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    Marketing the Actor

    This workshop is specifically designed to provide actors with the fundamental, career-building tools needed to market their business. The goal is to develop the actor's specific selling points to better sell his or her product. Learn how to minimize your market, in order to maximize your marketability. Speaker: casting ...

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    Movie Stars Packing 'Em In -- on Broadway

    Movie stars aren't worth their weight in boxoffice gold today, but suddenly they're the hottest thing on Broadway.

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    Cassel to Run for SAG President as Independent

    Seymour Cassel, a national board member for SAG and 50-year acting veteran who nearly upset Alan Rosenberg for the guild's national presidency two years ago, told Back Stage that he will seek the office again.

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    Showtime to Launch Animated 'Dexter' Prequel

    At Comic-con in San Diego, Showtime screened a season four trailer that looks fantastic, all the familiar elements plus the new twist of fatherhood and Jonathan Lithgow as the "Trinity Killer."

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    'Avatar' Set Free: James Cameron Talks

    Fresh from facing off with 6,500 fans in Comic-Con's cavernous Hall H, director James Cameron talks about "Avatar," his first studio feature since "Titanic."

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    Top SAG Race Still a Mystery

    SAG's filing deadline for fall elections came and went Thursday, and it remains unclear who will face each other for the presidency.

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    AADA Panel: 'Starting and Maintaining a Reputable Career.'

    Back Stage invites you to the latest edition of AADA's "The Successful Actor." This month's topic: "Starting and Maintaining a Reputable Career."

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    Despite Closure Rumors, Philly's Prince Announces New Season

    Following a comment at a screening Monday, Marjorie Samoff has been unable to squash persistent rumors that the financially troubled Philadelphia theater will soon close.

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    Nothing But the Tooth

    Now that she's had her teeth whitened, Sonora Chase notices that casting directors take her more seriously. "It may be subconscious on their part, but there's a certain look that puts you in the employment category," she says.

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    Canadian Brew: Government to Form a Comedy Lab

    The Canadian government is to finance a theatrical comedy incubator out of Norman Jewison's Canadian Film Center (CFC) and the Just For Laughs festival in Montreal, it was announced Thursday.