It's hard to find famous quotes that deal with topics starting with "X"!
"I xeroxed my watch. Now I can give away free watches." ~Steven Wright~
"...your mom calls you up every other day to beg you to get a real job so she can hold her head up at your cousin's upcoming wedding reception -- you're good with technology, have you ever considered becoming a Xerox machine repairperson." ~Joyce Park~
"I xeroxed a mirror. Now I have an extra xerox
machine." ~Steven Wright~
"You do your best work when you’re having fun." ~Xerox Slogan~
"Gutenberg made everybody a reader. Xerox makes everybody a publisher."
~Marshall
McLuhan~
“I feel like I'm drowning. Every night, I'm carrying home loads of things to read but I'm too exhausted. I keep clipping things and Xeroxing them and planning to read them eventually, but I just end up throwing it all away and feeling guilty." ~Carl Sandburg~
This week I am including an email from my good friend Alan Rifkin who is publishing his new novel. If you have any questions or comments about it you can contact Alan directly.
Disclaimer and Disclosure: It is not my intent for anyone who does not want to receive email from me to receive it. If you arecurrently on my mailing list and do not want to be I will be happy to remove you. Please contact me in one of three ways: 1. By email (brucethomaseason@...), 2. By regular mail. (Bruce Thomas Eason 3350 E. 7hr St., #201, Long Beach, CA 908043. By
telephone (562)212-5507
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Dear Everyone:
This is to announce that I'm posting my new novel, Alt. Country, online next month, as explained below. I'm looking for mentions, traffic from literary blogs, links from friends' web sites, word of mouth, confirmation, or a low pitiful whistle. After much thought, this just seems the right decision now. (Or else no one's being honest enough to talk to me out of it--and I've really, really asked.)
Please forgive the group email! I'll update you as the date approaches.
Former Details/L.A. Weekly contributing editor and PEN-USA Award finalist Alan Rifkin will post the full text of a new novel on his web site beginning March 19th. Rifkin has not yet found an agent for the book, and he would like the manuscript viewed by as many eyes as possible before he serially courts publishers, six months at a time, in a confused and increasingly unimaginative book industry.
The Los
Angeles Times Book Review called Rifkin's first fiction collection, Signal
Hill, "[H]auntingly beautiful, the work of a gifted storyteller with a sharp eye but a tender heart." Kirkus Reviews wrote, "Rifkin is what might have happened had Nathanel West lived on and been even more talented . . . . Exquisite." Time Out New York wrote: "Rifkin writes with such startling originality and authority that you have to believe he'll be the next darling of the literary world."
Rifkin has been a finalist for both the 2004 Southern California Booksellers Award in Fiction and the 2003 PEN-Center USA Award in Journalism. He describes the new novel as "a post-partisan love story of the culture wars."
A story of hard-won, compromised but still magnetic love, Alt. Country tracks the modern legend of Harvey Kooper, a former alternative-country singer-songwriter trying to live right. Haunted by the mistakes of a lifetime, he runs from near-fame, leads spiritual fasts in the San Fernando Valley ("Country Music's Salinger," a bartender calls him), finds Jesus, marries a radio host who spins musical dreams of half-remembered pasts . . . and then recreates all the chaos and tragedy he had tried to break free of. Meanwhile he is shadowed by a faded, possibly delusional, Rolling Stone reporter who believes that the artist's slide to obscurity is a story for our times. 250 pgs.
WHAT IT'S ABOUT ...
The Star Within is a one hour tele-seminar about becoming a
'peak performance actor.' And now you can access it without
paying a penny.
GO HERE => http://www.showbizhowto.com/thestarwithin.html
The Star Within is a program designed to help actors use the
same technology and training that helps professional athletes
get themselves "in the zone."
This is crucial training that can help any professional actor
turn every audition into a 'win-win' - and any meeting into
a deal maker.
So, if you want to have the ability to be "in the zone" at
a moments notice - when going into an audition, a meeting or
in actual performance - this is a recording you can't afford
to miss.
Hosted by world renowned acting career advisor, Bob Fraser
and nationally recognized peak performance coach, David
Breslow - this introductory hour of The Star Within is just
jam-packed with strategies and mindsets that will set you on
the path of achieving better results in your acting career.
ACTORS ARE ALREADY RAVING ABOUT IT ...
Here are just a few of the comments actors sent in after they
listened to this call 'live' last Tuesday ...
"The hour really helped to ground me back in 'the zone' and
at class last night my teacher even commented on the 'great
energy' I brought to class! Thanks so much, your work is
invaluable ..."
"The Star Within was another home run for you! You and David
worked so well off of each other. It is interesting to be
reminded that the tools of success are universal. Thank you
for continuing to shed light on the business side of show
business."
"Thank you for doing a meaningful, useful call - for free. 
So many times these things are sales pitches and I feel set
up ... not helped.  But this one was so packed with value! I
can only imagine what the Master Program will be like."
"The teleseminar was absolutely great; the insights you and
David shared are so very valuable."
"Took the time to listen to the tele-seminar this morning and
filled my pages from the print out. So many gates are opening
up at this moment and I thank you for your contributions to
helping me realize what some of the blocks are - and how to
address them."
GO HERE=> http://www.showbizhowto.com/thestarwithin.html
"You are using technology to connect actors in a way that I
think really capitalizes on our new media communications. I
enjoyed the seminar and honestly found it to be more in-depth,
than I thought it might be for a talk of an hour duration."
"Thanks sooooooo much for last night's call! I was already
able to apply what I learned ... today at an audition. I
have struggled with my mindset going into auditions in the
past and so, today, as the nerves started to kick in - I
began to think about the call last night.  I kept reminding
myself that the only thing I can control is my audition, that
I can't control what happens after that, to stay present and
that it wasn't about the results. As I left they said "that
was exactly what we were looking for!"  Well I think I need
to say to you, that call last night, was exactly what I was
looking for!"
"... the tele-seminar on The Star Within is one of the best
I have heard in a long time. It didn't feel like one long
sales pitch (which many of them do) but is seriously packed
with fresh, excellent and practical advice that any actor
could just use straight away. I get nothing to recommend this
to all the actors out there ... but if you haven't listened
to it yet, do yourself a favour, grab a cup of coffee and a
pen, turn off the phone and listen in, it could be the most
productive hour of your career so far."
