June 24th, 2008
Steve on Broadway (SOB) has a very poignant column out today about George Carlin. It’s sweetly memorable with a personal touch, and he notes that unlike contemporaries like Robin Williams, Carlin never did a Broadway show. Kind of surprising, when you think about it, for such a big name.
However, a little research reveals a CNN […]
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June 21st, 2008
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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June 20th, 2008
By Blog-Off Guest Blogger Michael J. Wallach
© 2008 Michael J. Wallach - Used by Permission of the Author
It used to be simple. You met an agency that you liked and you were presented with an agency contract that you could comfortably sign. But, it doesn’t work like that anymore. What do I mean by that? […]
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June 20th, 2008
As we come back to following the progress of July 20th, the GREAT BLOG OFF around the globe, we come to Newfoundland, home of Artistic Fraud. Specializing in “chorus based work,” the group is directed by Jillian Keiley and Robert Chafe.
All About Numbers
As the video on their site will tell you, in the past 9 […]
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June 19th, 2008
Welcome to the first post of the Great Blog Off here at B5Media! It’s part of our charity drive to raise money for the Actor’s Fund.
Even though it’s technically still the 19th here at Fame or Famine Central, I’m starting the Blog Off now because in England the clock just ticked over to the 20th, […]
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June 19th, 2008
Out of New Zealand comes the performing arts group Soul Speed, a combination of artists from dance, live music (traditional and classical), costume design, and theatre all with a mutual concern for the environment. They draw inspiration from Awe Waiwai, or ancient essence.
A Collaborative Approach
“The power of theatre and […]
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June 19th, 2008
As we chase June 20th around the world, we find ourselves in Sydney, Australia, where the Belvoir Street Theatre is hosting Ride On company’s production of “An Oak Tree.” The creation of playwright Timothy Crouch, it’s an interesting exercise in the unknown.
Two Actors, One Script
The concept is as simple as it is radical: one actor […]
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June 17th, 2008
I know, you were all so stumped you weren’t able to figure out the clues to who said what, so here are the answers. Remember, the choices for celebrity quotes were: John Lithgow, Kristin Chenoweth, Brooke Shields, L. Ron Hubbard, and Gray Miller (well known B5Media Entertainment blogger, dontcha know).
Here are the quotes, and who […]
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June 9th, 2008
Broadway’s full of failures. Putting on a show, any show, is going to be a gamble. So it wasn’t terribly surprising when the original Suessical, based on the work of Theodore Geisl (Dr. Suess) failed to recoup its original investment. Unlike some other shows - like Donny Osmond’s Yankee Doodle Dandy, which closed opening night […]
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June 9th, 2008
Avenue Q (winner of the 2004 Tony for Best Musical) has been making the rounds of my friends of late. I confess to being kind of surprised that it took them so long; my friends, even the ones not from NYC, tend to be pretty aware of current issues and trends, and the Sesame Street […]
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