Actor and Acting Coach Michael D. Cohen on the Challenges of Being the Lead in ‘It Was You Charlie’
Michael talks about how he got the part of Abner, the challenges of being the lead in a film, being an acting teacher and more!
Michael talks about how he got the part of Abner, the challenges of being the lead in a film, being an acting teacher and more!
This is the final excerpt of a three-part series from Stella Adler’s first biography, Stella! Mother of Modern Acting
Few people realize how young acting is as an art form compared to music, literature, and painting.
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First of a three-part series with excerpts from Stella Adler’s first biography Stella! Mother of Modern Acting (May 2014, Applause Theatre and Cinema Books) Written by Sheana Ochoa While writing Stella Adler’s biography I discovered a strange phenomenon: many American actors are unaware of the history of acting. Some even
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Allison Tolman is teriffic in Fargo. In the show, which has its season finale tonight, she plays Molly Solverson, an ambitious deputy who’s been searching for her boss’ killer. This is Tolman’s first TV role and she more than holds her own acting opposite Billy Bob Thornton, Martin Freeman and
Though she made a short move away from Broadway to star in the ABC Family series Bunheads (which, frankly, always sounded to me like an insult that came out of Biff Tannen’s mouth rather than the name of a show about dancers), Sutton Foster is a Broadway star. She has
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