DON'T PUT THIS OFF ...
We've gotten scores of emails like these - regarding the free
tele-seminar - and now it's available for you to listen to any
time you want ... just make sure you access it soon - before
the Master Program starts and the free recording comes down.
GO HERE to check it out:
http://www.showbizhowto.com/thestarwithin.html
Have a great day and, as always ...
Much Success,
Bob
"I xeroxed my watch. Now I can give away free watches." ~Steven Wright~
"...your mom calls you up every other day to beg you to get a real job so she can hold her head up at your cousin's upcoming wedding reception -- you're good with technology, have you ever considered becoming a Xerox machine repairperson." ~Joyce Park~
"I xeroxed a mirror. Now I have an extra xerox machine." ~Steven Wright~
"You do your best work when you’re having fun." ~Xerox Slogan~
"Gutenberg made everybody a reader. Xerox makes everybody a publisher."
~Marshall McLuhan~
“I feel like I'm drowning. Every night, I'm carrying home loads of things to read but I'm too exhausted. I keep clipping things and Xeroxing them and planning to read them eventually, but I just end up throwing it all away and feeling guilty." ~Carl Sandburg~
This week I am including an email from my good friend Alan Rifkin who is publishing his new novel. If you have any questions or comments about it you can contact Alan directly.
Disclaimer and Disclosure: It is not my intent for anyone who does not want to receive email from me to receive it. If you arecurrently on my mailing list and do not want to be I will be happy to remove you. Please contact me in one of three ways: 1. By email (brucethomaseason@...), 2. By regular mail. (Bruce Thomas Eason 3350 E. 7hr St., #201, Long Beach, CA 908043. By
telephone (562) 212-5507.
This is to announce that I'm posting my new novel, Alt. Country, online next month, as explained below. I'm looking for mentions, traffic from literary blogs, links from friends' web sites, word of mouth, confirmation, or a low pitiful whistle. After much thought, this just seems the right decision now. (Or else no one's being honest enough to talk to me out of it--and I've really, really asked.)
Please forgive the group email! I'll update you as the date approaches.
Former Details/L.A. Weekly contributing editor and PEN-USA Award finalist Alan Rifkin will post the full text of a new novel on his web site beginning March 19th. Rifkin has not yet found an agent for the book, and he would like the manuscript viewed by as many eyes as possible before he
serially courts publishers, six months at a time, in a confused and increasingly unimaginative book industry.
The Los Angeles Times Book Review called Rifkin's first fiction collection, Signal Hill, "[H]auntingly beautiful, the work of a gifted storyteller with a sharp eye but a tender heart." Kirkus Reviews wrote, "Rifkin is what might have happened had Nathanael West lived on and been even more talented . . . . Exquisite." Time Out New York wrote: "Rifkin writes with such startling originality and authority that you have to believe he'll be the next darling of the literary world."
Rifkin has been a finalist for both the 2004 Southern California Booksellers Award in Fiction and the 2003 PEN-Center USA Award in Journalism. He describes the new novel as "a post-partisan love story of the culture wars."
A story of hard-won, compromised but still magnetic love, Alt. Country tracks the modern legend of Harvey Kooper, a former alternative-country singer-songwriter trying to live right. Haunted by the mistakes of a lifetime, he runs from near-fame, leads spiritual fasts in the San Fernando Valley ("Country Music's Salinger," a
bartender calls him), finds Jesus, marries a radio host who spins musical dreams of half-remembered pasts . . . and then recreates all the chaos and tragedy he had tried to break free of. Meanwhile he is shadowed by a faded, possibly delusional, Rolling Stone reporter who believes that the artist's slide to obscurity is a story for our times. 250 pgs.
"My hat was pulled down and this girl said 'Are you really him?' I whispered 'Yeah, I'm really him.' She screamed 'Mom! Dad! It's Heath Ledger!"
~Josh Hartnett~
"It isn't what they say about you, it's what they whisper." ~Errol Flynn~
"Discipline gives total freedom; it allows you to go beyond your limitations, to break through boundaries and reach the highest goal. The path to discipline will not only save a person's life, it will also give it meaning. How? By introducing him to deeper joys and deeper longings, by creating a silence in which the whisper of the heart can be heard. Truly, discipline is the road to liberation." ~Gurumayi
Chidvilasananda~
"A man who is quiet will be a Master who will hear your quietest whisper." ~Gray Lily~
"Ever notice that the whisper of temptation can be heard farther than the loudest call to duty." ~Earl Wilson~
"Submission is metaphoric. It is the light in darkness, the whisper of a snowflake on your shoulder, the graceful way of flowers in the wind, the scent of autumn amidst the towering trees in a pine forest. Submission creeps up and wraps itself around you. It has a life of its own... just like an emotion." ~Lord Thunder~
"A secret is not something unrevealed, but something told privately, in a whisper." ~ Marcel
Pagnol~
Disclaimer and Disclosure: It is not my intent for anyone who does not want to receive email from me to receive it. If you arecurrently on my mailing list and do not want to be I will be happy to remove you. Please contact me in one of three ways: 1. By email (brucethomaseason@...), 2. By regular mail. (Bruce Thomas Eason 3350 E. 7hr St., #201, Long Beach, CA
90804&n
bsp;&nb sp;3. By telephone (562) 212-5507
Hi, Bob Fraser here ...
As you may know I've been working on a new program for
actors, "behind the scenes."
Now it's time to pull back the curtain and tell you all
about it ...
===============
THE STAR WITHIN
===============
PEAK PERFORMANCE TRAINING FOR ACTORS
FREE Introductory Tele-seminar February 24, 2009
I've teamed up with nationally recognized Peak Performance
Consultant, David Breslow to bring you a program designed
to enhance your acting career results ... and we'd like to
invite you to join us on Tuesday, February 24th (in 2 weeks)
for an eye-opening program about how you can really achieve
peak performance in your acting career.
And the best part? It's free.
