Sentences with phrase «career in the theater»

With alumni from his past pics such as Samuel L Jackson, Tim Roth, Kurt Russell, James Parks, Amber Tamblyn Michael Madsen, Denis Menochet, James Remar and Walton Goggins plus Bruce Dern by his side onstage at the Theatre at the Ace Hotel in downtown LA, the director's 3.5 - hour performance of the five - chapter Western set in post-Civil War Wyoming revealed that Tarantino has a career in theater if he ever decided to chuck the whole moviemaking thing.»

After attending college at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and completing her graduate studies at the University of California at Irvine, she moved to New York City to pursue a career in theater.

In his twenties, McCollum briefly considered a career in theater and then attended trade school to study restaurant management and industrial kitchen work.

In 1964, McCollum moved to Essex, England, pursuing the idea of being an actor, and joined a local theater group in Southend - on - Sea; but he changed his mind about a career in theater and returned to California in 1965, moved into a small mobile home park in Venice Beach, California, [5] and attended Los Angeles Trade Technical College for five months, attempting to learn the trade of restaurant management and industrial kitchen work.

While I was out on my own looking for clients, I realized that pretty much anyone with a career in theater already must have a lawyer, so I decided I'd better go where the young, talented people are — the people who don't have lawyers yet... I auditioned for the BMI Musical Theater Workshop, a well - respected writing class for songwriters who want to learn to write Broadway musicals.

Seeking a career in theater acting where I can use my acting proficiencies in entertaining crowd.

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Although she performed in films, theater and TV, Duke was most successful in her TV acting career.

He started his business career with a couple of Pepsi bottling plants, then built from there into shopping centers and movie theaters in urban areas.

Satire, however, need not induce laughter, and I heard none in the theater at Lincoln Center during the 142 minutes it takes for Christian to upend his career by discovering some boundaries that he ought not to have crossed.

He would not still be playing, he says, if the Kings had not gradually built themselves into a close - knit bunch like the one he found in his early days in L.A. And he would not be playing well, he says, if he and Ana had not decided that she would scale back her theater career to live with him and their children (Luka, Matia and Petra) in Sacramento during the season.

I worked as an intern for The Wooster Group when I was a wee lass, still thinking I had a fabulous theater career in my future.

She started her theater career at the Lyric Stage Company of Boston as part of the stage management team working on a variety of productions, such as the IRNE award winning production of Avenue Q. Cat also served as Production Manager for Bad Habit Productions where she was an active participant in 6 seasons» worth of productions, including the launch of their series of performances for families.

It led me to discover theater set design, which in turn opened my eyes to a career in film design and art directing.

So, the researchers partnered with Second City Works, a marketing offshoot of the legendary improvisational theater troupe in Chicago that launched the careers of Bill Murray, Tina Fey, Amy Poehler and other Saturday Night Live alums.

His culinary career included stints as a dishwasher in an Italian restaurant, a movie theater concession stand supervisor, and country club line cook before he enrolled in the culinary... read more

After a twenty year career in professional theater administration and design, I came to realize that I was on an accelerated path to self - extinction.

What better way to turn that into a career than by double majoring in theater and creative writing?

I can literally remember calling my mom almost every day near tears because I felt so lost after I moved on from my intended career path in theater.

New York's guide to theater, restaurants, bars, movies, shopping, fashion, events, activities, things to do, music, art, books, clubs, tours, dance Hinge put together a list of the 40 most eligible people in New York City, based on how much interest they got coupled with success in career

An imposing and highly memorable presence on the Broadway stage, actor Frank Langella has won only a fraction of the acclaim he's received in the theater for his film career; still, his brooding good looks and his ability to play both villains and comic foils with a touch of menace has made him a welcome (and increasingly familiar) fare to film buffs.

With her genuine smile, earthy beauty, and striking green eyes, Melina Kanakaredes staked her claim on daytime television in The Guiding Light before expanding her talents to numerous other popular series and, eventually, the silver screen.Born and raised in Akron, OH, the second - generation Greek - American was the third daughter of an insurance salesman and homemaker who began her career as an actress in a community theater production of Tom Sawyer at the age of eight.

Born in Milwaukee on December 22nd, 1955, Kaczmarek considered a teaching career, but majored in theater at the University of Wisconsin instead.

The firstborn daughter of Oscar - winning cinematographer Caleb Deschanel and actress Mary Jo Weir (their second was starlet Zooey), Emily received her B.F.A. in theater from Boston University before launching her career on the stage and screen.

In the new documentary «Becoming Mike Nichols,» the Oscar, Tony and Emmy winner discusses key moments from his early career with his close friend, fellow theater director Jack O'Brien, recorded not long before Nichols died in 201In the new documentary «Becoming Mike Nichols,» the Oscar, Tony and Emmy winner discusses key moments from his early career with his close friend, fellow theater director Jack O'Brien, recorded not long before Nichols died in 201in 2014.

Though her film career basically ended in the mid -»40s, she continued working in theater until her retirement in 1962.

An underperformer in theaters, where its fourth place opening weekend gross was just $ 1 million more than Titanic's twentieth weekend showing, the»98 Les Mis didn't advance careers or land a single major award nomination.

At the beginning of his career, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, working simultaneously in the media of theater and?

Actress Abigail Breslin, whose new movie The Call is out in theaters this weekend, spoke to Collider about her career transitioning and spoke briefly about Ender's Game.

