• Choking in Public

    Updated: 2011-06-30 01:00:17
    Once upon a time, I nearly choked to death on a piece of bacon whilst on holiday. A mysterious stranger appeared from the crowd (who were doing nothing to help) and performed a bruising heimlich manoeuvre on me. Once the food was dislodged, the man disappeared and couldn’t be found again. Today’s blog is about [...]

  • Charlie Sheen's All-Star Method Acting (Or, 'Major League' on Steroids)

    Updated: 2011-06-29 22:16:35
    You could call it method acting if you want to, but either way, is it really surprising that Charlie Sheen has now admitted that he was on steroids while filming Major League? In a Sports Illustrated interview with the cast and crew of the 1989 baseball comedy, Sheen opened up about his substance abuse for the first time yet again. In Major League, Sheen memorably played Cleveland Indians pitcher Ricky "Wild Thing" Vaughn, and in order to delve into his character, the actor used steroids to enhance his game. And, you know what? He doesn't really care what you think...

  • Video: Back Stage at the SAG Foundation Presents 'Back Stage Readers Choice Awards: An Evening with Selected Winners'

    Updated: 2011-06-29 17:43:34
    On June 27th, Back Stage and the SAG Foundation honored select winners of Back Stage's Readers Choice Awards in a moderated, one-on-one Special Event held in the Foundation's Actors Center. April Webster (Winner, Favorite Television Casting Director) and Francene Selkirk (Winner, Favorite Commercial Casting Director) share industry knowledge and answer your questions in the video below, moderated by Jessica Gardner, Features Writer for Back Stage. SAG Foundation and Back Stage have teamed up to provide exciting educational panels on the business of acting on both the east and west coast. These panels are open to all performers at no-cost and...

  • The Actor’s Task

    Updated: 2011-06-29 12:25:40
    We have all heard of the acting term ‘objective’. We have also heard actors derided as ‘luvvies’ for wanting to understand their character’s motivation. But intention is very important. Understanding not only what the character’s intention is, but how to translate that into action is very important for the actor. It’s essential. Action and intention [...]

  • New York Auditions at a Glance – June 30-July 15

    Updated: 2011-06-29 01:51:33
    The following "Auditions at a Glance" calendar conveniently organizes projects by the date and day-of-the-week that the projects' auditions are taking place, to help you schedule your plans. Click on any of the following links to see the casting and job notices related to the dates and project titles highlighted below. Thu. June 30 • 'Asuncion' • 'Annie', B'way, Children • 'Avenue Q' • FringeNYC, 'Hush... • Atlantic City Casino... • Musical Thr. Boot Camp Fri. July 1 • Click here to search for auditions. Sat. July 2 • Click here to search for auditions. Sun. July 3 • Click...

  • California Auditions at a Glance – June 30-July 15

    Updated: 2011-06-29 01:51:01
    The following "Auditions at a Glance" calendar conveniently organizes projects by the date and day-of-the-week that the projects' auditions are taking place, to help you schedule your plans. Click on any of the following links to see the casting and job notices related to the dates and project titles highlighted below. Thu. June 30 • Click here to search for auditions. Fri. July 1 • 'Towers of Terror' Sat. July 2 • 'Dreams Factory' • 'Eventide' Sun. July 3 • 'Eventide' • 'Out of Hand' • 'Sorry! Wrong Chimney!' Mon. July 4 • Happy 4th of July! • Back Stage...

  • Regional Auditions at a Glance – June 30-July 15

    Updated: 2011-06-29 01:50:28
    The following "Auditions at a Glance" calendar conveniently organizes projects by the date and day-of-the-week that the projects' auditions are taking place, to help you schedule your plans. Click on any of the following links to see the casting and job notices related to the dates and project titles highlighted below. Thu. June 30 • Click here to search for auditions. Fri. July 1 • Click here to search for auditions. Sat. July 2 • WV, 'Rocket Boys' Sun. July 3 • Click here to search for auditions. Mon. July 4 • Happy 4th of July! • Back Stage offices...