=================
CRITICAL INSIGHTS
=================
This introductory session of THE STAR WITHIN will give you
critical insights from the best of both worlds – the real
business of acting ... and the art of peak performance.
At this one hour event you’ll discover the truth about
building a successful acting career from an ‘insider’s’
point of view – and you’ll be introduced to the kind of
business methods that can help you book more roles.
You’ll also begin the process of understanding and using
the peak performance techniques used by top pro athletes,
airline pilots, surgeons, lawyers, and business executives
- skills that can trigger your best in every audition,
interview, and actual performance.
Get ready to attack your acting career with amazing new
self confidence - knowing that you're fully prepared to
be ‘in the zone’ ... using methods from THE STAR WITHIN
=======================
RESERVE YOUR SPOT TODAY
=======================
If you're ready to step up and bring big changes to your
auditions, interviews and performances - be sure to put
aside an hour at 9:00 PM (EST) on the evening of February
24, 2009 - to attend this compelling tele-seminar from
the comfort of your own home.
Just go here to sign up ...
http://www.showbizhowto.com/thestarwithin.html
Please don't put this off, space is extremely limited to
this free event - in fact we can only take the first 100
actors who register.
NOTE: Your place at this introductory teleseminar is free,
however normal long-distance charges will apply.
========================
GET MORE INFORMATION NOW
========================
I'm sure you want know more about the free call, so please
do yourself a favor - take a moment now to go check it out.
http://www.showbizhowto.com/thestarwithin.html
Don't wait, the skill-sets David and I will be sharing on
this call can get you started on the road to becoming a ‘peak
performance actor’ without vague concepts, hard to untangle
theories ... or quick-fix tips that don't really work.
Get the direct, honest truth about HOW you produce results
every day - and how you can begin to control and improve
those outcomes, on a consistent basis.
As we say on the set; "lights, camera, ACTION!"
http://www.showbizhowto.com/thestarwithin.html
Have a splendid day and, as always ...
Much Success,
Bob
"Thou art to me a delicious torment." ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson~
"When love is not madness, it is not love."
~Pedro Calderone de la Barca~
"Love - a wildly misunderstood although highly desirable malfunction of the heart which weakens the brain, causes eyes to sparkle, cheeks to glow, blood pressure to rise and the lips to pucker."
~Author Unknown~
"Must, bid the Morn awake! Sad Winter now declines,
Each bird doth choose a mate; This day's Saint Valentine's. For that good bishop's sake Get up and let us see What beauty it shall be That Fortune us assigns." ~Michael Drayton~
"panties... all so much fun, some with strings, others without. soft ones like velvet, slick ones like silk. some sparkle like glitter, and shine like stars. all the colors, i want them to be! red lace and pearls He bought for me."
~Jean Ann DeLeon~
"Love makes your soul crawl out from its hiding place." ~Zora Neale Hurston~
"Love is being stupid
together." ~Paul Valery~
"Falling in love is so hard on the knees." ~Aerosmith~
Disclaimer and Disclosure: It is not my intent for anyone who does not want to receive email from me to receive it. If you arecurrently on my mailing list and do not want to be I will be happy to remove you. Please contact me in one of three ways: 1. By email (brucethomaseason@...), 2. By regular mail. (Bruce Thomas
Eason 3350 E. 7hr St., #201, Long Beach, CA
90804 3. By telephone (562) 212-5507
hi everybody,
I don't know if you know about this - but i just found out
about it from a friend - and i think it's an awesome site
for actors.
it's called showbiz how to and when you sign up for the
free newsletter you get a bunch of downloads for free.
I went there because it had a big list of agents, and I'm
looking for an agent - but its also got a workbook about
branding, a bunch of forms, a tutorial about cover letters,
and a bunch of other neat stuff for actors.
here's the link ---
http://www.showbizhowto.com/asuboffer.html
P.S. the workbook is awesome - i've been working on it all
afternoon and it's so eye opening
kate
Are you pursuing an acting career professionally?
Then, please do yourself a big favor and visit my
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I'm sure you've noticed that I talk about my acting
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Claim your FREE subscription to my actor's newsletter
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Show Biz How-To is a MUST for anyone who is seriously
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Go ... check it out now.
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Have a splendid week and, as always ...
Much Success,
Bob
Disclaimer and Disclosure: It is not my intent for anyone who does not want to receive email from me to receive it. If you arecurrently on my mailing list and do not want to be I will be happy to remove you. Please contact me in one of three ways: 1. By email (brucethomaseason@...), 2. By regular mail. (Bruce Thomas
Eason 3350 E. 7hr St., #201, Long Beach, CA
90804 3. By telephone (562)
212-5507
There are only a few days left to reserve your seat
for the January session of An Actor Works.
The weekend workshop is coming up this Saturday and
Sunday (24th & 25th) but there's still time to reserve
you place (there are some seats left - and don't worry,
we never overbook).
NOTE: You've got the option of getting this breakthrough
training now - and paying in 4 monthly payments, so it's
an investment in your career that's easier to handle.
If you've been on the fence about whether this kind of
jump-start is something you need for your acting career
- today is a good time to check it out and make up your
mind. (We can't guarantee there will be seats available
by the event date.)
So ... if you're incredibly passionate about improving
your acting career, and really ready to start taking the
kind of steps that can make it happen ... I urge you to
consider An Actor Works and join me in Burbank California
this coming weekend.
GO HERE => http://www.anactorworks.com
Here are just a few of the things actors have said about
my training ...
"... a God-send for actors. I don't want to gush,
but I'm telling you without any hesitation, I'd
highly - and I mean highly - recommend (it) to
any actor, any time. If Bob ever renamed this
course, it would be "What They Don't Teach You
in Acting School." - Mark Brandon, actor, coach
and author of Winning Auditions
"Fraser doesn't offer a secret key to success.
Rather, he presents a straightforward how to list
of things you need to do to be a successful actor.
I went and had the 'lint' talked out of my head."
