Improving Your Craft

Playing the Icon - Santa Claus Playing the Icon - Santa Claus
I’m about to close a very iconic show...
Playing the Icon Playing the Icon
We know the type of show, the musical based on a Hollywood classic or shows so famously associated with the creators of certain roles...
Seeing Shows:  Great Actors, Great Roles Seeing Shows: Great Actors, Great Roles
Back in my first days working on Broadway…
Seeing Shows Is A Must Seeing Shows Is A Must
I grew up seeing live theatre.
Be Kind To Your Crew Be Kind To Your Crew
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...
Excuse Me?...Again! Excuse Me?...Again!
Lack of manners, tact and not keeping in one’s own territory give away a lack of self confidence and real experience...
Excuse Me?  That Wasn't A Note Was It? Excuse Me? That Wasn't A Note Was It?
We were sitting around after a group warm-up.
10 Elements of Great Audition Monologues - Part II (The Last 5) 10 Elements of Great Audition Monologues - Part II (The Last 5)
How do you write a killer audition monologue?
10 Elements of Great Audition Monologues - Part I (The First 5) 10 Elements of Great Audition Monologues - Part I (The First 5)
How do you write a killer audition monologue?
Acting:  Dogs & Children - Part III Acting: Dogs & Children - Part III
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...
Acting:  Line! Acting: Line!
If you’re an actor, and I’m figuring most readers here are at least familiar with the species, Thespis-Audacious...
Directors I've Known And... Directors I've Known And...
The big difference in being in the plays I’m now being paid to be in is my directors are pros.
Moving Into the House - Them Moving Into the House - Them
It’s a quiet morning.
Four Helpful Tips For Being A Stand-Up Comedian Four Helpful Tips For Being A Stand-Up Comedian
I’ve been doing standup since, I think it was 2004.
On Reading On Reading
Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.
Getting Along Getting Along
The weirdest part of theatre is rarely discussed: For a short time, you live with strangers.
Love Your Stage Manager Love Your Stage Manager
Theatre is collaborative, and lots of people are involved: writers, actors, producers, directors, and even the ushers who tear the tickets a...
Critics Are People Critics Are People
I’ll level with you: I am a theater critic.
Practice Makes Perfect Practice Makes Perfect
Many years ago, I joined a road-trip to New York to pick up my actor friend, Patrick Jordan.
Include Yourself Include Yourself
For the last several years now I have been practicing this amazing skill: self-awareness without self-reproach.
Touring: the P Word Touring: the P Word
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 ...
10 Commandments for Theatre Communication 10 Commandments for Theatre Communication
I can sum up stage management in one word: communication
One More Play to See One More Play to See
After seeing Mamet’s list in print and Teachout’s subsequent analysis, I realized just how much more I had to learn. Maybe you ...
The Dancer's Graveyard:  Installment One The Dancer's Graveyard: Installment One
Where do dancers go when they die? You know what I’m talking about. When the months and years between performances draw out. ...
The Importance of Being Earnest as an Editor The Importance of Being Earnest as an Editor
I have written plays ranging from one page to full-length, and recently one of my one-pagers won a festival. 
The Theater, and Its Crimes Against Me The Theater, and Its Crimes Against Me
Readers, I’m an aspiring playwright, so I consider myself required to see live theater as much as possible. 
On Becoming a Professional On Becoming a Professional
They forced it upon me.  I wasn’t prepared. I was young, impetuous and ever ready to laugh at fart jokes.
Don’t Wait, Create Don’t Wait, Create
As a fledgling young actor just graduated from drama school it is only natural to start sifting through those past four years and try to mak...
Touring: a Man on the Road Touring: a Man on the Road
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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