"Tough debate. Married or single. Single brings a sadness, but sadness has its own perfection. Marriage brings a misery of a rare kind, the kind that loves company...You look like a girl in a fix." -- From The Zig Zag...
When venturing to the top of a mountain taking roads few have traveled, it's crucial to have a map so you don't get lost. That map is your strategy. And your experienced guide, the man who will show you the...
So the good news is, Year of the Fish has been extended another week. It's moving from the Angelika to Village East Cinema tomorrow (Friday) if anyone in NYC feels like catching a sweet flick. This weekend my agent is...
My neighbor gave me her trade magazines yesterday. She wasn't going to get to them this week, so she felt I should read them in the meantime. She has forever been trying to convince me that I should be "more...
Yes, two in a day. There is something not very acting-related - which others have made a point of before, but always seems to fall on deaf ears - that I need to get off my chest, so bear with...
The letters/statements/internal emails we???ve all been waiting for are out for all to see. I deliver the goods, followed by my knee-jerk reaction and what the guy who ignited BarCodeGate thinks. Is this what my mother meant when she advised me not to hang out in bars with strange men? Poor Ma, that ship set sail long ago.
Hey kids! Are you about to head off to yet another audition where there might be hundreds of other actors sitting in a cramped holding room, on a hardwood floor, clutching their headshots and hoping they???re gonna be ???the one???? Well, before you subject yourself to yet another jaunt to the ninth circle of actor hell, why not escape with me for a few minutes to a dreamy utopia we can call ???what if you were in charge of this industry???? Seriously. If you ran all of show business, everything from Broadway to studio feature films to network and cable...
The New York Musical Theatre Festival announced today that its first round of open auditions to discover 'The Next Broadway Sensation' will take place September 12 at the Roy Arias Theatre Center (300 West 43rd Street, 5th Floor) from 10am-7pm.
A new short film from .31 Caliber productions features not one, not two, but three Back Stage actors. Engaged stars Jannica Olin, Yoni Ben-Yehuda (pictured at right), and Arturo Castro in a story about a woman who receives a marriage proposal and figures out a way to decide whether or not she will accept -- on her terms. The drama includes a busboy trying to be king of the jungle, and it all adds up to hot sex in a mop closet. Below, watch the film and read writer-director David Berman's thoughts on the production.
Every week Back Stage publishes hundreds of notices -- casting notices, entertainment-industry job notices, and calls for submissions to talent contests and film festivals. Back Stage is the premier resource for actors, dancers, singers, comedians, and all performing artists -- plus those talented individuals working behind-the-scenes, including writers and crew -- looking for quality opportunities. BackStage.com's casting database includes all of the notices from the popular Back Stage East and Back Stage West publications, plus hundreds of additional items. EAST COAST: Below are a few highlights from this week's East Coast notices, compiled by East-Coast Assistant Casting Editor (ACE) Sri...
Commence showering him with more money, though he probably does just fine, and more Emmys, though he already has 10 and he's on deck for a handful more this year. Who cares? More, more, more! Jon Stewart may be one...
It could be the next "Sex and the City," unless it's the next "First Wives Club." "The Women," which has been bumping around in development for more than a decade through myriad director and A-list actress shifts, premiered last night...
Disheveled and road weary, with visible scuff marks and a stogie sticking out of his mouth. Just how we like to see Mickey Rourke. Say, didn't he come out of the womb like that? His latest feature, Darren Aronofsky's "The...
Grammy darling Michael Buble is charming the pants off the "Today Show" chicks, Nicolas Cage's moussed page boy is only a few hours from hitting the multiplex, and cry baby Kanye has ended the VMA boycott that no one noticed....
We liked it better when he was preachifying on "It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp." Oscar nominee Terrence Howard is out flogging his first record, "Shine Through It," just about everywhere these days. "The View!" "The Today Show!" "Late...