- Now Casting review by Petrea Burchard
"His 'insider' perspective is a mind-blowing blast
of inspiration that propels actors to amazing and
exciting results." - Robert Guillaume (TV's Benson)
"Time passes so fast ... (it) can give actors who
are ready the necessary shot in the arm and the
courage to go for the gold. Bob really knows the
tools that work. He will give you inspiration, I
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of Acting Is Everything
"(Bob) does a great job of coaching the actor on
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strongly recommend that you apply his insights.
Doing so can supercharge your career and level
of success." - LA Casting review by Joher Coleman
"The tools Bob shares are rarely - if at all -
taught, and they prove to be the most important
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"Bob Fraser is the quintessential teacher, the
person we all hope to meet at least once in our
lives who will inspire us, encourage us and always
be there in our times of need. Of all the acting
teachers and gurus I've known in my almost 40
years in the business, I place Bob at the very
top." - Greg Joseph, Phoenix actor
"The best damn acting coach in America. Listen to
this guy!" - Bob Woolsey - Denver actor & teacher
And when you visit the site, be sure to check out the
"Actors Say" page -- to see what other actors, agents
and coaches have said about Bob and his career centered
training.
If you're finally ready to break through to a successful
money-making acting career, take a moment to visit the
site and discover the details ...
Because - An Actor Works is the workshop that can help
you make all your dreams a living reality.
If you want to join me for this life-changing, career
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GO HERE => http://www.anactorworks.com
Have a wonderful day and, as always ...
Much Success,
Bob
P.S. For those actors who are not in the Southern Cal
area, a reminder that I plan to travel in 2009 and stop
at most major production centers such as NYC, Chicago,
Boston, Atlanta, Florida and others.
And, if you don't live near a big city and still want
to get this training - you might want to check out my
new DVD offer. Now you can get the benefit of my life
changing workshop ... 'long distance' ... on video.
GO HERE => http://www.anactorworks.com/video.html
"There are two types of people in this world, good and bad. The good sleep better, but the bad seem to enjoy the waking hours much more." ~Woody Allen~
"The Anglo-Saxon conscience doesn't keep you from doing what you shouldn't; it just keeps you from enjoying it." ~Salvador de Madariaga~
"The worst vice of a fanatic is his sincerity." ~Oscar Wilde~
"Our virtues are often, in reality, no better than vices disguised." ~Francois de La Rochefoucauld~
"Of all vices, drinking is the most incompatible with greatness.~ ~Walter
Scott~
"It is always one's virtues and not one's vices that precipitate one into disaster." ~Rebecca West~
"Nature, who for the perfect maintenance of the laws of her general equilibrium, has sometimes need of vices and sometimes of virtues, inspires now this impulse, now that one, in accordance with what she requires." ~Marquis de Sade~
"It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues." ~Abraham Lincoln~
"The greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well as of the greatest virtues." ~Rene Desartes~
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3350 E. 7hr St., #201, Long Beach, CA
90804 3. By telephone (562)
212-5507
Disclaimer and Disclosure: It is not my intent for anyone who does not want to receive email from me to receive it. If you arecurrently on my mailing list and do not want to be I will be happy to remove you. Please contact me in one of three ways: 1. By email (brucethomaseason@...), 2. By regular mail. (Bruce Thomas Eason
3350 E. 7hr St., #201, Long Beach, CA
90804 3. By telephone (562) 212-
I've gotten a lot of emails asking me how You Must Act!
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* * * *
Bob Fraser is a retired actor, writer, director
and producer on such series as Full House, Benson,
The Love Boat, Condo, Phyl & Mikhy, and many more.
He is also a regular columnist for Now Casting,
Actors Life, Acting Magazine, FABactor, and been
a lecturer at AFI, SAG Conservatory, Equity Library
Theatre, UCLA, USC, Denver University, Film Industry
Network, Women In Film, Actors Creative Network,
Actors Site and others.
Bob's work has been profiled in The New York Times,
Variety, Hollywood Reporter, Backstage, The London
Times, The Reader's Digest, and dozens of other
periodicals.
You can subscribe to his free newsletter – and get
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As always ...
Much Success,
Bob Fraser
TENACITY: The quality or state of being tenacious; as, tenacity, or retentiveness, of memory; tenacity, or persistency, of purpose.
"Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity." ~Louis Pasteur~
"Patience and tenacity are worth more than twice their weight of cleverness." ~Thomas Huxley~
"A wedding anniversary is the celebration of love, trust, partnership, tolerance and tenacity. The order varies for any given year." ~Paul Sweeney~
"Men never cling to their dreams with such tenacity as at the moment when they are losing faith in them, and know it, but do not dare yet to confess it to themselves." ~William Graham Sumner~
"To succeed in life in today's world, you must have the will and tenacity to finish the job."~Chin-Ning Chu~
“Tenacity is a pretty fair substitute for bravery, and the best form of tenacity I know is expressed in a Danish fur trapper's principle" "The next mile is the only one a person really has to make.” ~Eric Sevareid~
"In this world, there is nothing softer or thinner than water. But to compel the hard and unyielding, it has no equal. That the weak overcomes the strong, that the hard gives way to the gentle -- this everyone knows. Yet no one asks accordingly."
~ Lao-Tse ~
Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah!!!!
Bruce Eason
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Have a wonderful holiday and, as always ...
Much Success,
Bob
"Power is the ultimate aphrodisiac." ~Henry Kissinger~
"I'm not averse to being tied up - I like a man to take charge. There's something very sexy about being submissive." ~ Eva Longoria~
"A man who has not passed through the inferno of his passions has not overcome them." ~Carl Jung~
"Some women blush when they are kissed; some call for the police; some swear; some bite; but the worst are those who laugh ." ~Anonymous~
"What is a promiscuous person? It's usually someone who is getting more sex than you are." ~Victor Lownes~
"Love well, whip well." ~ Benjamin Franklin~
Have a great week!
Thanks,
Bruce Eason
P.S. Christmas cards....even though I am Jewish(a convert), I love them....real ones not cyber cards. I am shooting to break the record this year. So....if you have enjoyed my quotes over the years please send me a Christmas or Hannukah card and this year I'll put you on my list for next year. If you want to include a photo of yourself that's cool too.
