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BOOK REVIEW: VOICE AND THE ACTOR by Cicely Berry

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 [...]

BOOK REVIEW: THE NECESSITY OF THEATER by Paul Woodruff

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 [...]

BOOK REVIEW: TRIPPING THE PROM QUEEN By Susan Shapiro Barash

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 [...]

BOOK REVIEW: 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 it’s the Hard-edged “True and False” by David Mamet…

BOOK REVIEW: RESPECT FOR ACTING By Uta Hagen

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”….

BOOK REVIEW: THE ACTORS EYE, SEEING AND BEING SEEN By David Downs.

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”….

BOOK REVIEW: THE TRANSPERSONAL ACTOR Reinterpreting Stanislavski by Ned Manderino

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…

WEEKLY BOOK REVIEW: ART BY COMMITTEE by Charna Halpern

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 [...]

BOOK REVIEW: ACCENTS By Robert Blumenfeld

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 [...]

BOOK REVIEW: HOW NOT TO WRITE A SCREENPLAY By Denny Martin Flinn

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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