How the Actor Commands Attention
It’s a common saying in theatre that the moving figure dominates, but that’s not the whole story. Actors are taught from the beginning of their careers that the audience pays more attention to the person moving than to the person talking. This is true to a point, but conventional wisdom is wrong again when taken […]
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Growing & Efforting Part 4: How to Ally with Your Fears
“We have to face the fact that either all of us are going to die together or we are going to learn to live together and if we are to live together we have to talk.”
– Eleanor Roosevelt
There are only two prevailing reasons for why anyone does anything: to avoid pain or gain pleasure. […]
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How to Interview and Audition Like a Magician
(you know you like the rhyme . . .)
”The real secret of magic lies in the performance.”
–David Copperfield
Magicians have a lot to teach this world. They do amazing things right in front of our eyes and they do it with a flair that cannot be beaten. Their style and performance are flawless and […]
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Great Acting: Catching Lightning in a Bottle
“Thunder is good, thunder is impressive; but it is lightning that does all the work.”
–Mark Twain
On stage today I suddenly knew just what I had done wrong all of those times before. It suddenly struck me what the difference was between my successful performances and my not so successful performances. Like a bolt from […]
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10 Things Every Actor Should NEVER Do
“The time is coming when we must all choose between doing what is right, and doing what is easy.”
-Albus Dumbledore
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
To kick off a brand new category I like to call the “No-No’s” section I thought we’d present a list of tips from a slightly different point of view. […]
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The Art of the Curtain Call
“Acting is merely the art of keeping a large group of people from coughing.”
Sir Ralph Richardson (1902 - 1983)
It’s a good rule of thumb, for the actor, director and playwright that one should always keep the last half of a show shorter than the first half. People have short attention spans, especially after an […]
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