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Hi,
Just wanted to drop a note to the group to talk about a
book I found that's just amazing.
It's Self Management For Actors by Bonnie Gillespie.
This book is filled with all kinds of great advice about
running your acting career and it's really well written.
This is the third edition so I guess it's been around for
awhile - but I just found it. If you're the kind of actor
I am and you want to be pro-active at running your career
then this is the book for you.
Here's a link to get it at a discount on Amazon ...
http://snipurl.com/72q4n
Bye
Kate
I recently got a letter from a young actor in Kentucky.
She wrote that an agent in Atlanta had told her she
was definitely cut out to be an actor - that she had
"the look."
But to get started she would need classes and pictures
which the "agency" would happily provide - for a fee.
Then, a friend of hers, who has been acting "for years"
told her that she wasn't very talented and that without
talent she would waste a lot of time and money chasing
after a dream. The 'friend' went on to explain that
talent was the main component of all successful acting
careers.
This young actor got two pieces of bad advice.
The first bit of advice was from a scammer, running a
scam - period. The second bit of advice is the one I'd
like to talk about - because it was uninformed, mean,
and just plain wrong.
Webster's Unabridged Dictionary defines 'talent' thusly:
1. a gift committed to one's trust to use and improve;
from the parable of the talents, in St. Matthew; hence
any natural faculty, ability or power. 2. a special,
superior ability in an art, mechanics, learning, etc.
While I agree in theory with Webster - there is a common
misconception among some 'helpful' agents, teachers,
talent managers and (unfortunately) actors, that there
exists a natural actor gene - or as Webster puts it,
"a special superior ability."
Since all human beings act - behaving, emoting, reacting,
listening and slipping in and out of attitudes every day
(all skills of a professional actor) ... why is it that
these "special superior abilities" are rarely quantified
or explained?
The idea that some people should just forget it because
they aren't "talented" - or that others should go ahead
because they have "the look" - needs to be dispelled
by those of us who know the truth about what it REALLY
takes to have a professional acting career.
I never address the question of whether someone is cut
out for the business of acting because I have learned
through long hard experience that I don't know who is -
or who isn't - going to succeed.
I don't really believe that anyone can say. There are
just too many variables.
As William Goldman so aptly put it, "Nobody knows."
This much I do know, I have seen actors who were clearly
"talented" or "gorgeous" end up teaching second grade -
and people with little "talent" or who were, to put it
nicely, "looks challenged" - go right to the top.
Telling a young (or even not so young) actor that it's
all about "talent" or "looks" is not only not correct,
it's not very smart.
When I first started my acting career, I couldn't act
a lick. And I'm far from a babe magnet. But I've made
millions as an actor - and many more millions hiring
actors.
My point is simply this: Any reason to go ahead - or
give up - should be questioned thoroughly.
Common sense tells us that if acting were a "natural"
ability there would be no need of acting teachers,
acting coaches, or "acting tracks" at universities.
Of course, acting is not an easy business. It is more
difficult than most professions. But the gap between
"talented" and "not so talented" is as thin as Paris
Hilton's resumé.
As everyone who reads my stuff knows, I try to make it
very plain that this is really hard work. Few achieve
stardom. More actors can achieve a career, but it is
still a small percentage of those who think they'd
like to act professionally.
Not all of the successful actors on screen and stage
are "natural talents" or even passably good looking.
Some are just better at the business part - or they
stay at it longer than others.
As I point out in my acting career courses, there are
specific steps you must take to have real success.
The first step is to rid yourself of all the 'walls'
you build up - or allow others to build. Because it
is those 'walls' that keep you from taking the steps
you need to take, to accomplish your dream.
As with all dreams (sports, music, writing, dance,
architecture, medicine, or having the biggest ball
of string in the world) - it will not become real
without ACTION on your part.
If you believe that there are 'reasons' you will or
won't succeed, you simply won't do what needs to be
done. That's why I say (not to be too obvious) ...
You Must Act!
Don't accept any 'reasons' to pursue or give up a dream
without a complete investigation into whether those
'reasons' are real - or an illusion of reality.
The truth is: REALITY IS NOT OPTIONAL.
* * * *
Bob Fraser is an actor, writer, director, producer and
show-runner on such hits as Full House, Benson, The
Love Boat and others.
He's been a regular columnist for NowCasting.com,
ActorsLife.com, and many other sites. He's also
a featured speaker at AFI, SAG Conservatory, Equity
Library Theatre, UCLA, USC, Actors Creative Network,
Film Industry Network, Women In Film, and many more.
Subscribe to Bob's free newsletter that's especially
designed for actors, Show Biz How-To, by going here:
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You can check out his acting career courses at the
following sites:
http://www.youmustact.comhttp://www.hypnoticaudition.comhttp://www.theagentcode.comhttp://www.headshotsecrets.comhttp://www.anactorworks.com
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"Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away." ~Phillip K. Dick~
"I believe in looking reality straight in the eye and denying it." ~Garrison Keillor~
"The basic tool for the manipulation of reality is the manipulation of words. If you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use the words." ~Philip K. Dick~
"Reality is an acquired taste." ~ Robert Fitz~
"Everything is a dangerous drug except reality, which is unendurable." ~Cyril Connolly~
"Sometimes the appropriate response to reality is to go insane." ~Philip K. Dick~
"Reality is just a crutch for people who can't cope with drugs." ~Robin Williams~
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I'm new to the group and I'm an actress in California. I signed up because I
like to 'meet'
other actors and hear about our experiences in the business.
As an introduction, I'd like to share a few 'freebees' I've found on the net
that might be
helpful.
Judy Kerr is an author and acting coach and she has a cool site. Her book Acting
Is
Everything is just filled with great info for actors in Hollywood - but on her
site you can
download several free things that help actors including articles about building
an acting
reel, a list of show biz related sites and she has several video interviews with
industry
people. Definitely worth the trip. www.actingiseverything.com
Another good site is www.monologueaudition.com which is run by Karen Kohlhaas
who
teaches at The Atlantic Theatre company in New York. She has several neat things
on the
site including a list of overdone monologues and she has a free newsletter about
acting
auditions and monologues.
