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Archive for the ‘Acting’ Category

June 21st, 2008

Inkslingers: Guest Post by Dana Pellebon

I’m afraid my internet connection punked out on me at the end of the Blog-Off, and I didn’t make all 24 posts in 24 hours. But I had a lot of help from guest bloggers, and here is one article by Dana Pellebon, an actor, writer, and producer from Madison, WI.
Writer’s groups are a dime […]

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March 18th, 2008

Indian Sex Workers on Stage

No, this is not some weird new musical, this is exactly what I’m saying it is: sex workers in western Maharashtra, India, have spent over a month taking acting lessons and then putting together a play about their lives.
Entitled  My Mother, the Gharwali, Her Maalak, His Wife, the play has the avowed message that “We […]

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January 13th, 2008

A Murder Mystery Dinner, reviewed

Last night was an interesting experience - I was part of a “Murder Mystery” party along with several old friends and, as it would happen, an ex-girlfriend. We were all sent “character sheets” by the hostess earlier in the month, with time to prepare costumes, etc (these ranged from a person who simply put on […]

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January 3rd, 2008

Want to be an Action Star? Take dance classes!

It’s a dirty little secret of mine: I like the movie Equilibrium. It’s not a pretty secret, because it’s a seriously flawed movie - all you have to do is listen to Kurt Wimmer’s commentary track on the DVD (and how much have I revealed about myself that I admit that I have listened to […]

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December 23rd, 2007

Review: Sweeney Todd

Ok, first things first: Yes, it’s Christmas, and yes, Johnny Depp has played Willy Wonka and Jack Sparrow and even Gilbert Grape and Benny and all manner of likeable characters.
This, however, is not one of them. So unless you are ready to see a musical with the graphic portrayal of a serial killer literally splattering […]

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October 14th, 2007

My Fair Lady in Milwaukee

I got to go see “My Fair Lady” thanks to the generosity of a friend in Milwaukee. You can read about the tour here…my own impressions were surprising to me.
When Liza sang her first solo, I realized what an amazing amount of sound quality is lost in recording. Her voice was like a crystalline glass […]

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October 6th, 2007

More on LA Theatre: The Actor’s Space & “Shadow Hour”

While attending the Podcast Expo in Ontario, CA recently I got to have a conversation with the lovely Charlotte Marie, a model and actress in the LA area. I mentioned the rumors I’d heard of the dearth of theatre, and she was quick to point out that she was also involved in a production called […]

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October 3rd, 2007

October 12, put me on a plane to Seattle!

Many thanks to BeckyLoooooo for providing me with yet another reason to go to Seattle: Point Break LIVE!
Now, here’s the fun part: this is actually one of my favorite movies. Specifically, the part where the lead jumps out of a perfectly good aircraft without a parachute just to make sure the bad guy doesn’t get […]

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September 27th, 2007

Independent Theatre in Los Angeles

Following up on a comment by Becklooo, I am trying to find examples of independent theatre in L.A. (not that I’ll have time, but it’s fitting, anyway, because I’m going to be in that neck of the woods this weekend (Ontario, in fact) for the PME).
So, here’s what Google & MySpace showed me:

Lodestone Theatre

The […]

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September 17th, 2007

Performance at the Minnesota Renaissance Festival

One of my pleasures is visiting the Bristol Renaissance Faire - not only for the chain mail bikinis, but also for the occasional efforts towards authenticity by artisans and performers. You don’t get to hear madrigals too much, or listen to strolling lutenists, or see real busking jugglers working a crowd with wooden balls and […]

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