It feels as if this issue has been a long time gestating but I trust the protracted birthing process has yielded up some very worthwhile summer reading for you all. And, yes, even beach reading for those of you with laptops. Judging from the shows I saw and the shows I wanted to see...
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ARE WE PART OF “SHOW BUSINESS”??? Having just finished The Actors Center’s “Teacher Development Workshop,” and just before that “The New Leagues Actor Presentations,” commonly referred to as a “Show Case,” that question is much on my mind. Truth to tell, that question has dogged me for some forty years. That was not why...
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OLYMPIA DUKAKIS grew up in Lowell, Massachusetts. She was the daughter of Greek immigrants and she had a brother named Apollo. She lived in a rough neighborhood. The Dukakis kids got into their share of fights. At eleven years old, Olympia carried a knife for protection. The world at large became aware of Olympia...
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“The other fellow first.” That was the motto of the summer camp I went to in the fifties. I loved that camp. I recollect its motto now because there doesn’t seem to be a lot of fellow feeling in the theatre these days. Not for audiences, who are being priced out of all consideration...
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What began as a simple, clear-eyed way for dedicated actor training institutions to relate to those intermediaries who assist and connect actors to a profession, has become an over-crowded, misconstrued mess. What was meant to provide the best of our emerging actors an introduction to the range of people who need to know of...
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A few weeks ago I gathered a group of friends together to chat. For months now I’ve had virtually the same conversation with each of my friends in the theater. The conversations all revolved around Mark Rylance and the fact that we’d become intoxicated with his audaciously brilliant work. A trend or pattern began...
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This is an essay about Mark Rylance, the astounding actor of recent Broadway acclaim and numerous Tony nominations; Mark Rylance of protean, luminous virtuosic stagecraft that has inspired an entire generation of artists; Mark Rylance who has the balls to mock/elevate the inflated pageantry of awards shows with his ironic performance art poetry readings...
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