Tag: Circle in the Square Theatre School
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#Shakespeare in the Park is So #MuchAdoAboutNothing & More
Last night, for the first time since I moved to NYC seven years ago, I went to Shakespeare in the Park. Established in 1954 by Public Theatre founder Joseph Papp, Central Park’s Delacorte Theatre draws thousands each season to take part in free outdoor theater. Over the years, award-winning actors have gotten their starts on…
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Full Circle: Philip Seymour Hoffman (1967-2014)
I had one brief individual encounter with Philip Seymour Hoffman about three years ago during an audition for one of the plays he was producing with his company, the Labyrinth Theater. When I met him, he was encouraging, kind, and commented on the fact that we both had studied with the same people at Circle…
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Remembering a Wonderful Teacher: Jacqueline Brookes (1930-2013)
Last week, a wonderful acting teacher whom I studied with at Circle in the Square Theatre School passed away. She was 82. I only studied with her for a summer, but it was the most influential and creative summer of my entire life. Jacqueline Brookes, the woman who played Ellen Barkin’s mother in Sea of…