Actors

I have always had a love of the arts, but it wasn't until I was a munchkin in The Wizard of Oz that I knew I wanted to be an actor. Up until that point, I had just wanted to sing, but being up on that stage made me want to do musicals for the rest of my life. But what really made me want to pursue musical theatre was that it has been the only way for me to truly express my emotions. When I was younger, I was made fun of as a little kid. So when I was in the Sound of Music, I was surrounded by a…

turns them into a “monster” (goodreads.com). So, how does that apply to the media, specifically, Hollywood film? Recently there has been a growing outcry over the lack of complex minority experiences in award-winning films. As a result, more Black actors and actresses have been nominated in their respective categories. However, the same cannot be said for South Asians and Hispanics, who struggle to find movies where they are being accurately portrayed on-screen. The Hollywood film industry has…

to being an actor, and as a performer. These obstacles helped mold him into a successful actor and a model for people age 8-80. Daniel Radcliffe illuminated the world with his desire to act, created a world of imagination through Harry Potter and found humor to innovate ways to overcome boredom in his childhood. Daniel Radcliffe had a desire to act since he was 5 but wasn’t allowed to try out for any professional parts. He was still determined to illuminate his pathway to being an actor so he…

Over the course of the past few months, I have visited a “dive bar” in a strip mall residing in Santa Clara. On Mondays, from 8:00 PM to 11:00 PM, I visited Woodham’s Sports Lounge (referred to by the patrons as Woodham’s) on their Open Mic night. During these observations, I specifically noted the behavior of those who reside in the bar. In my performance, I will be focusing on the comedians/patrons who repeatedly would take the stage every week. There are three compelling cultural practices…

constantly repeating the same show multiple times, as an actor, you can lose energy for it, but I was assured by others that the show in Clarence Brown Theatre would still be spectacular. I soon found that I had assumed incorrectly, and the acting was just as lively as it would be if they were first performing it. The vitality that was given off made me feel like I was at opening night. The qualities that stood out to me weren’t just the actors, however; I found that the lighting and costuming…

Nora Helmer is a very complicated character despite the fact that at the beginning of this play it seems like quite the opposite. At the beginning of act one, Nora is whimsical and gleeful and very much like a child. She is very much living in a fantasy world or a doll’s house as the title of the play suggests. Nora has been taught since birth to be similar to a doll. Her father treated her as such in the past and so does her husband at the time the play takes place. However, once her illusion…

audience and making profit from their projects, but if there’s one thing has that has been missing from Hollywood and that 's been complete diversity. Ever since Hollywood 's upbringing and even still today, the business has underplayed minority actors and actress. The start of 20th century film began with mocking African Americans with black face and playing them as immature and violent savages the majority of these films were to keep the memory of pre civil war fresh in people 's minds and…

The thought of ever becoming an actor or musician was always a dream, but now I know that after googling myself, I've learned that if I would ever want to become a famous actor or a musician I would not be able to use my real name or else it might be mixed up with Brian Nash, an actor from the 1960's or another Brian Nash, a famous British musician. Brian Nash the actor, was born in Glendale, California on May 20th, 1956. He was most famous for roles in 1960's T.V. series such as Please Don't…

Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare. Romeo and Juliet was put on by the Brown/Trinity MFA program. In the 2nd year of the program, the students put on two Shakespearean plays simultaneously. The cast is also in rep meaning, it is the same cast of actors for both productions. For the Brown Trinity MFA program, the leads in one of the shows will be minor characters for the other. Each year the MFA program likes to feature one area of social discussion for each play. For Romeo and Juliet,…

insanely overrated. I think talent comes through hard work and learning the craft. I find this an interesting occupation I 'm in, and I guess I 've always approached if differently than most of the world. I know a lot of people think that to be an actor, you have to be born with it. Everyone assumes that everyone who does it is just naturally good at it. What we do is we recreate real life, human experiences on cue and on command, but all we 're doing is recreating humanity. So the first…