With pilot season around the corner and a slew of new single- and multi-camera comedies, there is no better time to hone your comedy and improvisation skills. La-based actors take note: Here are 9 great places to study comedic acting. Actors Comedy StudioThe tagline of this popular Hollywood acting school—“We take comedy seriously”—is made evident in quality instructors and thoughtful classes. Coaches Gunnar Todd Rohrbacher and Lauren Bertoni lead the Actors Comedy Studio staff, and students prepare for film and television auditions with the highly successful Acting for Sitcoms program. Carolyne Barry Casting director, teacher, and actor Carolyne Barry has been coaching actors in the Los Angeles area since 1982, and offers specialized classes in the realm of acting, commercials, improv, comedy, and hosting. Actor Donovan Scott leads Barry’s two-level Comedy Workshop, which brings the inner-clown work of Jacques Lecoq to the forefront with personal exploration, play, and practical...
- 1/13/2015
- backstage.com
.We all go a little mad sometimes. - Norman Bates Shout! Factory is having a crazy Birthday celebration: Norman is having a birthday party and you're invited to join him at the Bates Motel! Hard to believe 50 years have passed since Psycho and Shout! has what they call the "Ultimate Retrospective on the Most Influential Horror Film Series of All Time in a 2-Disc Special Edition DVD Set," The Legacy: The cast of the Hitchcock film featured Anthony Perkins, Juliette Cummins, Jeff Fahey, Mick Garris, Lee Garlington, Stuart Gordon, Adam Green, Tom Holland, Olivia Hussey, Robert Loggia, Charles Edward Pogue, Diana Scarwid, Donovan Scott, Henry Thomas, among other notables Just when you thought it was safe to...
- 8/11/2010
- by April MacIntyre
- Monsters and Critics
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