Audition: Everything an Actor Needs to Know to Get the Part

Shurtleff, Michael

ISBN 10: 0553272950 / ISBN 13: 9780553272956

Verlag: Bantam, 1980

May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers G0553272950I4N00

Inhaltsangabe:

When Streisand, Redford, Vereen, Tomlin, Midler, and Hoffman got their first breaks Michael Shurtleff was there.

Michael Shurtleff has been casting director for Broadway shows like Chicago and Becket and for films like The Graduate and Jesus Christ Superstar. His legendary course on auditioning has launched hundreds of successful careers. Now in this book he tells the all-important how for all aspiring actors, from the beginning student of acting to the proven talent trying out for that chance-in-a-million role!

Twelve guideposts for actors plus:
Style • Pace • Over-Acting • Distractions • Risks • Drama • Musical Theater • Comedy • Self-Rescue • Seduction • Eye Contact
. . . And more!

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: Besides working as a casting director with Joshua Logan, Bob Fosse, Tom O’Horgan, Mike Nichols, Jerome Robbins, Gower Champion, Stuart Ostrow, David Merrick, and others, Michael Shurtleff still finds time to write plays and novels, direct films, teach his famous auditioning course, and regularly see at least a dozen plays and films every week. He does as he advises his readers: “Everyday learn. Learn enough so you can do good theater.”

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Audition: Everything an Actor Needs to Know ...
Verlag: Bantam
Erscheinungsdatum: 1980
Einband: Mass Market Paperback
Zustand: Very Good
Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket