4 Essential Poses for Actor Headshots
Every actor needs headshots, and often it’s a good idea to have more than one look or pose. But which poses? When getting your headshots done, it is very important…
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November 9, 2018 | Acting
November 2, 2018 | Acting
What Life as a Swing, Understudy, or Standby is Like
In theatre, we have what we call: a swing, an understudy and a standby. Three distinct, respected functions. There can a handful of these actors in the same shows for…
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October 5, 2018 | Acting
Playing Yourself vs. Method Acting
Method acting — the art of turning completely into your character while playing a scene — is a tried and true, well, method, for acting in a scene. But it’s…
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September 28, 2018 | How To's
How To Transition from Screen Acting to Stage Acting
To the untrained eye, acting is acting, regardless of where it takes place or who is present; which is to say that one might assume an incredibly successful and talented…
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September 21, 2018 | Acting
Why YouTube is an Actor’s Best Friend
In our fast-paced world, actors have to find new ways of marketing themselves to agents, casting directors, their audience, and everyone in between. It used to be that actors were…
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September 14, 2018 | Acting
5 Actors Honored On TIME 100 List
Every year, Time magazine releases a list of the 100 most influential people in the world. This list is not a measure of power or a collection of milestones completed…
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August 3, 2018 | Acting
Actors With the Best Fake Accents in Films
Props, costumes, production sets, and CGI can only do so much to transport audiences to a different time and place; the rest of the work lies in the actor’s ability…
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July 27, 2018 | Acting
How These 6 Actors Prepared for a Role
Preparation is as much of an actor’s job as a performance itself, particularly when a character’s physicality, speech, or persona are vastly different from your own. Whether an actor’s challenge…
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June 8, 2018 | Acting
Acting Exercises You Can Do Anywhere
Being an actor in New York City (where a constant score is playing) can feel overwhelming for musical theatre performers and actors who need to warm up for their next…
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