Philip Seymour Hoffman has learned from some of the best, so it's no surprise that with his film directorial debut, "Jack Goes Boating," he proves himself a natural behind the camera as well.
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Choreographer Chase Brock on Working on ‘Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark’
How do you get Spider-Man to fly? Ask choreographer Chase Brock. Back Stage spoke with Brock about choreographing the show.
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Duplass Brothers Direct Jason Segal and Ed Helms to Hilarious Heights
Filmmaking brothers Jay and Mark Duplass make their most commercial film yet with "Jeff, Who Lives At Home."
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Terence Blanchard Provides ‘Streetcar’ with Sultry Sounds
Producers Steven C. Byrd and Alia M. Jones recruited composer Terence Blanchard to score the show.
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ACTOR'S ACTOR Jefferson Mays: On His Own
In Tootsie, Michael Roberts (Dustin Hoffman), who masquerades as a woman, says he was more of a man as a woman than he ever had been as a man. When an actor plays a man in a dress, it can bring about epiphanies. In Doug Wright's Pulitzer- and Tony-winning ...
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Wentworth Miller: From Temp to Time
Six years after graduating from Princeton University, Wentworth Miller came to Los Angeles to embark on a career in show business. "I graduated with my degree in English lit and came out here not to act but to be in development," said Miller. "I spent a year and a half ...
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You may recognize Laura Linney's name or face. She has, after all, played significant roles in such popular films as Primal Fear, Absolute Power, and The Truman Show.
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In an industry where innovative ideas and originality are rare and elusive, the Versailles, France,–born Michel Gondry is considered a comet, blasting his way through music videos, commercials, and films and setting the bar higher each time for imitators. Many who have gone from directing music videos and commercials ...
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Actresses tend to be described in physical terms: dazzling, luscious, flawless. Upon meeting Claudia Shear, currently starring as Mae West in the Pasadena Playhouse production of her play Dirty Blonde, the first adjective that might pop into one's head is "effectual." When our original meeting place, a hotel pub ...
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Veteran actor/singer Lenny Wolpe follows his passions. Wolpe is the sort of actor who slips into myriad roles so seamlessly that one can easily underestimate the consummate craft that is involved. Name a choice character role in a famous musical, and he's played it: Ne'er-do-well Cockney barfly ...
