 on the first draft of DEADLINES, a ...
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October 15, 2008
- My family's pretty talented, if I do say so myself. My parents were not very artistic. . . or even "into" the arts, so I'm not sure where our various passions came from, but they certainly do exist. I wanted to write from the time I was a kid, as did my younger brother Rob. Rob's a mystery writer and song writer (you can hear his new song, How Many Homes do You Own? on his website) on ...
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October 13, 2008
- I'm trying to remember who said that comedy is harder than drama, acting wise. It's so true. Look at Jim Carrey. I'll be honest, I've never been a big fan of his comedies. But if a comedy-drama or straight out drama and he's starring in it, I'm so there. When Catherine Zehta Jones was set to be in Chicago, people said hmm, can she do a musical? After all, she was in dramas. I knew she could do ...
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July 28, 2008
- The following is an excerpt from a theatre review, where Kafka previously was referred to as "The Prince of Darkness".
The play concerns the plight of the 'understudy', whose life is certainly difficult enough. The play-within-the-play for which the actors await their turns as 'understudy' is a fictional and newly discovered play by Kafka,
The Understudy by Theresa Rebeck
While Rebeck's ...
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