Vol. 3.0.0

TV | Film | Theater Links for 03/15/2010


  • "Ice Castles" Remake. Taylor Firth on Skating and Acting.
  • Actor William Mapother Speaks the Truth on Acting & More (On how to make it as an actor): "First, learn how to manage yourself -- mentally, emotionally, financially, physically. Socialize to make contacts and keep in touch with them. Take the craft seriously"
  • Emily Blunt, Star of Wolfman. Blunt was inhibited during childhood by a hereditary stutter. "It meant I didn't talk as much, so I guess I had more time to watch people and listen because I was intimidated by talking." The key to overcoming it arrived in the shape of acting. "I found it more helpful to speak in different accents when I did class plays because I didn't feel I was playing myself.”
  • Oscar's lauded leading ladies. Here are brief introductions to the 10 Oscar nominated actresses, along with recommendations of previous work that's available on DVD
  • For the finest acting, look to the elders. Holbrook, Mirren, Freeman. It's time to raise a shot of Geritol to older actors, who are doing some of the best and most exciting work in movies at the moment
  • Mabou Mines's FINN. Internationally acclaimed theater ensemble Mabou Mines celebrates 40 years of creating groundbreaking theater with the world premiere of "FINN", a digital and live-action adventure based on the ancient Celtic legend of Finn McCool

Stoke & Transformation | Jill Bolte Taylor, Part 4 of 12

by Christopher on March 14, 2010

One of the most inter­est­ing videos at TED in 2008 was Jill Bolte Taylor’s “My Stroke Of Insight” talk. It made her an instant inter­net celebrity, and for good reason.

Stoke, Stoke Recov­ery, & Transformation

On Decem­ber 10, 1996, at age 37, Jill awoke with intense pain behind her left eye—a blood ves­sel had exploded in the left hemi­sphere of her brain and she was hav­ing a stroke. The expe­ri­ence was life-changing. Not only did Jill face years of recov­ery after her stroke—and major brain surgery to remove a large blood clot in her brain—she also dis­cov­ered a bet­ter qual­ity of life through increased use of the right hemi­sphere of her brain.

She’s now an artist as well as a sci­en­tist, cre­at­ing anatom­i­cally cor­rect stained-glass repli­cas of brains that are sold as fine art. She’s also pub­lished My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist’s Per­sonal Jour­ney . The book explains in sci­en­tific detail exactly what hap­pened dur­ing Jill’s stroke and how she recov­ered. It also takes a closer look at how the right hemi­sphere of the brain works and how Jill says peo­ple with nor­mal brains can access it to find their own inner peace and improve their qual­ity of life and the lives of others.

I wanted to share videos of the inter­view she did with Oprah on “Oprah’s Soul Series” broad­cast on XM Radio. Her expe­ri­ence is inter­est­ing because 1) it essen­tially trans­formed her back into the state of an infant, so if you have infant and you want to know how she or he expe­ri­ences the world and you, Jill is remark­able clear about what it’s prob­a­bly like and 2) it also put her in a state that Patsy Roden­burg calls The Sec­ond Cir­cle. This will be most inter­est­ing to actors.

Finally, her expe­ri­ence strongly sup­ports Eck­hart Tolle’s recent themes on atten­tion, con­scious­ness, and the pow­er­ful role of choice in our lives, and our equally pow­er­ful abil­ity to imag­ine and cre­ate the kind of life we want.

There’s 12 video seg­ments, too many to put into one post, so I’m going to post only two at a time. At the end of of this point, I’ve put links to Jill Taylor’s, Eck­hart Tolle’s, and Patsy Rodenburg’s books, and I’ve included videos of Eck­hart Tolle talk­ing about A New Earth and Patsy Roden­burg talk­ing about The Sec­ond Cir­cle.

Enjoy!!

Read: My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist’s Per­sonal Jour­ney.
Read: A New Earth: Awak­en­ing to Your Life’s Pur­pose.
Read: The Sec­ond Cir­cle.

