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Like every week we post a book review on a subject related to acting, health, personal growth or anything related to the showbiz industry. This time it’s the highly acclaimed “Practical Handbook for the Actor” whose authors (all of who are young actors) include: Melissa Bruder, Lee Michael Cohn, Madeleine Olnek, Nathaniel Pollack, Robert Previto and Scott Zigler.
Like every week we post a book review on a subject related to acting, health, personal growth or anything related to the showbiz industry. This time its about how to take and give more positive criticism.
Like every week we post a book review on a subject related to acting, health, personal growth or anything related to the showbiz industry. This time it’s a little unknown book called “Letters to a young artist” by Anna Deavere Smith which publicizes itself as advice for artists on making a life in the arts.
Like every week we post a book review on a subject related to acting, health, personal growth or anything related to the showbiz industry. This time it’s the memoirs of Charles Strouse: “Put on a Happy Face”
Like every week we post a book review on a subject related to acting, health, personal growth or anything related to the showbiz industry. In this case its one of the Applause books: “Nineteenth Century American Plays”
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Like every week we post a book review on a subject related to acting, health, personal growth or anything related to the showbiz industry. In this case its one of the Dummies ed. Books.
These books are simply wonderful. If I ever feel like I want to learn about a new subject I have no idea about or am overwhelmed, then I always turn to Dummies. They give you insight in a very reader-friendly manner, touching all subjects related to the topic at hand, providing you with any information you need.
His book has been a success due largely to his familiar tone and approachability. Here is a snippet of an interview:
Like every week we post a book review on a subject related to acting, health, personal growth or anything related to the showbiz industry. This time it’s Judy Carters manual to “Stand Up Comedy”.
Like every week we post a book review on a subject related to acting, health, personal growth or anything related to the showbiz industry. This time it’s the vocal lesson book “Voice and the Actor” by Cicely Berry.
The author lets us know she bases her work on “the conviction that while all is present [...]
Like every week we post a book review on a subject related to acting, health, personal growth or anything related to the showbiz industry. This time it’s a book called “The necessity of theater” by Paul Woodruff that analizes why Theater became so popular, and why every society throughout history has had some form of [...]
Like every week we post a book review on a subject related to acting, health, personal growth or anything related to the showbiz industry. This time its dedicated to all those women (although men have been known to act up like this too) that wish you something –other-than-the-best. It’s “Trippin the Prom Queen” by Susan [...]
Like every week we post a book review on a subject related to acting, health, personal growth or anything related to the showbiz industry. This time it’s the Hard-edged “True and False” by David Mamet…
Like every week we post a book review on a subject related to acting, health, personal growth or anything related to the showbiz industry. This time its Uta Hagen’s acclaimed and long awaited book “Respect for Acting”….
Like every week we post a book review on a subject related to acting, health, personal growth or anything related to the showbiz industry. This time its David Downs “The Actors Eye”….
Manderino makes very good points with which I agree right off the bat. Such as the need to respect for tradition, but the belief that techniques of Stanislavski or Boleslavski should have been used as a springboard for further development. Not as something static…
Like every week we post a book review on a subject related to acting, health, personal growth or anything related to the showbiz industry. In this case we talk about ART BY COMMITTEE A guide to advanced improvisation by Charna Halpern.
The book is a follow-up to the book Truth In Comedy, in which the author [...]
Like every week we post a book review on a subject related to acting, health, personal growth or anything related to the showbiz industry. In this case its Robert Blumenfeld’s revised and expanded edition of “Accents: A manual for actors”.
It’s a great tool to give us actors and one that is so complete is hard [...]
Like every week we post a book review on a subject related to acting, health, personal growth or anything related to the showbiz industry. In this case we talk about the book “How not to write a screenplay”.
As an actor you can gain invaluable experience learning from other aspects in the business; production, design, fashion, [...]
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