Entries for 'MJJ Cashman'
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Ready for the Work?
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| It’s been no little time since I’ve put pen to paper or digits to keyboard and like most things not done, laziness is a prime re...
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Playing the Icon
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| We know the type of show, the musical based on a Hollywood classic or shows so famously associated with the creators of certain roles...
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Out of the Mouths of Babes
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| I thought I’d pretty much done all there was to do in sharing my experiences working with children but like most middle aged men I&rsq...
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Holidays from Home
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| As my current gig winds down this week I’m facing a Holiday Season two time zones from home...
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More Adventures in the Room
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| I auditioned for the faculty shows over the years and played in a few of my fellow directing major’s shows as well.
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Audition Adventures
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| I might be going out on a limb here, but I don’t think anyone is going to argue with me when I say the best thing about getting a gig ...
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Be Kind To Your Crew
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| At this point in my career I figure I’ve seen so much and met so many that there’s little left to give me a surprise but I&rsquo...
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Excuse Me?...Again!
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| Lack of manners, tact and not keeping in one’s own territory give away a lack of self confidence and real experience...
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The Actor's Life For You?
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| As I’ve mentioned before, the best thing that ever happened to me was the closing of a restaurant bar I’d given some five, almos...
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Acting: Theatre Magic
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| While enduring a recent dry time between engagements, a community company I worked with some years ago celebrated their 50th Anniversary.
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My Wunderkind
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| As an actor I live for that rare treat: finding a director not only with talent but far smarter than I am.
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Acting: Dogs & Children - Part III
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| The year before last I was booked to do a Christmas show that would be running in Atlantic City and there were several roles for children in...
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Touring: Actors' Housing Intro
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| As much as I love the road, and I do love it, it’s a welcome change to stay put for a show or two at the same theatre and get to know ...
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Acting: The Petting Zoo
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| From time to time we performers are asked to break down the Fourth Wall and interact with our audiences.
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Acting: Line!
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| If you’re an actor, and I’m figuring most readers here are at least familiar with the species, Thespis-Audacious...
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Dogs & Children - Part I
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| It must be how unashamedly and joyfully he reacted against forces perceived as conspiring against him that ever made W. C. Fields so much fu...
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The Big Black Giant - Part II
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| My Dad grew up not only with the vaudeville or silent films he’d never admit to being old enough to have seen but there were touring s...
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The Show's Gonna Close
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| Stage actors know how fleeting is our work: the moment passes never to be exactly the same again.
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Absent Friends
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| We actors and our crew comrades go through so much with and for each other on that open road.
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Cooking for Party Time
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| Maybe it was my years as a caterer or seeing Mom feed ever unexpected housefuls of people, but cooking for a crowd never makes me blink.
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Touring: Setting Up Your Seat
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| There are a few things you need to be clear about in sharing this traveling home with your road show family: space is limited so don't ...
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Touring: Free Food
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| Depending on your producers, the bookers and the venues, you may well get fed before shows.
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Touring: the P Word
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| Remember when we knew when Inside the Actor's Studio would be on? Well, back then Tom Hanks said something about how great it is to be able ...
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Touring: a Man on the Road
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| I've been on the road a lot and I love it. I've been through all the lower 48 states and on stage in all but four... so far that is.
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