Sentences with phrase «career at the drama»

«Shepard & Dark» on screens in L.A. and NYC; comedy duo TJ & Dave play NYC's Town Hall; Tony Danza discusses his career at the Drama League Theatr Center; the Glass - Wilson opera «Einstein on the Beach» finally premieres in L.A.; and Judd Hirsch and Danny Devito reviving Neil Simon's «The Sunshine Boys» at the Ahmanson are what we're looking...

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Students were asked which characters on Grey's Anatomy and House (the two major medical dramas at the time) they would most and least want to be like in their professional careers.

In this book, Dalgleish moves closer to involvement with the murder drama than at any other point in his career.

Studying Drama and Gender Studies at Transylvania University in Lexington, Kentucky prepared her for a versatile career.

At this point, most of them are very focused on their careers and don't have time for relationship drama.

After planning to attend medical school, Buono was rechannelled into an acting career, spending the summer of his 18th year at the municipal Globe Theatre in San Diego, then studying drama at Villanova University.

Knaggs» career reached a peak in the mid -»40s, when he worked in supporting roles in ambitious major studio films such as None but the Lonely Heart (a fascinating but failed attempt at a serious drama by Cary Grant) and unusual independently made features like Douglas Sirk's early Hollywood effort Thieves» Holiday, while also making the rounds of such popular medium - budget Universal Pictures productions as House of Dracula, The Invisible Man's Revenge, and Terror By Night.

As a young man, Siemaszko studied fine arts at Chicago's Goodman School of Drama and launched his professional career on the Chicago stage before moving to L.A. where it took him four years before landing a role in Class (1983).

The 1968 Rachel, Rachel was the outcome of Woodward's exile; she and Newman admitted it was carefully designed as a vehicle to resuscitate her career, and the ploy worked brilliantly — he directed, she starred, and together they led the film to four Oscar nominations, including Best Actress and Best Picture.The following year Woodward and Newman reunited onscreen for the auto - racing drama Winning, and again starred together in 1970s politically charged W.U.S.A., a reflection of the couple's high - profile support of liberal causes; when 1971's They Might Be Giants proved unsuccessful, Newman directed Woodward to Best Actress honors at the 1972 Cannes Film Festival for The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man - in - the - Moon Marigolds.

The youngest of the three children of actors Hume Cronyn and Jessica Tandy, Tandy Cronyn prepared for her own theatrical career at London's Central School of Speech and Drama.

Followers of Alan Rudolph's career will rejoice at his latest effort, Afterglow, an incredibly and incurably romantic comedy - drama that most perceptively dissects the delicate imbalances of two very modern but very different marriages.

At 46, Paul Rudd has a terrific career in comedy, including raucous silliness (Anchorman 2), clever satire (They Came Together), rom - coms (Admission) and indie comedy - dramas (Prince Avalance) in the last two years alone.

One of the most versatile actors in cinema at the moment, Tom Hardy has peppered his career with blockbusters like «The Dark Knight Rises», indie dramas like «Locke» and the gritty thrillers such as «The...

After a stellar career in student drama at Oxford, he had joined the BBC, but he was soon also writing film criticism and, in 1956, was one of the founders, along with Karel Reisz and Lindsay Anderson, of the Free Cinema movement, espousing a cinema free of commercial and political constraints and using a personal style to capture working - class life and popular culture, which had been ignored by traditional British cinema.

Filmmaker Karyn Kusama has at last fulfilled the promise she showed in her knockout feature debut, «Girlfight,» a pugilistic coming - of - age drama from 2000 that also launched the career of its scrappy star, Michelle Rodriguez.

The five actors nominated for the prestigious award, which honours the future stars of cinema, include Brits Jack O'Connell, who began his career in the E4 drama Skins in 2007 and this year took the lead role in the Angelina Jolie - directed feature Unbroken, and Gugu Mbatha - Raw, already an established name on stage and television, who was named best actress at this year's British Independent Film Awards for her portrayal of Dido Elizabeth Belle in the period drama Belle.

At the drama's outset, Billie Jean and her sardonic, skunk - streaked business partner Gladys (a career - best Sarah Silverman) form their own championship tour when the female players are offered an eighth of the prize money that male athletes get.

Croupier (Hen's Tooth, Blu - ray, DVD), the 1998 film that helped elevate the career of Clive Owen, is a low - key drama with Owen as a would - be writer and a gambling addict in denial who takes a high paying job at a casino.

(In Arabic with subtitles) Ocean of Pearls (PG - 13 for brief profanity and mature themes) Cross-cultural drama, about an ambitious Sikh surgeon (Omid Abtahi) who takes of his turban and shaves off his beard for the sake of his career at an American hospital only to come to question abandoning his traditions in the wake of the death of a patient.

Former USC swimmer (1987 - 90) Timothy Olyphant, who has carved out a high - profile acting career since graduation, appeared at the 2011 Emmy Awards Sunday night, nominated for Best Actor for his role in the FX drama «Justified.»

Besides «Marshall» director Hudlin, stars Chadwick Boseman, Josh Gad and Sterling K. Brown and producer Paula Wagner, high - profile guests expected at various screenings and events during the festival include Patrick Stewart (subject of an Oct. 25 career retrospective tribute and a conversation with yours truly); Vanessa Redgrave (Oct. 16, presenting her documentary «Sea Sorrow» and represented elsewhere in the festival by a revival screening of «Blow - Up»); Alfre Woodard (subject of an Oct. 21 career retrospective tribute); Michael Shannon (Chicago's own, as the locals like to call him, representing «The Shape of Water» on Oct. 26); Tracy Letts (Chicago's own, as the locals also like to call him, participating Oct. 18 on behalf of Greta Gerwig's acclaimed directorial debut «Lady Bird»); Michael Stuhlbarg (arriving Oct. 25; he gives a beautiful supporting turn in the coming - of - age drama «Call Me by Your Name»); Jon Lovitz (part of the Chicago - sprung comedy «Chasing the Blues,» appearing Oct. 14); and, in an Oct. 23 addition announced after the program went to press, Bill Pullman (getting good notices for the western «The Ballad of Lefty Brown»).

While in Chicago filming his latest project, the drama «Precious Mettle,» Mr. Sorvino took time out to speak with Media Mikes about his career, justice at the Oscars and the fine art of slicing garlic.

Of course, Schrader has had a storied career as a director, too — his most remembered work is probably American Gigolo, but he's produced many challenging dramas that follow people at the intersection of some powerful, individual crisis.

If you have a comedy - drama about a rock manager at the last stages of a dismal career — he says he discovered Madonna (he didn't) and books his last client (a game Zooey Deschanel) on a USO tour of Afghanistan — you need to find exactly the right actor to play him.

So, to have absolutely zero attempts at generating drama during the career mode is upsetting.

Perhaps the most palpable presence at the ceremony was its most conspicuous absence: Harvey Weinstein, the impresario who made a career out of leveraging Oscar campaigns to earn awareness for his movies, and in the process helped make awards season a viable business model for art films and midbudget, adult - oriented dramas, was once again a force, even if invisible.

The CS&A Drama and Theatre Teacher Placement Team works with teachers and dramatists at every career stage, from recent college graduates to individuals with decades of experiences to professional actors, producers, or playwrights looking to make a career change.

Lisa began her career as an English, reading, and drama teacher at James Lick High School in San Jose, California.

Tom Geagan began his career over twenty years ago studying as an actor and director at Drama Studio London.

I put this down to the influence of my mum who I think saw that my skill set of arts, maths and drama would fit a career at the Bar.