“If not now, when?” We repeat that phrase like a mantra around The Acting Corps, the best Los Angeles acting school we know. Overuse of the phrase has led to answers like, “Later.” Or my personal favorite: “Maybe Thursday?” But as much fun as it is to trivialize its importance, the words still ring true [...]
Attracting The Acting
An actor said to me the other day: “I was at the market and I was trying to reach up high on the top shelf to grab the item I wanted and instead of reaching it, I pushed it further away from me. I didn’t want to ask anybody to help me with it, so [...]
Parking Lot Wit
Parking lot wit – the moment after the moment, the moment AFTER that difficult encounter or that missed opportunity. We usually indulge in parking lot wit because we were afraid to say the difficult thing, afraid to take the risk, afraid to fight for the right cause or the right person. So often all we [...]
Opening Night
The excuse I have given myself for my absence here is that I have been busy with my new theater, The Americano Theater, and our play, Speed The Plow. And now that we open tomorrow night, and we’re almost ready to take our hands off the show and offer it to the Oracles of Theater, [...]
Actors, Acting and Cirque Du Soleil
Whenever I am not pretending to be Artistic Director of The Acting Corps, sometimes I pretend I am an audience member and look for opportunities to be entertained, like everyone else. So the other night, in the mood for something completely different, I say why not, and wind up at the new Cirque Du Soleil [...]
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Attracting The Acting
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Parking Lot Wit
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Opening Night
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Actors, Acting and Cirque Du Soleil
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Eugene Buica: Agreed, Richard...so few acrobats, so much Cirque....
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