A New Earth, Awak­en­ing To Your Life’s Purpose

Eck­hart Tolle and Oprah’s Web Class on A New Earth, Awak­en­ing To Your Life’s Pur­pose:

Patsy Roden­burg & The Sec­ond Circle

Patsy Roden­burg speaks about The Sec­ond Cir­cle at Michael Howard Stu­dios in NYC. For more infor­ma­tion about Patsy’s classes, visit: Michael Howard Studios

Visit: The Secret Of The­atri­cal Space. An Act­ing Jour­nal From The City Of A Thou­sand Lights And A Thou­sand Sto­ries. An Act­ing Jour­nal from New York City. Both an online “how to” act­ing book and resource for how to sur­vive and thrive as a begin­ning actor in the city of a thou­sand lights and a thou­sand sto­ries. It is my hope and goal that this blog will be well-written, up-to-date, infor­ma­tive, use­ful, and eye-opening in terms of how to “Act” both on the boards and on the streets of New York City.

Watch Stoke & Trans­for­ma­tion | Jill Bolte Tay­lor Part 1 of 12
 Watch Stoke & Trans­for­ma­tion | Jill Bolte Tay­lor Part 2 of 12
 Watch Stoke & Trans­for­ma­tion | Jill Bolte Tay­lor Part 3 of 12

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Broadway Ticket Prices | How Much Do Broadway Shows Make?

by Christopher on February 12, 2010

How Much Do Broad­way Shows Make in a Season?

A lot!!!!

Broad­way Grosses w/e 2/7/10

Show Name Gross­Gross Tota­lAttn %Cap Avg­P­dAdm
A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC $893,398 7,155 96.07% $124.86
A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE $802,066 8,626 99.93% $92.98
BILLY ELLIOT: THE MUSICAL $1,006,956 10,199 89.72% $98.73
CHICAGO $331,071 4,746 54.93% $69.76
FELA! $435,122 5,936 72.04% $73.30
GOD OF CARNAGE $314,563 4,599 53.33% $68.40
HAIR $481,385 6,615 58.56% $72.77
IN THE HEIGHTS $452,976 6,607 60.50% $68.56
JERSEY BOYS $946,813 8,698 88.54% $108.85
MAMMA MIA! $553,179 7,868 65.65% $70.31
MARY POPPINS $567,310 9,253 64.36% $61.31
MEMPHIS $468,346 7,926 67.40% $59.09
NEXT TO NORMAL $276,875 4,854 78.59% $57.04
PRESENT LAUGHTER $270,551 4,695 79.31% $57.63
RACE $401,410 5,008 59.17% $80.15
ROCK OF AGES $419,338 5,647 70.80% $74.26
SOUTH PACIFIC $443,995 4,889 58.71% $90.82
THE LION KING $944,733 11,063 83.61% $85.40
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA $497,484 7,189 55.64% $69.20
TIME STANDS STILL $304,479 4,863 93.52% $62.61
WEST SIDE STORY $780,082 10,540 77.64% $74.01
WICKED $1,285,902 13,506 93.33% $95.21
TOTAL $12,878,030 160,482 73.70% $77.97

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Stoke & Transformation | Jill Bolte Taylor, Part 3 of 12

by Christopher on February 11, 2010

One of the most inter­est­ing videos at TED in 2008 was Jill Bolte Taylor’s “My Stroke Of Insight” talk. It made her an instant inter­net celebrity, and for good reason.

Stoke, Stoke Recov­ery, & Transformation

On Decem­ber 10, 1996, at age 37, Jill awoke with intense pain behind her left eye—a blood ves­sel had exploded in the left hemi­sphere of her brain and she was hav­ing a stroke. The expe­ri­ence was life-changing. Not only did Jill face years of recov­ery after her stroke—and major brain surgery to remove a large blood clot in her brain—she also dis­cov­ered a bet­ter qual­ity of life through increased use of the right hemi­sphere of her brain.

She’s now an artist as well as a sci­en­tist, cre­at­ing anatom­i­cally cor­rect stained-glass repli­cas of brains that are sold as fine art. She’s also pub­lished My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist’s Per­sonal Jour­ney . The book explains in sci­en­tific detail exactly what hap­pened dur­ing Jill’s stroke and how she recov­ered. It also takes a closer look at how the right hemi­sphere of the brain works and how Jill says peo­ple with nor­mal brains can access it to find their own inner peace and improve their qual­ity of life and the lives of others.

