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Dressing Room Essentials
Hi! Doing shows over the years and having dressing rooms has let me pick up a few tips on how to pack for a show effectively. Being in community theatre, we often have to share dressing rooms which can be fun or annoying depending on who you share with (it's mostly fun). That being said, it gives you a limited amount of mirror and overall dressing room space. Here I'll give you a few tips on how to get the most out of your space and a few lifesaving dressing room essentials.
By Paige Osaroth8 years ago in Geeks
'Call Me By Your Name' Review
Call Me By Your Name, directed by Luca Guadagnino and adapted for the screen by James Ivory, is an achingly beautiful film. Laced with sensuality and lust, of unguarded beauty and need, it’s a story of music prodigy Elio's (Timothee Chalamet) romantic awakening when an American student, Oliver (Armie Hammer), comes to stay at the family home for the summer in sumptuous Northern Italy. It evokes such a magnetic and intense rendition of love that it can often feel overwhelming. It’s a tale of uncertainty and longing.
By Nicholas Anthony8 years ago in Geeks
How I Learn My Scripts
Hi! I'm a training actress and I perform multiple different shows every year. The learning process changes from show to show, for example the process for learning a play is quite different from learning a musical. Today I will be covering my process for learning musical scripts but I will cover my process for plays in another post! In my theatre company, we do not use the word “memorize” because it implies that we only know the words on the paper with no real meaning behind it. Instead we are told to “learn” each line so every movement and phrase has a meaning. Currently I am performing in Little Shop Of Horrors the musical.
By Paige Osaroth8 years ago in Geeks
After ‘Black Panther’
When you fight for a seat at the table long enough, it seems that you get to run the table—for a minute, anyway. That’s one takeaway from Black Panther’s already phenomenal success—a success whose casting and narrative essence force Hollywood to make some overdue decisions on casting that the industry can’t avoid.
By Michael Eric Ross8 years ago in Geeks
Classic Movie Review: 'Frantic'
For a movie called Frantic, it’s in no hurry to tell its story. Frantic is a 1988 thriller starring Harrison Ford and directed by Roman Polanski. Frantic was released nationwide on February 23rd, 1988, 30 years ago this weekend as I am writing about it and it will be featured on the next Everyone is a Critic Movie Review Podcast available on iTunes, Google Play and your favorite podcatcher on Monday, February 26. Here’s a preview of my part of the Frantic conversation.
By Sean Patrick8 years ago in Geeks
7 Things Queen Elizabeth II and Anna Wintour Probably Talked About. Top Story - February 2018.
In case you missed it, Queen Elizabeth and Anna Wintour are now best friends. Okay, fine, they’re two awesome women who have met on at least two occasions and then hung out at London Fashion Week, and we’re going to go ahead and call that best friends. I mean, Anna’s own daughter did:
By Em DiMonaco8 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'Game Night'
When John Francis Daly and directing partner Jonathan Goldstein directed the utterly abysmal remake of Vacation I thought for sure I would never want to see their work ever again. Vacation is a vile and putrid remake of the beloved National Lampoon-Chevy Chase comedy that replaced that films’ humor with some of the ugliest and nastiest lowest common denominator gags imaginable.
By Sean Patrick8 years ago in Geeks
Shows Everyone Needs to Watch
Almost too often I have those days where I finish a show I was currently watching, just to have no idea of what I should start to watch next. I like to watch a variety of different genres, but usually not the same type back to back. Unfortunately, in my “recommended shows,” I am only referenced to other shows which are eerily similar to the one I just finished. Sadly, I scroll through the selections, just to get overwhelmed by all the choices I have, and get too annoyed reading the pilot synopsis that I scroll back to my “watch again” category and decide from there what show I will rewatch, AGAIN.
By Paranneting/Anne Reboa8 years ago in Geeks
The Number One Reason the DCEU Is Not Failing
Ever since Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (BVS: DoJ) released in theaters to jump-start the future films of the DCEU, fans on both sides of the comic book divide have been going back and forth about whether the DC Comics' recent post-Dark Knight Trilogy films are good or bad. Yes, Man of Steel came out first and technically began the franchise known today as the DCEU, but the whole "controversy" of fans vs critics began with Batman vs Superman.
By Michael Bergonzi8 years ago in Geeks
