Archive for the ‘Editorials’ Category

Lights Up for the New York Theatre Barn

Amidst a flurry of rehearsal schedules, meetings, and various other producer-esque duties — Joe Barros of the New York Theatre Barn sat down to giveBackstage a glimpse of what is transpiring with the young theater company, a fast-becoming powerhouse in New York’s musical theater scene.’ The affable young director recently took over as Producing Artistic [...]

“Captain America” Holds Auditions : Chace Crawford, John Krasinski Screentest

Over-inflated actor ego alert — even established actors have to screen test, sometimes. Marvel comics and Joe Johnson are getting down to the wire with whom they’ll soon be selecting to play the real man version of the fabled comic character Captain America. Chace Crawford, John Krasinski, Mike Vogel, and Michael Cassidy are a few [...]

The Life of An Actor (As Imagined By A Nonactor)

When I was in college a professor was trying to explain to a room full of bored students how the ancient Greeks related to their gods. “It’s hard for us to understand,” he intoned pompously. “The Greeks worshipped their gods, as we do ours, but they also laughed at them. They mocked and ridiculed them. [...]