  • Act for Brett Ratner, Model for Tiziano Magni

    Updated: 2011-06-28 21:43:45
    Talenthouse is hosting a new series of online "Creative Invite" competitions in association with Rat Entertainment. The competitions will give actors, models, filmmakers, photographers, and graphic designers a chance to work with director Brett Ratner ("Rush Hour," "Red Dragon," "X-Men 3"). Submission deadline: July 25. Additionally, fashion photographer Tiziano Magni is using Talenthouse to find models for Lookbooks.com. Submission deadline: June 30. Click on the following links to view the full casting notices on BackStage.com: 'ACT IN A BRETT RATNER FILM' (seeking actors) 'MODEL FOR BRETT RATNER' (seeking female models) 'WORK WITH BRETT RATNER' (seeking filmmakers) 'PHOTOGRAPH WITH BRETT RATNER'...

  • Radio City Invites Guests Back Stage

    Updated: 2011-06-28 20:59:09
    Radio City Music Hall is inviting New Yorkers and tourists to go behind-the-scenes of the legendary venue with a “Radio City Stage Door Tour.” The hour long walking tour allows visitors to discover the history of Radio City from behind the curtain. Guests have the opportunity to explore the Great Stage, to walk through the private apartment of Roxy Rothafel, known as the Roxy Suite and to meet a Radio City Rockette. Tickets are $19.25 for adults, $15 for senior citizens and $12.50 for children under 12, but from July 1 to July 10, everyone wearing red, white and blue...

  • Oscar-Nominated Actor Andy Garcia (The Godfather III, Oceans 11, The Lost City) Speaks at New York Film Academy

    Updated: 2011-06-28 18:42:39
    , New York Film Academy Blog The New York Film Academy is an accredited film school and acting school with locations in New York City , Los Angeles , and Abu Dhabi . We offer courses in Filmmaking , Acting , Producing , Screenwriting , Computer Animation , Photography , Musical Theatre , and More Students can elect to take our one year , two year , short-term , and evening programs or earn an Associate , Bachelor , or Master of Fine Arts . degree Click Here to Learn More About Our Programs or Apply Online Pages About Us New York Film Academy Links Find me on Facebook Twitter YouTube Email Address Ask me anything Archive RSS Mobile Jun 28 Oscar-Nominated Actor Andy Garcia The Godfather III , Oceans 11, The Lost City Speaks at New York Film Academy Oscar-Nominated Actor Andy Garcia speaks at

  • Expert Induced Amnesia

    Updated: 2011-06-28 15:00:51
    I’ve spoken about this topic several times, but only recently have I actually discovered the real term used by psychologists around the world.  The term ‘Expert Induced Amnesia’  is basically describing the state of expertise when being able to usefully describe how something is done is no longer possible.  This is precisely why Larry Olivier’s [...]

  • Tony Nominee Josh Gad Covers Gay Pride Parade for 'The Daily Show'

    Updated: 2011-06-28 14:51:25
    Before he was a Tony-nominated star of The Book of Mormon on Broadway, Josh Gad was a correspondent for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. He returned to the show to hit the streets of New York City during the annual gay pride parade in the West Village over the weekend, where he witnessed the immediate destruction of America following New York's legalization of same-sex marriage on Friday: The Daily Show Tags: Daily Show Full Episodes,Political Humor & Satire Blog,The Daily Show on Facebook Yesterday, Gad (@joshgad) tweeted: "My return to Daily Show airs tonight and gay marriage beware!!!!" (And...

  • Camp and Controversy on the High Seas

    Updated: 2011-06-27 23:14:51
    The 2011 Hollywood Fringe Festival is now a thing of the past. Between covering the non-Fringe offerings that continued opening around town in June, I viewed eight offerings out of the 200 or so that were presented at HFF and reviewed most of them. I decided to catch one just for fun during the last weekend of the fest, because it sounded like a hoot. "The Blue Lagoon: A Musical" (book, music, and lyrics by Jonathan Padget) is a 45-minute sendup of the once-controversial 1980 film "The Blue Lagoon," which starred buff newcomer Christopher Atkins and then- budding starlet Brooke...

  • 'Ascension' Hits the Whitney

    Updated: 2011-06-27 21:22:17
    The Whitney Museum of American Art is ready to ascend to its new downtown building site, and they have commissioned choreographer Elizabeth Streb to help lead the way. “Ascension,” her new piece involving a twenty-one-foot rotating ladder, will be performed as part of the series “Whitney on Site New Commissions Downtown.” The piece will be performed by nine dancers of the STREB Extreme Action Company to the music of David Van Tiegem on the turning ladder. Known for her extreme mixture of dance, athletics, circus and Hollywood stunt-work, Streb’s work promises to be a thrilling climb. Performances will take place...

