• The Beige Middle

    Updated: 2012-03-31 11:15:57
    The Middle. In the Beige. The Vanilla. Your comfort zone. Actors like it there. It doesn’t test them, it doesn’t stretch them and they can feel at ease. When I use a basic directing tool like size and speed combinations, I may ask the actor to be big and fast in this part of a [...]

  • Achieving Your Goals – A Little More Help

    Updated: 2012-03-30 11:15:54
    If you’ve been reading the blog since last Sunday, you may can continue, but if you haven’t, I advise you to click here and go and read from the beginning of these latest few blogs. Over the last few days I’ve asked you to do a few things.  A few of you will have done [...]

  • Pareto or Bust

    Updated: 2012-03-29 11:15:29
    Over the past four days, I’ve challenged you to take part in some activities that will get your path to success firmly ON TRACK. But there are many of you that read the blogs, and didn’t do anything. There are many that read them, got quite inspired and didn’t do anything. There are many that [...]

  • NY LifeRaft Notice - Overcoming Career Sabotage Panel Event

    Updated: 2012-03-28 20:42:16
    Are your fears getting in the way of your auditions? Is it difficult to find the time to work on your acting career? Join the SAG Foundation on Wednesday, April 4th for LifeRaft Event "Overcoming Career Sabotage" and learn how to stay at the top of your game by recognizing the mental traps that challenge your focus and waver your confidence. The panel will be led by Michelle and Robert Colt of Acting Success Now with special guests including Casting Director Brette Goldstein, Casting Director David Cady, Actor and Acting Teaching Harry O'Reilly, Author Brian O'Neil and Paul Michael, Owner...

  • Destroying Obstacles

    Updated: 2012-03-28 11:15:51
    They say failing to plan is planning to fail. I’ve always liked that.  Cos I’m terrible at planning.  Until I realised how much future pain it could prevent.  Then I got really into it, and now.. well, I’m okay with it.  If you’ve been reading the last few blogs, then go ahead and read on, [...]

  • California Auditions at a Glance – March 29-April 6

    Updated: 2012-03-27 21:45:40
    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. March 29 • Click here to search for auditions. Fri. March 30 • Click here to search for auditions. Sat. March 31 • 'The Voice' • 'Heat Rise', Acrobats • 'A Spirit Over Dollsport' • Disney Cruise Line Sun. April 1 • 'The Voice' • 'Heat Rise', Acrobats...

  • New York Auditions at a Glance – March 29-April 6

    Updated: 2012-03-27 21:44:16
    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. March 29 • 'American Jornalero' • 'Tiny Dynamite' • Berkshire Theatre Festival, MA • 'Jekyll & Hyde', CA, Tour... • 'La Cage aux Folles', Singers... Fri. March 30 • 'Tiny Dynamite' • Porthouse Theatre, OH • 'Jekyll & Hyde', CA, Tour... • 'La Cage aux Folles', Dancers... •...

  • Regional Auditions at a Glance – March 29-April 6

    Updated: 2012-03-27 21:42:48
    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. March 29 • PA, 'Out of the Furnace' • IL, 'Chicago', WI • Making It On Broadway Fri. March 30 • MA, 'Marry Me A Little' • MA, New Century Theatre • TX, 'Ragtime' Sat. March 31 • PA, 'Out of the Furnace' • MA, New Century Theatre...

  • Paid in Sweat

    Updated: 2012-03-27 11:15:48
    If you’re reading this blog and you haven’t read the last two, can I suggest that you click back here. and start at the beginning with this. Success as an actor, a writer, a director, a business person, a roofer, a visual artist, a manager, a singer-songwriter, a physician, a scientist or fitness coach is [...]

  • Life is NOT a Rehearsal

    Updated: 2012-03-26 11:15:06
    If you’re here because you read yesterday’s blog, that’s great, please read on, if not, please go back and read yesterday’s blog and then come back to this one via the link at the bottom of the previous blog. We start out with such good intentions. We know what we want, but we never quite [...]

  • The Only One to Blame… Is You.

    Updated: 2012-03-25 21:44:25
    Most people that want to be actors, or want to be more successful actors, will never actually achieve their goal. They will blame the industry, the directors who will only work with the same people, the lack of opportunities for ;, they will blame the lack of opportunities in ;, they will blame the lack [...]

  • Audition Highlights Have Moved to BackStage.com

    Updated: 2012-03-23 01:31:53
    We've moved our popular New York Auditions at a Glance, California Auditions at a Glance, Regional Auditions at a Glance, and oher casting highlight articles to a brand new Casting News section on BackStage.com. Check it out!

  • California Auditions at a Glance – March 22-30

    Updated: 2012-03-20 21:12:09
    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. March 22 • Click here to search for auditions. Fri. March 23 • Click here to search for auditions. Sat. March 24 • 'Cloud 9' • 'History Lit 2012' • 'The Showcase' Sun. March 25 • 'Cloud 9' • Tribute Show, Dancers Mon. March 26 • 'Annie' •...

  • New York Auditions at a Glance – March 22-30

    Updated: 2012-03-20 21:10:59
    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. March 22 • 'Best of Theaterworks!' • 'Hereafter Musical' • 'Triassic Parq' • 'Hereafter Musical' • 'Matilda, The Musical', B'way... • 'The Lion King', B'way & Tour... • 'Hello Dolly!', MA • Disney Cruise Line, Musical... Fri. March 23 • Music Theatre of Wichita, KS • Summer Theatre...

  • Regional Auditions at a Glance – March 22-30

    Updated: 2012-03-20 21:09:45
    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. March 22 • FL, 'Our Lady of Allapattah' • PA, Walnut Street Theatre • IL, 'The Book of Mormon' Fri. March 23 • CO, 'The Lone Ranger' • PA, Walnut Street Theatre • Stiletto Entertainment Sat. March 24 • CO, 'Love's Labor's Lost' • IL, 'Book of Mormon',...