Anyway, I'll try to share more things in the future and look forward to
networking with
other members of the group. By the way, if anyone else knows of any actor
'freebees'
please send the info my way. Thank you.
Bye.
Kate
I taught Sandra Bullock when no one knew who she was. I talked her out of quitting. I put her in a showcase." ~Sally Kirkland~
"Age wrinkles the body. Quitting wrinkles the soul." ~Douglas MacArthur~
"I'm quitting the business today. I'm going to open up an appliance store, I've always really been into toasters. I'm giving it all up. " ~Dane Cook~
"Quitting doesn't enter my mind."~Jimmy
Buffett~
"For the past 32 years, I've done nothing outside the entertainment business. I've had some real highs and some real lows, but I love the work so much that I never once thought of quitting." ~Meat Loaf~
"Learned helplessness is the giving-up reaction, the quitting response that follows from the belief that whatever you do doesn't matter." ~Arnold Schwarzenegger~
Thanksgiving is almost here. I hope you are all getting ready for a great day.
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I've gotten some emails questioning me about the
subtitle of my computer-based acting career course,
NAIL IT! - Delivering The Hypnotic Audition.
It seems there are actors who are worried about the
whole idea of using hypnosis - or even about being
hypnotized themselves.
But my program is not about hypnosis or even being
hypnotized - it's about creating a state of mind in
the 'buyers' in show business (casting directors,
producers and directors).
Let me explain:
Hypnosis is generally defined as a process in which
critical thinking is bypassed and a type of selective
thinking - and perception - is established.
There are dozens of theories about the whole idea of
hypnosis -- and each theory will play a key role in
building your own `hypnotic audition' skill-set.
Some theorists believe that hypnosis is an altered
state of consciousness, pure and simple. There are
also those who believe that a more mundane process
is at work - that the subject is merely FOCUSING
their attention and expectations.
Another idea is called `the hyper-suggestibility
theorem' which states that the subject actually
`cooperates' in order to please - by responding
positively to the suggestions of the hypnotist.
In other words the subject does not want to "rock
the boat" and accepts the hypnotist's suggestions,
without any conscious censorship.
Finally there is a school of thought which holds
that hypnosis - as a state - is similar to other
states of extreme concentration, where a person
becomes oblivious to his or her surroundings ...
while lost in thought.
For example when you've been driving and suddenly
find yourself much further down the road - without
any conscious memory of having driven the distance.
Or you're reading a book and do not hear (or see)
anything that's going on around you.
For our purposes, as actors, hypnosis can be thought
of as the act of deliberately inducing or creating a
'state of mind' in the subject.
The operative word is deliberately.
The "hypnotic audition" is composed of two parts:
1. Creating a `state' of mind in yourself - a state
of mind that allows you to perform at top levels on
a consistent basis
2. Inducing a 'state' of mind in the 'buyers' of
talent (casting directors, directors, producers,
bookers, agents, managers) - during those crucial
few precious minutes that you have ... to NAIL IT!
NAIL IT! ==> http://www.hypnoticaudition.com
Now, I want to reassure those who have read the
preceding with growing skepticism ... and, perhaps,
a bit of cynicism.
"Come on, Bob. Do you really think I can hypnotize
a casting director?"
"Hypnosis! What's that got to do with acting?"
Let's look at this perfectly natural skepticism ...
I want you to think back to a movie you loved.
Have you got that experience in your mind?
Good.
Now, what is it that happened as you watched that
movie? Were you transported? Did you lose track of
time? Does it now seem as if the whole thing went
by in an instant? Was your mood altered? Did the
story of the movie cause you to be in an another
`state of mind?'
Probably.
Here's a fact:
Entertainment is simply the purposeful, deliberate,
carefully planned act of inducing a state of mind in
the audience.
In other words, we are not too far afield here -
we're really talking about the underlying purposes
of acting itself.
Good acting is the ability to cause the audience to
see you as a character in a story.
Good story telling is the art of taking the audience
"away from themselves" and causing them to focus on
a fiction.
When done properly, the audience at a movie (or a
play, or television show) lose all track of time,
place themselves inside the story, and become, for
all intents and purposes, totally oblivious to their
surroundings.
These are all signs that they are in a state of ...
hypnosis.
It's not too far out to say that all entertainment
is - at it's foundation - an attempt to hypnotize.
So my answer to the wonderers is: "Yes, I do expect
you to hypnotize the casting director, the director,
the producer, the agent ... and the audience."
THAT'S YOUR JOB.
In order to get good at it, however, you will have
to start by altering your own state of mind about
the whole audition process.
Because what you think about consistently is what
is going to happen in your life – and I'd like to
convince you to think about becoming a successful,
working, well paid, professional actor.
Delivering that `hypnotic audition' is the key to
making your dream a reality in your life.
* * * * * *
Bob Fraser is an actor, writer, director, producer
and author of The Acting Career Programs On Your
Computer: You Must Act! Nail It! Headshot Secrets
Revealed and The Agent Code
If you'd like to know more about Bob, you can visit
his page on IMDb.com ==> http://snipurl.com/239bv
If you'd like to discover more about Bob's acting
career programs - visit these sites:
YOU MUST ACT! ==> http://www.youmustact.com
NAIL IT! ==> http://www.hypnoticaudition.com
HEADSHOT SECRETS ==> http://www.headshotsecrets.com
THE AGENT CODE ==> http://www.theagentcode.com
AN ACTOR WORKS ==> http://www.anactorworks.com
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"I taught Sandra Bullock when no one knew who she was. I talked her out of quitting. I put her in a showcase." ~Sally Kirkland~
"Age wrinkles the body. Quitting wrinkles the soul." ~Douglas MacArthur~
"I'm quitting the business today. I'm going to open up an appliance store, I've always really been into toasters. I'm giving it all up. " ~Dane Cook~
"Quitting doesn't enter my mind." ~Jimmy Buffett~
"For the past 32 years, I've done nothing outside the entertainment business. I've had some real highs and some real lows, but I love the work so much that I never once thought of quitting." ~Meat Loaf~
"Learned helplessness is the giving-up reaction, the quitting response that follows from the belief that whatever you do doesn't matter." ~Arnold
Schwarzenegger~
Thanksgiving is almost here. I hope you are all geting ready for a great day.