  • Mel Churcher & The Simple Things

    Updated: 2011-06-27 14:02:53
    I was recently looking through my Twitter stream ( @actingcoachmark for those of you that aren’t following me ) and I found a really helpful tweet by Mel Churcher (@MelChurcher – go on you know you want to…) I’ve read Mel’s books and was really excited to see that she was on Twitter. She’s worked [...]

  • Never Fail – My Guaranteed Approach

    Updated: 2011-06-22 01:34:14
    I can guarantee that you never fail. That’s right, I’ve got the absolute power to help you stop failing forever. I’ll give it to you for just £19.95/$29.95! Want to find out? Oh okay, I’ll tell you for free below. Don’t try. Don’t even bother. The best way to never fail is to never even [...]

  • A Short Lesson on How to Fail

    Updated: 2011-06-20 15:00:17
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  • Struggling means you’re getting good…

    Updated: 2011-06-19 01:59:31
    Becoming the best actor that you can be is tough.  It’s not that acting is particularly complex to learn, it isn’t.  But it involves refining aspects of yourself that takes time and can be extremely challenging.  In Yesterday’s blog, I spoke about the amount of time it takes to become good at something, to become [...]

  • The Truth about Acting & Talent

    Updated: 2011-06-18 05:56:00
    If the craft of the actor is one of creating stunning 3-dimensional characterisations, then that really is a hell of a skill and where do I learn that skill or does it come innately? There are no natural born actors, some children were encouraged in right brain activities more and their play pretend games had [...]

  • Idris Elba

    Updated: 2011-06-17 11:00:40
    He first came to my attention, as he did for many of us through the character he played in The Wire.  I didn’t even know he was British, or a Londoner until well into the third series, so good was his accent, so authentic.  But this was the hallmark of Idris Elba’s performances to come, [...]

  • Week Five of Rehearsals | SATURDAY'S VOYEUR Actor Holly Fowers

    Updated: 2011-06-16 23:39:24
    Salt Lake Acting Company Skip to content Home This Season Angels In America Boom If You Give A Mouse A Cookie The Persian Quarter Circle Mirror Transformation Saturday's Voyeur 2011 Attend Buy Tickets Subscribe for Season Tickets Directions and Parking Seating Charts Support Us Donate Online Sponsors Supporters Friends Community Partners Actors Auditions Playwrights Resident Playwrights Julie Jensen Kathleen Cahill Saturday's Voyeur Playwrights New Play Sounding Series Script Submissions Showcase Blog Photo Gallery Video 2009-2010 Archive The Caretaker Master Class Go , Dog . Go Too Much Memory Charm Saturday's Voyeur Fearless Fringe Festival Outreach Sunday Night Student Series Study Guides About Mission Production History Board of Trustees Staff Contact Us Thursday , 16 June 2011 15:39

  • F*ck You Cambridge

    Updated: 2011-06-16 11:00:20
    I was reading recently that ‘certain’ universities were considering topics like drama, theatre, dance, performing arts, etc as ‘soft subjects’ and that they were not ideal A-Levels/Post-16 qualifications if you wanted to go to one of their prestigious ‘Russell Group’ universities.  So students are being coached at the Post-16 stage to avoid these subjects.  But [...]

  • The Acting Teacher is not a Director

    Updated: 2011-06-15 11:00:56
    For many years, I compared the director with the teacher and vice versa, I thought that they were similar roles. These days I can see why I thought that, but I know that they are not. A teacher can be a director, a director can be a teacher, but their roles do NOT really cross [...]

  • Expectation

    Updated: 2011-06-14 12:00:13
    This week the first class of students that I didn’t teach for Step 1 become Step 2 students.  For me, this means that handing control of Step 1 over to Ian Watt has been successful.  Of course, the true test for Ian and his students is that they surprise me with their expertise, knowledge and [...]