I wanted to share videos of the inter­view she did with Oprah on “Oprah’s Soul Series” broad­cast on XM Radio. Her expe­ri­ence is inter­est­ing because 1) it essen­tially trans­formed her back into the state of an infant, so if you have infant and you want to know how she or he expe­ri­ences the world and you, Jill is remark­able clear about what it’s prob­a­bly like and 2) it also put her in a state that Patsy Roden­burg calls The Sec­ond Cir­cle. This will be most inter­est­ing to actors.

Finally, her expe­ri­ence strongly sup­ports Eck­hart Tolle’s recent themes on atten­tion, con­scious­ness, and the pow­er­ful role of choice in our lives, and our equally pow­er­ful abil­ity to imag­ine and cre­ate the kind of life we want.

There’s 12 video seg­ments, too many to put into one post, so I’m going to post only two at a time. At the end of of this point, I’ve put links to Jill Taylor’s, Eck­hart Tolle’s, and Patsy Rodenburg’s books, and I’ve included videos of Eck­hart Tolle talk­ing about A New Earth and Patsy Roden­burg talk­ing about The Sec­ond Cir­cle.

Enjoy!!

Read: My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist’s Per­sonal Jour­ney.
Read: A New Earth: Awak­en­ing to Your Life’s Pur­pose.
Read: The Sec­ond Cir­cle.

A New Earth, Awak­en­ing To Your Life’s Purpose

Eck­hart Tolle and Oprah’s Web Class on A New Earth, Awak­en­ing To Your Life’s Pur­pose:

Patsy Roden­burg & The Sec­ond Circle

Patsy Roden­burg speaks about The Sec­ond Cir­cle at Michael Howard Stu­dios in NYC. For more infor­ma­tion about Patsy’s classes, visit: Michael Howard Studios

Visit: The Secret Of The­atri­cal Space. An Act­ing Jour­nal From The City Of A Thou­sand Lights And A Thou­sand Sto­ries. An Act­ing Jour­nal from New York City. Both an online “how to” act­ing book and resource for how to sur­vive and thrive as a begin­ning actor in the city of a thou­sand lights and a thou­sand sto­ries. It is my hope and goal that this blog will be well-written, up-to-date, infor­ma­tive, use­ful, and eye-opening in terms of how to “Act” both on the boards and on the streets of New York City.

Watch Stoke & Trans­for­ma­tion | Jill Bolte Tay­lor Part 1 of 12
 Watch Stoke & Trans­for­ma­tion | Jill Bolte Tay­lor Part 2 of 12

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Stoke & Transformation | Jill Bolte Taylor, Part 2 of 12

by Christopher on February 10, 2010

One of the most inter­est­ing videos at TED in 2008 was Jill Bolte Taylor’s “My Stroke Of Insight” talk. It made her an instant inter­net celebrity, and for good reason.

Stoke, Stoke Recov­ery, & Transformation

On Decem­ber 10, 1996, at age 37, Jill awoke with intense pain behind her left eye—a blood ves­sel had exploded in the left hemi­sphere of her brain and she was hav­ing a stroke. The expe­ri­ence was life-changing. Not only did Jill face years of recov­ery after her stroke—and major brain surgery to remove a large blood clot in her brain—she also dis­cov­ered a bet­ter qual­ity of life through increased use of the right hemi­sphere of her brain.

She’s now an artist as well as a sci­en­tist, cre­at­ing anatom­i­cally cor­rect stained-glass repli­cas of brains that are sold as fine art. She’s also pub­lished My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist’s Per­sonal Jour­ney . The book explains in sci­en­tific detail exactly what hap­pened dur­ing Jill’s stroke and how she recov­ered. It also takes a closer look at how the right hemi­sphere of the brain works and how Jill says peo­ple with nor­mal brains can access it to find their own inner peace and improve their qual­ity of life and the lives of others.

I wanted to share videos of the inter­view she did with Oprah on “Oprah’s Soul Series” broad­cast on XM Radio. Her expe­ri­ence is inter­est­ing because 1) it essen­tially trans­formed her back into the state of an infant, so if you have infant and you want to know how she or he expe­ri­ences the world and you, Jill is remark­able clear about what it’s prob­a­bly like and 2) it also put her in a state that Patsy Roden­burg calls The Sec­ond Cir­cle. This will be most inter­est­ing to actors.

Finally, her expe­ri­ence strongly sup­ports Eck­hart Tolle’s recent themes on atten­tion, con­scious­ness, and the pow­er­ful role of choice in our lives, and our equally pow­er­ful abil­ity to imag­ine and cre­ate the kind of life we want.