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"By perseverance the snail reached the ark." ~Charles Haddon Spurgeon~
"If you wish success in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother and hope your guardian genius." ~Joseph Addison~
"Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air."
~John Quincy Adams~
"Nothing in the world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent. The slogan 'Press On' has solved and always will solve the problems of the human race." ~Calvin Coolidge~
"Energy and persistence conquer all things." ~ Benjamin Franklin~
"That which we persist in doing becomes easier, not that the task itself has become easier, but that our ability to perform it has improved."
~Ralph Waldo Emerson~
"Auntie Mame" by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee is now playing on the Mainstage of the Long Beach Playhouse and runs through October 25th.
This American classic tells the story of Mame Dennis, a handsome, sparkling, scatterbrained and warm-hearted lady who brightened the American landscape with her whimsical gaiety, her slightly madcap adventures and her devotion to her young nephew. In her own words, "Life is a banquet and most suckers are starving to death!"
Featuring: Toni Beckman, Elizabeth Desloge, Bruce Thomas Eason, Jillian Fisher, John Gillies, Carla Heller, Ken Jagosz, Lori
Kelley, Lewis P. Leighton, Charles Lewis, Kimberly Lewis, Parker Lewis, Jerome Loeb, Janet McGregor, Anna Kate Mohler, Jane Nunn, Mitchell Nunn, Brian Page, Katherine Prenovost, John Schwendinger, Nick Slimmer, Mathew Yee and Beverly Turner as Mame Dennis.
Directed by Terri Miller Schmidt
Produced by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
P.S. When you come to the show I would love to meet you. There are backstage telegrams in the theatre lobby. Let me know you are there and I will make it a point to meet you in the lobby and say hello after the show.
P.P.S. Our first reviews are posted on the LBPH Myspace site.
If you live in Southern California - or plan to
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ANNOUNCING: An Actor Works - The Professional
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World renowned acting career coach, Bob Fraser,
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invited.
These 2 weekend-long programs are only available
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Here's what actors are saying about Bob ...
"... a God-send for actors. I don't want to gush,
but I'm telling you without any hesitation, I'd
highly - and I mean highly - recommend (it) to
any actor, any time. If Bob ever renamed this
course, it would be "What They Don't Teach You
in Acting School." - Mark Brandon, actor, coach
and author of Winning Auditions
"Fraser doesn't offer a secret key to success.
Rather, he presents a straightforward how to list
of things you need to do to be a successful actor.
I went and had the 'lint' talked out of my head."
- Now Casting review by Petrea Burchard
"His 'insider' perspective is a mind-blowing blast
of inspiration that propels actors to amazing and
exciting results." - Robert Guillaume (TV's Benson)
"Time passes so fast ... (it) can give actors who
are ready the necessary shot in the arm and the
courage to go for the gold. Bob really knows the
tools that work. He will give you inspiration, I
guarantee that!" - Judy Kerr, best selling author
of Acting Is Everything
"(Bob) does a great job of coaching the actor on
virtually all facets of an actor's career. I
strongly recommend that you apply his insights.
Doing so can supercharge your career and level
of success." - LA Casting review by Joher Coleman
"The tools Bob shares are rarely - if at all -
taught, and they prove to be the most important
in finding success. - Julia Self, L.A. actor
"Bob Fraser is the quintessential teacher, the
person we all hope to meet at least once in our
lives who will inspire us, encourage us and always
be there in our times of need. Of all the acting
teachers and gurus I've known in my almost 40
years in the business, I place Bob at the very top."
Greg Joseph, Phoenix actor
If you're ready to break through to a successful
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this is the workshop that can make it all come true.
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I don't normally respond to political comments like this but please, let's lay the blame where the blame is due. The financial situation we as a country are in can be blamed on a culture that has tolerated and encouraged the imprudent use of credit from the executives in the plushest offices on Wall Street to every student who who has kissed off the charges on his first credit card.
----- Original Message ---- From: "AskCathyHarris@..." <AskCathyHarris@...> To: natl-black-agenda-online@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, October 11, 2008 10:41:55 AM Subject: [Natl-Black-Agenda-Online] Store Closings and Layoffs
STORE CLOSINGS AND LAYOFFS If youhave gift cards, hurry up and use them!! Just passing this along - FYI
Ann Taylor closing 117 stores nationwide A company spokeswoman said the company hasn't revealed which stores will be shuttered. It will let thestores that will close this fiscal year know over the next month
Eddie Bauer to close more stores Eddie Bauer has already closed 27 shops in the first quarter and plans to close up
to two more outlet st ores by the end of the year.
Cache closing stores Women's retailer Cache announced that it is closing 20 to 23 stores thisyear.
Lane Bryant, Fashion Bug, Catherines closing 150 stores nationwide The ownerof retailers Lane Bryant , Fashion Bug , Catherines Plus Sizes will closeabout 150
underperforming stores this year. The company hasn't provided a list of specific store closures and can't say when it will offer that info, spokeswoman Brooke Perry said today.
Talbots, J. Jill closing stores About a month ago, Talbots announced that it will be shuttering all 78 ofits kids and men's stores. Now the company says it will close another 22underperforming stores..The 22 stores will be a mix of Talbots women's and J. Jill , another chain it owns. The closures will occur this fiscal year, according to a companypress release.
Gap Inc. closing 85 stores In addition to its namesake chain, Gap also owns Old Navy and BananaRepublic . The company said the closures - all planned for fiscal 2008 -will be weighted toward the Gap brand.
Foot Lockerto close 140 stores In the company press release and during its conference call with analysts today, it did no t specify where the future store closures - all plan ned infiscal 2008 - will be. The company could n
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Wickes is going out of business Wickes Furniture is going out of business and closing all of its stores,Wickes, a 37-year-old retailer that targets middle-income customers, filedfor bankruptcy protection last month.