To wit: in just the past four months, Spielberg has released one Best Picture nominee, the historical drama The Post, and is now back in theaters with one of the more complicated and ambitious works of his career, the long - awaited virtual - reality sci - fi adventure Ready Player One.

Meade began her career in operations and sales at Sundance Film Festival, then advanced to film exhibition, serving on the Board of Directors for Women in Film and Television — Florida and directing 360 - degree marketing and publicity campaigns for Academy Award ® - accredited film festival and theater the Florida Film Festival and Enzian.

Shandling chose well throughout the series» run and — from the veteran to the novice, the theater - trained acting teacher and character actor to the comedy troupe star in his most subtle role — they all tend to feel the way Tambor does: «It changed my career.

Pacific Rim Uprising Rated PG - 13 for sequences of sci - fi violence and action, and some language Rotten Tomatoes Score: 46 % In Theaters Years after the events of the first film, John Boyega (Finn from Star Wars) is a promising young Jaeger pilot who has abandoned his military career to explore a life of crime.

Almost two full decades before the explosion of effects - and gore - driven horror created in large part by the emergence of a viable VHS genre market, Lewis and his producing partner crafted careers out of servicing the more prurient interests of theater owners, who were eager to book cheap fare that could fill seats between Hollywood studio engagements.

You got both a bachelor's and master's degree in theater before starting your career.

In theaters right now, you can see The End of the Tour, one of the best films of Jesse Eisenberg's career.

Steven Soderbergh) Cast: Matt Damon, Michael Douglas, Rob Lowe, Cheyenne Jackson, Scott Bakula Given that he kicked off his career with a Palme d'Or for «Sex, Lies, and Videotape,» it's fitting that even if Steven Soderbergh «s «final» film — the Liberace biopic «Behind the Candelabra» — skips theaters in most of the world, it will still get to see the inside of a theater on the Croisette.

This film was a game changer for horror, the career of James Wan (The Conjuring, upcoming Aquaman movie), and would be a game changer in the world of horror theater.

In this interview with The Mary Sue contributor Ashley Barry, Taylor explains how harsh criticism of her voice during a theater audition eventually lead to her discovering voice acting, a career she hadn't even known existed beforehand.

Career 1980s Reeves began his acting career at the age of nine, appearing in a theater production of Damn Yankees.

While anthology films are rarely made and rarely seen as commercial enterprises, New York Stories grossed a respectable $ 10.8 million in theaters, which inflation adjusts to $ 21.5 M today, a sum that would be appreciated by Allen and both generations of Coppola, if not Scorsese who has been enjoying the biggest returns of his career in recent years.

From his early days in sketch comedy with Elaine May to his career as a theater director and his prolific output as a filmmaker, his work continuous...

Showtime at the Apollo: Season 1 Premiere (FOX): Emmy Award - winning personality Steve Harvey hosts this two - hour event and reimagining of the classic talent showcase series, in which Harvey will celebrate his return to the famed theater, where he launched his own career, and where he'll be joined by some of the biggest stars in comedy and music.

Life of Riley (Kino Lorber, Blu - ray, DVD)-- It is curious that Alain Resnais, who was the most narratively experimental and ambitious of directors at the birth of the nouvelle vague in France, spent the last two decade of his filmmaking career melding cinema and theater in productions that are both highly theatrical and uniquely cinematic.

In the much buzzed - about film «Top Five,» opening in South Florida theaters this weekend, director and star Chris Rock plays a comedian who wants to become a serious actor and change public perception about his one career - defining rolIn the much buzzed - about film «Top Five,» opening in South Florida theaters this weekend, director and star Chris Rock plays a comedian who wants to become a serious actor and change public perception about his one career - defining rolin South Florida theaters this weekend, director and star Chris Rock plays a comedian who wants to become a serious actor and change public perception about his one career - defining role.

Never Apologize (Warner) is not a documentary, it's a theater piece: Malcolm McDowell's remembrance of director (and his longtime friend) Lindsay Anderson, who launched McDowell's screen career by casting him in as the rebellious hero of «If...» The full title of the one - man - show, a mix of readings from Anderson's papers, personal reminiscence and re-enactments of memorable moments, is «Never Apologize: A Personal Visit with Lindsay Anderson [And Their Celebrated Colleagues],» and along with his affectionate impression of Anderson is a collection of delicious impressions of «their celebrated colleagues,» among them Alan Bates, Richard Harris and John Ford.

Wiseau has been enjoying a career renaissance ever since actor - director James Franco released The Disaster Artist in theaters nationwide, a comedic recreation of the Hollywood cult figure's making of The Room.

She says her experience as a New York theater actor early in her career helped her become one of the top casting directors in Hollywood.

For the main topic of the night the guys spend some time discussing the film career of Dwayne «The Rock» Johnson in honor of Brett Ratner's interpretation of Hercules in theaters this past weekend.

Garfield's career began in the theater and in 2006 his performances in «Beautiful Thing,» «The Overwhelming and Burn,» «Chatroom,» and «Citizenship» won him the award for Outstanding Newcomer at the Evening Standard Awards, and the Jack Tinker Award for Most Promising Newcomer at the Critics Circle Awards.

After a very successful theater career in Chicago I moved to L.A. in 2004 to take it to the next level.