10 Tips To Help You With Pilot Season
Every year, thousands of actors come to LA for ‘pilot season’, here are 10 tips to get you ready
Daniel Day-Lewis: “I work in a certain way, and I never really felt the need to explain it or apologize for it”
There are few who would not agree that Daniel Day-Lewis is among the most talent actors in the world, and nearly ever role he appears in he is bound to be nominated for dozens of acting’s top awards. The same goes for Lincoln, in which Day-Lewis stars as the iconic American president in the final months of his life.
Times Square TKTS Booth Changes Policies to Offer More Options to Ticketbuyers
One of New York City’s top tourist attractions isn’t a museum or a historic building, it’s a booth. Well known to Broadway fans, the TKTS booth in Times Square has been selling discount day of the show tickets to theatergoers for four decades.
Jack McBrayer: “It was ten short years in the making before I finally got a break where I could eat three meals a day”
Though a long-time supporting player, comedian Jack McBrayer has since broken through with his starring role on 30 Rock over the last few years. He’s also putting his familiar voice to work voicing Fix-It Felix, Jr. in Disney’s latest animated film, the classic arcade game-inspired Wreck-It Ralph.
John C. Reilly Insisted on Recording His ‘Wreck-It Ralph’ Dialogue with His Co-Stars
Though John C. Reilly is probably best known for his comedy movies alongside Will Ferrell, he has received much of his acclaim (and an Oscar nomination) for his hard-hitting dramas like We Need to Talk about Kevin and Carnage.
All Broadway Performances Cancelled Today
Because of Hurricane Sandy, all Broadway performances for today are cancelled. I’d even bet shows for tomorrow and Wednesday could be cancelled as well.
Watch: ‘The Audition’ a video for “every actor” out there
Here is a wonderful video by Celia Rowlson-Hall called, The Audition.
Stop Letting the Narrative of Your Life Be a Linear Path. Instead… Ascend!
Have you ever felt isolated by your thoughts and thought that you were the only one thinking them?
What’s Al Pacino’s Weekly Salary for Broadway’s ‘Glengarry Glen Ross’?
Usually it pays for Broadway producers to cast big-name actors to draw huge houses. But how much exactly do those big names make? For Al Pacino, who stars in Glengarry Glen Ross as Shelly Levene, it’s money that most Broadway regulars could only dream about.
Katie Finneran: “I’m feeling more pressure about Annie than anything else I’ve done”
Although she’s a Tony Award winning actress, Katie Finneran has had to work tremendously hard on her portrayal of Miss Hannigan in the new Broadway revival of Annie.
Interview: ‘Chasing Mavericks’ star Jonny Weston on Surfing Mavericks and the Pressure of Playing a Real Person
Jonny on getting the part: “I’m incredibly, incredibly fortunate and honored”
Interview: Headshot Photographer Peter Konerko: “There is nothing more boring than a picture of an actor playing an actor”
Peter: “The best shoots are when the talent defines the looks and commits to a playable action”
23-Year-Old ‘Ben and Kate’ Star Dakota Johnson on Playing a Mother: “It makes me feel old”
Dakota Johnson was definitely able to relate to her role as a sibling in FOX’s sitcom Ben and Kate. She was less ready for portraying a mother.
Annie’s Daddy Warbucks, Anthony Warlow, on Battling Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma and How Vocal Quality Can “Touch the Heartstrings”
Despite playing Daddy Warbucks twice already, Anthony Warlow still felt he had a lot to learn in Broadway’s latest revival of Annie.
‘Pushing Daisies’ Anna Friel takes on ‘Uncle Vanya’: “Every single word matters”
Sometimes an actor is faced with the decision of whether to choose a role for the popularity it will bring or to stick with more fulfilling projects. British actress Anna Friel ended up choosing to star in a new production of Anton Chekov’s Uncle Vanya.
Interview: It’s Always Sunny’s Rob McElhenney and Glenn Howerton
Glenn Howerton and Rob McElhenney talk about coming up with plot ideas, if it’s easier for them to act in something they’ve written and more!
Bill Murray on Playing FDR: “Playing a beloved person, that really sets a high bar for your behavior and your acting and what you project”
I got to see Hyde Park on Hudson at the New York Film Festival, and while it’s far from a perfect movie (though it is, in my opinion, a very good one), Bill Murray’s performance as Franklin Delano Roosevelt is among the best roles he has ever done.
Planning for Success. For Once, It’s All About You
Many of us walk around asking everyone what to do about their acting careers when in fact they know exactly what to do
Toby Jones said that his role as Alfred Hitchcock in ‘The Girl’ was “unturndownable”
Portraying a real person is nothing new to Toby Jones. He starred as Truman Capote in Infamous (2006), super-agent Swifty Lazar in Frost/Nixon (2008) and Karl Rove in W (also 2008). Now, he’s starring as Alfred Hitchcock in HBO’s The Girl, a job that, he told Collider, was “unturndownable.”