In one month, Clint Eastwood’s big screen adaptation of the Broadway musical Jersey Boys will open in movie theaters. With the original Broadway production having logged over 3500 performances, the production has been a strong performer in New York for almost a decade. However, should the producers and cast of
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Everyone is talking about the latest Louis C.K. episode which dove deep into the hypocrisy behind overweight men versus overweight women and the stigma attached to females and their figures. Sarah Baker played the waitress, Vanessa, who schools Louie on the double standards in a six-minute long monologue that was
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Nick Cordero is an unusual figure in the Broadway musical theatre community. Standing at a striking 6 feet, 5 inches tall, the actor is currently playing a mafioso named Cheech in Woody Allen‘s Bullets Over Broadway. Even though he’s had successful runs in Rock of Ages and The Toxic Avenger,
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFJaqVG_nMY&w=560&h=315 Watch Sir Ian McKellen perform this monologue by Shakespeare. He plays the part of Sir Thomas More and everything about it is just incredible.
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Christina Hendricks might have been on a summer break from Mad Men when she shot the film God’s Pocket, but she didn’t take a break from one of her co-stars. John Slattery directed the Sundance-premiered indie film that also starred the late Philip Seymour Hoffman. Hendricks reminisced with Vulture about the
After Lake Bell made her critically acclaimed film In a World…, which she wrote, directed, and starred in, she has found herself to be in-demand for all of those roles on numerous projects. Many were surprised that one of her next moves was to play a disheveled lawyer, Brenda in
If there is some kind of magic pill I could take that would make me enjoy a mediocre movie, then I would have gladly taken it for God’s Pocket. I went into the film really hoping to like John Slattery’s writing and directing debut. Slattery is a wonderful actor and
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Ninety percent of Mud Blue Sky, which opened last week at San Diego’s MOXIE Theatre, is set in a small, almost cramped hotel room near Chicago’s O’Hare airport. But out of that tiny space comes some really terrific performances. The play, which is having its West Coast premiere, was written
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If you ever get a chance to talk to Jenn Lyon, you should waste no time is saying ‘Yes’ because she’s awesome. You’ve probably seen her as ‘Lindsey’ on Justified, or as Cheryl Hines’ sister in Suburgatory or in one of my favorite shows, Louie. Jenn’s currently starring in the
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[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Vobmy1Fsa8 Larry Moss‘ book, Intent to Live, is one of the books that is permanently on my nightstand. It’s full of terrific information on the craft of acting. If you haven’t read it yet… uh, why not? SAG LifeRaft had a nice long conversation with the a while back
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