Here’s a great insight into character development and research. Fresh from his role as Walter White on the critically acclaimed television series Breaking Bad, actor Bryan Cranston discusses his portrayal of Lyndon Baines Johnson, the 36th President of the United States, in the Broadway production All The Way.
The New York Times Theatre Critic, Charles Isherwood, gives us his Top 10 shows in New York for 2010. More positive of the state of American theatre than Chief NYT Critic Ben Brantley, Isherwood focuses on the strength of new American playwriting and Off-Broadway shows, in particular. On top of Isherwood’s list is American playwright…
We all remember January, right? Only six months ago, Broadway saw a flurry of shows close prematurely, most putting it down to tough economic times due to the global recession. Things were looking a little hairy for a while there, as like a stack of falling dominos, one show after another closed on Broadway. Here…
Well, actually, I’m not directing the school production … and that’s sort of the point of this post. OK, so I’m in this fortunate position. I don’t direct the school musical and I replaced the biennial senior play with VCE Drama nights three years ago. If you teach in a large Drama/Theatre department, this may…
Australian actor Geoffrey Rush has this morning won a Tony Award for his portrayal of King Berenger in Eugene Ionesco’s play Exit The King on Broadway. Rush stunned Melbourne and Sydney audiences in 2007 with his performance of the absurdist king who refuses to die. A co-production between Melbourne’s Malthouse Theatre and Sydney’s Belvoir St…
On the eve of Nicole Kidman’s marriage Downunder to fellow Aussie Keith Urban, I thought it might be timely to use her career path as inspiration for student acting and classroom drama in education. Kidman has carved a career over more than two decades in a variety of film roles ranging from Dead Calm (1989)…