Goodbye Levitz / BOMBAY - closed already The furniture retailer, which is going out of business.Levitz first announced it was going out of business and closing all 76 o fits stores in December. The retailer dat es back to 1910 when Richard Levitzopened his first furniture store in Lebanon, PA. In the 1960s, thewarehouse/showroom concept brought Levitz to the forefront of the furnitureindustry.The local Levitz closures will follow the shutdown of Bombay.
Zales, Piercing Pagoda closing stores The owner of Zales and Piercing Pagoda previously said it plans to close 82st ores by July 31. Today, it announced that it is closing another 23underperforming stores.The company said it's n ot pro viding a list of specific store closures.Of the 105 locations planned for closure, 50 are kiosks and 55 are stores.
Disney Store owner has the right to close 98 stores The Walt Disney
Companyannounced it acquired about 220 Disney Stores from subsidiaries of TheChildren's Place Retail Stores. The exact number of stores acquired willdepend on negotiations with landlords.Those subsidiaries of Children's Place filed for bankruptcy protection inlate March. Walt Disney in the news release said it has also obtained the right to close about 98
Disney Stor es in the U.S. The press release didn'tlist those stores.
Home Depot store closings(E. Brunswick, Rt 18 just put up their closing sign) ATLANTA - Nearly 7+ months after its chief executive said there were noplans to cut the number of its c ore retail
stores, The Home Depot Inc.announced Thursday that it is shuttering 15 of them amid a slumping U.S.economy and housing market. The move will affect 1,300 employees.It is the first time the world's largest home improvement store chain hasever closed a flagship store for performance reasons. Its shares rose almost5 percent.The Atlanta-based company said the underperforming U.S.stores being closed represent less than 1 percent of its existing sto res. They will be shutteredwithin the next two months.
CompUSA (CLOSED)clarifies details on store closings Any extended warrantiespurchased for products through CompUSA will be honored by a third-partyprovider, Assurant Solutions. Gift cards, rain checks, and rebates purchasedprior to December 12 can be rede emed at any time during the final sale. Forthose wh o have a gadget currently in for service with CompUSA, the repair< FONT face=Arial size=3>will be completed and the gadget will be returned to owners. http://www.news. com/8301- 10784_3-9834177- 7html <http://www.news. com/8301- 10784_3-9834177- 7.html>
Macy's - 9 stores
Movie Gallery - 160 stores as part of reorganization plan to exit bankruptcyThe video rental company plans to close 400 of 3,500 Movie Gallery and Hollywood Video stores in addition to the 520 locations the video rental chain closed last fall.
Pacific Sunwear- 153 Demo stores
Pep Boys - 33 stores
Sprint Nextel - 125 retail locationsNew Sprint Nextel CEO Dan Hesse appears to have inherited a company bleedingsubsc ribers by the thousands, and will now officially be dropping the ax on 4,000 e mployees and 125 retail locations. Amid the loss of 639,000 postpaidcustomers in the fourth quarter, Sprint will be cutting a total of 6.7% ofits work force (following the 5,000 layoffs last year) and 8% ofcompany-owned brick-and-mortar stores, while remaining mute on other rumorsthat it will consolidate its headquarters in Kansas . Sprint Nextel sharesare down $2.89, or nearly 25%, at the time of this writing.
J. C. Penney, Lowe's and Office Depot /B> are scaling back
Ethan Allen Interiors: The company announced plans to close 12 of 300+ stores in an effort to cut
costs.
Wilsons the Leather Experts - 158 stores
Pacific Sunwear will close its 154 Demo stores after a review of strategicalternativ es for the urban-apparel
brand. Seventy-four underperforming Demostores closed last May.
Sharper Image: The company recently filed for bankruptcy protection andan nounced that 90 of its 184 stores are closing. The retailer will stilloperat e 94 stores to pay off debts, but 90 of these stores have performedpoorly and also may close.
Bombay Company: (Freehold Mall store closed)The company unveiled plans to close all 384 U.S.-basedBombay Company stores. The company's online storefront has discontinuedoperations.
KB Toys posted a list of 356 stores that it is closing around the United < /FONT>States as part of its bankruptcy reorganization. To see the list of store closings, go to the KB Toys Information web site, and click on Press Information
Dillard's to Close More Stores Dillard's
Inc. said it will continue to focus on closing underperforming stores, reducing expenses and improving its merchandise in 2008. At the company's annual shareholder meeting, CEO William Dillard II said the company will close another six underperforming stores this year.
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"Justice is the insurance which we have on our lives and property. Obedience is the premium which we pay for it."~William Penn~
"Obedience is something that everyone expects but few truly understand." ~Norische~
"Woe to him that claims obedience when it is not due; woe to him that refuses it when it is." ~Thomas Carlyle~
"Punishment may make us obey the orders we are given, but at best it will only teach an obedience to authority, not a self-control which enhances our self-respect." ~Bruno Bettelheim~
"Rules are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men." ~Douglas Bader~
"Teachability and trust always leads to total obedience."
~Ed Townsend~
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"Auntie Mame" by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee is now playing on the Mainstage of the Long Beach Playhouse and runs through October 25th.
This American classic tells the story of Mame Dennis, a handsome, sparkling, scatterbrained and warm-hearted lady who brightened the American landscape with her whimsical gaiety, her slightly madcap adventures and her devotion to her young nephew. In her own words, "Life is a banquet and most suckers are starving to death!"
Featuring: Toni Beckman, Elizabeth Desloge, Bruce Thomas Eason, Jillian Fisher, John Gillies, Carla Heller, Ken Jagosz, Lori Kelley, Lewis P. Leighton, Charles Lewis, Kimberly Lewis, Parker Lewis, Jerome Loeb, Janet McGregor, Anna Kate Mohler, Jane Nunn, Mitchell Nunn, Brian Page, Katherine Prenovost, John Schwendinger, Nick Slimmer, Mathew Yee and Beverly Turner as Mame Dennis.
Directed by Terri Miller Schmidt
Produced by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
P.S. When you come to the show I would love to meet you. There are backstage telegrams in the theatre lobby. Let me know you are there and I will make it a point to meet you in the lobby and say hello after the show.
P.P.S. Our first reviews are posted on the LBPH Myspace site.