  • DATE CHANGED: Writer of Men in Black III and Will Smith's Acting Coach Speaking at New York Film Academy

    Updated: 2011-06-13 15:12:00
    : New York Film Academy Blog The New York Film Academy is an accredited film school and acting school with locations in New York City , Los Angeles , and Abu Dhabi . We offer courses in Filmmaking , Acting , Producing , Screenwriting , Computer Animation , Photography , Musical Theatre , and More Students can elect to take our one year , two year , short-term , and evening programs or earn an Associate , Bachelor , or Master of Fine Arts . degree Click Here to Learn More About Our Programs or Apply Online Pages About Us New York Film Academy Links Find me on Facebook Twitter YouTube Email Address Ask me anything Archive RSS Mobile Jun 13 DATE CHANGED : Writer of Men in Black III and Will Smith’s Acting Coach Speaking at New York Film Academy Men in Black 3 is currently in production . The

  • Community Bands Together to Support Student’s Dream of Attending New York Film Academy

    Updated: 2011-06-10 21:29:55
    New York Film Academy Blog The New York Film Academy is an accredited film school and acting school with locations in New York City , Los Angeles , and Abu Dhabi . We offer courses in Filmmaking , Acting , Producing , Screenwriting , Computer Animation , Photography , Musical Theatre , and More Students can elect to take our one year , two year , short-term , and evening programs or earn an Associate , Bachelor , or Master of Fine Arts . degree Click Here to Learn More About Our Programs or Apply Online Pages About Us New York Film Academy Links Find me on Facebook Twitter YouTube Email Address Ask me anything Archive RSS Mobile Jun 10 Community Bands Together to Support Student's Dream of Attending New York Film Academy Tamara performs Man In the Mirror” to raise money for New York Film

  • Week Four of Rehearsals | SATURDAY'S VOYEUR Actor Randall Eames

    Updated: 2011-06-09 18:37:24
    Salt Lake Acting Company Skip to content Home This Season Angels In America Boom If You Give A Mouse A Cookie The Persian Quarter Circle Mirror Transformation Saturday's Voyeur 2011 Attend Buy Tickets Subscribe for Season Tickets Directions and Parking Seating Charts Support Us Donate Online Sponsors Supporters Friends Community Partners Actors Auditions Playwrights Resident Playwrights Julie Jensen Kathleen Cahill Saturday's Voyeur Playwrights New Play Sounding Series Script Submissions Showcase Blog Photo Gallery Video 2009-2010 Archive The Caretaker Master Class Go , Dog . Go Too Much Memory Charm Saturday's Voyeur Fearless Fringe Festival Outreach Sunday Night Student Series Study Guides About Mission Production History Board of Trustees Staff Contact Us Thursday , 09 June 2011 10:37

  • On Thought and Action.

    Updated: 2011-06-08 12:00:57
    I do not enjoy plays.  I do enjoy the theatre.  I enjoy cinema and television.  The main reason is the distinct lack of movement that most stage plays have.  I don’t mean physical action, I don’t mean car chases, I’d be equally repulsed by Spiderman the Musical.  The problem with most plays that I see [...]

  • Truthful Acting at our Glasgow Acting Studio

    Updated: 2011-06-06 10:17:57
    For those already enrolled in our acting classes in Glasgow, most of this blog will not be a surprise.  However, there are still lots of people out there that have not discovered the joy of truthful acting.  Most people seem to think that all techniques of acting lead to truthful acting, but of course they [...]

  • Week Three of Rehearsal | SATURDAY'S VOYEUR Actor Steven Fehr

    Updated: 2011-06-03 22:44:42
    Salt Lake Acting Company Skip to content Home This Season Angels In America Boom If You Give A Mouse A Cookie The Persian Quarter Circle Mirror Transformation Saturday's Voyeur 2011 Attend Buy Tickets Subscribe for Season Tickets Directions and Parking Seating Charts Support Us Donate Online Sponsors Supporters Friends Community Partners Actors Auditions Playwrights Resident Playwrights Julie Jensen Kathleen Cahill Saturday's Voyeur Playwrights New Play Sounding Series Script Submissions Showcase Blog Photo Gallery Video 2009-2010 Archive The Caretaker Master Class Go , Dog . Go Too Much Memory Charm Saturday's Voyeur Fearless Fringe Festival Outreach Sunday Night Student Series Study Guides About Mission Production History Board of Trustees Staff Contact Us Friday , 03 June 2011 14:44

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