There’s 12 video seg­ments, too many to put into one post, so I’m going to post only two at a time. At the end of of this point, I’ve put links to Jill Taylor’s, Eck­hart Tolle’s, and Patsy Rodenburg’s books, and I’ve included videos of Eck­hart Tolle talk­ing about A New Earth and Patsy Roden­burg talk­ing about The Sec­ond Cir­cle.

Enjoy!!

Read: My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist’s Per­sonal Jour­ney.
Read: A New Earth: Awak­en­ing to Your Life’s Pur­pose.
Read: The Sec­ond Cir­cle.

A New Earth, Awak­en­ing To Your Life’s Purpose

Eck­hart Tolle and Oprah’s Web Class on A New Earth, Awak­en­ing To Your Life’s Pur­pose:

Patsy Roden­burg & The Sec­ond Circle

Patsy Roden­burg speaks about The Sec­ond Cir­cle at Michael Howard Stu­dios in NYC. For more infor­ma­tion about Patsy’s classes, visit: Michael Howard Studios

Visit: The Secret Of The­atri­cal Space. An Act­ing Jour­nal From The City Of A Thou­sand Lights And A Thou­sand Sto­ries. An Act­ing Jour­nal from New York City. Both an online “how to” act­ing book and resource for how to sur­vive and thrive as a begin­ning actor in the city of a thou­sand lights and a thou­sand sto­ries. It is my hope and goal that this blog will be well-written, up-to-date, infor­ma­tive, use­ful, and eye-opening in terms of how to “Act” both on the boards and on the streets of New York City.

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Stoke & Transformation | Jill Bolte Taylor, Part 1 of 12

February 10, 2010

One of the most inter­est­ing videos at TED in 2008 was Jill Bolte Taylor’s “My Stroke Of Insight” talk. It made her an instant inter­net celebrity, and for good rea­son.
Stoke, Stoke Recov­ery, & Trans­for­ma­tion
On Decem­ber 10, 1996, at age 37, Jill awoke with intense pain behind her left eye—a blood ves­sel had exploded in […]

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Acting Shakespeare For 2010

January 11, 2010

Play­ing Shake­speare | The Royal Shake­speare Com­pany founder John Bar­ton holds a mas­ter class
If you want to bone up on your Shake­speare for 2010, there’s some excel­lent resources out there.
First up is Play­ing Shake­speare. Leg­endary John Bar­ton founder holds a mas­ter class with mem­bers of The Royal Shake­speare Com­pany includ­ing: JUDI DENCH, IAN MCKELLEN, PATRICK STEWART, BEN […]

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Auditioning | One Way to Get Better | What You can Learn from Hugh Laurie

December 17, 2009

Non-actors might be sur­prised to learn that even estab­lished “name” actors need to audi­tion.
Below is Hugh Lau­rie audi­tion­ing for the lead on “House MD.” He’s doing what’s called a “read­ing,” i.e., read­ing a short scene, i.e., “sides” (that last under two min­utes, if that), prob­a­bly taken from a script that’s either been writ­ten by […]

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Holiday Gift Ideas For the Actor, Director, or Theatre Lover

December 10, 2009

One of the best the­ater book­shops in the New York City is The Drama Book­shop, and each year they pub­lish a list of great hol­i­day gift ideas for the actor, and I’m repro­duc­ing them here:
The New Pro­fes­sional in the Busi­ness: Give the new pro­fes­sional actor a book on the busi­ness to help star the New Year […]

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How To Create A “Real” Character | Rehearse Slow, Throw Nothing Away

December 9, 2009

An actress friend of mine, San­dra Croft, who’s also a teacher who owns and runs Empow­ered Audi­tions for young actors, 8 and up, retold a short story on face­book about going over with with some of her younger stu­dents Stella Adler’s admon­ish­ment to NOT throw the words away but rather than make them bold, confident, […]

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Confidence | The Confident Actor

December 8, 2009

Over the past 5 years, I’ve had the oppor­tu­nity to meet some suc­cess­ful actors, i.e., their “day job” is act­ing, either full or part time.   In most all cases, the com­mon fac­tor has been con­fi­dence, i.e., you meet them, and — it’s not ego but hon­est grounded self-assurance — you know they know what they’re doing, […]

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