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English
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A Life in Acting is a practical guide for aspiring and established theater actors looking to make a consistent living doing meaningful, creative work on the stage. Author Lisa Mulcahy communicates her advice through a series of interviews and "war stories" that will have you taking notes and laughing until your sides hurt. The sage advice of veteran performers and an entertaining writing style make this a terrific tool to build career longevity. The...
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Fascinating, never-before-published interviews with Broadway's leading men offer behind-the-scenes looks at the careers of some of the most beloved performers today. In A Wonderful Guy, a follow up to Nothing Like a Dame: Conversations with the Great Women of Musical Theater, theatre journalist Eddie Shapiro sits down for intimate, career-encompassing conversations with nineteen of Broadway's most prolific and fascinating leading men. Full of detailed...
Author
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Pub. Date
c1997
Language
English
Description
If you thought the most challenging aspects of a career in acting would involve choosing the "right" roles and dodging the paparazzi, think again. Success requires a tremendous amount of hard work, creativity, and dedication, as you'll learn from some of the industry's most respected names in Acting Now: Conversations on Craft and Career.
Very little has been written about how modern actors really work, nor are there many published comparisons of...
Author
Publisher
Dramatists Play Service, Inc
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
Vivien Leigh is holding her last press conference in a theatre, taking questions from members of the press ... but it is an illusion, a metaphor for the kaleidoscope of memories that cascade through her consciousness moments before her death at 53. --from publisher description.
Author
Publisher
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"This collection of interviews features American, British and Australian writers, directors and actors recounting their notable work in the action genre and the fun of blowing things up. Action movies and television series from 1950s to the mid-1980s are covered"--
Author
Publisher
Dress Circle Publishing
Pub. Date
[2013]-
Language
English
Description
Do you wish you were in the audience during Barbra Streisand's final performance of Funny Girl on Broadway? Do you wonder how far Jonathan Groff was willing to go to score tickets to Thoroughly Modern Millie? And are you dying to know which beloved TV star and Tony Award winner was caught with his pants down in front of a movie legend? From opening nights to closing nights. From secret passageways to ghostly encounters. From Broadway debuts to landmark...
17) Theater of war
Publisher
Alive Mind
Pub. Date
©2008
Language
English
Description
An examination of Bertolt Brecht's "Mother Courage and her children", and the political philosophies the play represents. Preparing for The Public Theater's 2006 production of Brecht's anti-war play, Meryl Streep allows a camera crew to document her rehearsal process and interest in the work. Moreover, the life and times of Brecht himself are followed, most notably the playwrites' escape from Nazi Germany, subsequent exile, testimony to the House...