  • SAG Foundation Short Film Showcase Call for Submissions for May 2012

    Updated: 2012-03-20 19:59:32
    The SAG Foundation’s Short Film Showcase in January was an standing room only success! The evening included eight films, a Q+A with the filmmakers and lots of networking. We are accepting submissions until April 27th for the next showcase, which will be presented in late May. There is no entry fee, nor is there a charge to attend the screening. All films must be produced under a SAG contract, and not be more than 15 minutes in length. The showcase is not a competition, so it does not infringe on festival rules that require exclusivity. Please send a DVD copy...

  • catching brass rings

    Updated: 2012-03-19 03:19:33
    Congratulations to Mother of Inventioner Ari Kanamori, who played the lead role in the film Falling Uphill, which will be screening at the United Film Festival, Los Angeles this year. Way to go Ari! Looking forward to seeing it! Tweet

  • Friends and Family Night — March 2012

    Updated: 2012-03-17 01:01:05
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  • By Any Means Necessary?

    Updated: 2012-03-14 18:08:07
    No one really cares how you get the results and in film and television particularly, you won’t be congratulated for doing it. Your method, technique, way, system or approach isn’t the concern of the director, but delivering the results is yours. It doesn’t matter how you get there, you have to be able to deliver [...]

  • California Auditions at a Glance – March 15-23

    Updated: 2012-03-13 21:57:18
    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. March 15 • Cirque Du Soleil • Cirque Du Soleil • Cirque Du Soleil Fri. March 16 • OCC, 'Ever On' • 'Jitney' • Vanguard Repertory Company • Theatricum 2012 Summer Season • 'Labyrinth of Jareth...' • Cirque Du Soleil • Cirque Du Soleil • Cirque Du Soleil...

  • New York Auditions at a Glance – March 15-23

    Updated: 2012-03-13 21:53:55
    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. March 15 • Theatre By the Sea Season... • Atlanta Theater of the Stars, GA • 'Fiddler on the Roof', VT • 'Sister Act', B'way Fri. March 16 • 'Loose Ends' • Arden Theatre Company, PA • 'Murder in the First' • Weston Playhouse Season, VT • 'Chicago',...

  • Regional Auditions at a Glance – March 15-23

    Updated: 2012-03-13 21:51:42
    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. March 15 • IL, Remy Bumppo Season • IL, 'Singin' in the Rain', Dancers • Cirque Du Soleil, NV Fri. March 16 • IL, Remy Bumppo Season • Houston Shakespeare Festival • IL, 'Singin' in the Rain' • PA, 'Sesame Street Live', Tour • Cirque Du Soleil, NV...

  • How Can I Help?

    Updated: 2012-03-13 19:48:07
    I set this blog up around 3.5 years ago, because I wanted to help. I recognised that I might have some resources, some knowledge and experience I could bring to bear or apply to help the community of actors out there on the internet. I might not always have the answer but I would like [...]

  • From War to Peace

    Updated: 2012-03-09 16:34:06
    No point in being King Shit of Turd Island Newell Harry That’s what the Harry artwork says on the wall of Andrew Upton and Cate Blanchett’s office at Sydney Theatre Company. I’ve been thinking a lot. I have been writing this blog for almost three and a half years and I was thinking a lot [...]

  • NY Conversations Screening of DETACHMENT + Q&A with Academy Award Winner Adrien Brody - RSVP Today!

    Updated: 2012-03-09 05:49:10
    Join the Screen Actors Guild Foundation for a New York Conversations Screening of DETACHMENT followed by a moderated question and answer session with Adrien Brody on Thursday, March 15th. Director Tony Kaye's (AMERICAN HISTORY X) long-awaited film DETACHMENT stars Academy Award® winner Adrien Brody as Henry Barthes, a substitute teacher who conveniently avoids any emotional connections by never staying anywhere long enough to form a bond with either his students or colleagues. A lost soul grappling with a troubled past, Henry finds himself at a public school where an apathetic student body has created a frustrated, burned-out administration. Inadvertently becoming...

  • "Mormon" and Much More

    Updated: 2012-03-08 05:32:27
    Broadway/LA has announced one of its most enticing lineups yet for the 2012/2013 season, to be presented at the company’s resident venue, the Pantages Theatre in Hollywood. Four blockbuster touring editions of Broadway musicals head the roster. Joining the previously announced Tony-winning hit “The Book of Mormon” (September 5-November 25, 2012) are producer Bette Midler’s “Priscilla Queen of the Desert” (May 28-June 16, 2013), the Terrence McNally/Marc Shaiman/Scott Wittman hit “Catch Me if You Can,” based on the Steven Spielberg film (March 12-24. 2013), and “Sister Act the Musical” (July 9-28, 2013), a tuner that originally premiered in 2006 at...

  • California Auditions at a Glance – March 8-16

    Updated: 2012-03-06 23:05:26
    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. March 8 • Click here to search for auditions. Fri. March 9 • 42nd Street Moon Sat. March 10 • Untitled Short • NYU Tisch, 'Seven Days Inn' • 'Move Over Mrs. Markham' • 'Psycho Beach Party' • 'Thoroughly Modern Millie' • Saturday Showcase • Napa Valley Players...

  • Rehearsal is the Death of Live Performance

    Updated: 2012-03-04 05:42:29
    After virtual retirement from theatre directing while building the studio for almost 4 years, I am currently working on a number of projects with my most advanced students. Collectively we are called the Spartan Ensemble and while our main focus is telling a good story (through existing plays or new writing), it is our working [...]

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