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Hailed by Newsweek as "the most exciting individual in American theater," Anna Deavere Smith uses her solo performances as a public medium to explore issues of race, identity, and community in America. Inspired by her grandfather who told her, "Say a word often enough, and it becomes you," Deavere Smith has interviewed more than 2,000 people across the country for 20 years. Without props, sets, or costumes, she translates these encounters into profound...
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In this program, members of The Actors Studio and The Production Board of the Actors Studio Theater - Geraldine Page, Paul Newman, Frank Corsaro, Michael Wager, Rip Torn, and Fred Stewart - discuss their training at The Actors Studio and the goals for The Actors Studio Theater.
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In this program, actors Murray Hamilton, James Earl Jones, Jack Klugman and Rip Torn give advice to young and would-be actors. They discuss the lack of good roles, the place of television, Hollywood vs. Broadway, the importance of regional theater, the necessary mobility of an actor, and about why they went into acting and why they think others do.
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"The Magic Life" chronicles the journey of three magician hopefuls: a 17-year-old from Beijing who travels to the U.S. to attend magic school, a 25-year-old trying to make rent by performing on Hollywood Blvd for tips, and a 32-year-old New York University MBA graduate who moves to Los Angeles to perform at the world famous Magic Castle. The film depicts the challenges of following an unconventional career path. Forget about parents, family, or friends...
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This program features a performance of the 18th-century kabuki dance The Salt Gatherer by Kabuki actor Baiko VII, who holds the Japanese honorary title Living National Treasure. The performance is illuminated by a demonstration of techniques, an explanation of how certain effects are achieved, and a sequence showing Baiko giving notes on technique to his actor son. Baiko also grants a rare interview and explains his art and the origin of the dance...
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Bollywood churns out more films than any other film industry and "making it" here is the Indian dream. This intimate and cleverly made film brings us into the world of those on the fringes, those who will do anything to be in feature films, from make-up artist Ojas to "the white extra" Harry, and the rising star Pooja. Their heart-warming characters and stories of perseverance offer a fascinating insight, as we explore the movie biz Indian style!
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This eight-part documentary series goes back stage to cover six months in the life of London's Theater Royal Haymarket from all angles, including the arrival of new artistic director Sean Mathias and the lead up to his production of Samuel Beckett's "Waiting for Godot," starring Ian McKellen and Patrick Stewart. The fourth episode covers the story of the haunted theater, focusing on the ghost of former theater manager John Buckstone, who died in 1879....
11) Amargosa
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In the remote California ghost town of Death Valley Junction (pop 10) stands the Amargosa Opera House, where for the past 33 years former New York dancer and artist Marta Becket has performed her own ballets in the theater she spent seven years handpainting with stunning murals.
12) Movie Stars
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This video clip spotlights Alfred Hitchcock and Ingrid Bergman (6/26/48, London) and Oscar night for Gigi (4/6/59, Los Angeles).
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Presenting a history of New York City's famous and enduring theater, The Circle in the Square (100 plays in its first 25 years) through interview and performance, this program features theater critic Margaret Croyden interviewing founder Ted Mann and actors Dustin Hoffman, George C. Scott, Colleen Dewhurst, and James Earl Jones. It includes performance excerpts from Miller's Death of a Salesman, O'Neill's Mourning Becomes Elektra, and Ibsen's Lady...
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When filthy-rich video store magnate Johnny Rose, his soap star wife Moira and their two kids -- über-hipster son David and socialite daughter Alexis -- suddenly find themselves broke, they are forced to leave their pampered lives to regroup and rebuild their empire from within the rural city limits of their only remaining asset - Schitt's Creek, an armpit of a town they once bought as a joke.
16) Kiss me, Kate
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The first Broadway revival in nearly 50 years of the musical comedy masterpiece by composer Cole Porter and book writers Sam and Bella Spewack. Recounts the backstage and on-stage antics of two feuding romances during an out-of-town tryout for a musical adaptation of The taming of the shrew.
17) The country girl
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Frank Elgin is an alcoholic actor and singer who gets a second change at stardom. His long suffering wife, Georgie, and their marriage is put to the test. Frank is desperate to make a come back and Bernie Dodd is the hotshot Broadway director in need of a "name" star for his new stage production. Georgie is both weary of her husband's weaknesses and Dodd's motives. When Georgie appears to be dragging Frank down, Bernie tries to force her to leave....
18) Kiss me Kate
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Two squabbling, 20th-century ex-marrieds are cast as squabbling Renaissance romantics in a musical version of The taming of the shrew. On stage they fight it out and backstage they continue to clash.
19) A woman, a part
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Maggie Siff delivers a tour-de-force performance as Anna Baskin, an exhausted workaholic actress at a crossroads in her life. She abruptly extricates herself from a successful but mind-numbing TV role, returning to a life she left behind with ex-creative partners Kate and Isaac. A WOMAN, A PART examines the media’s portrayal of women, the nature of friendship and the difficulties of reckoning with change. Nominated for Best First Feature at the...
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As if the result of some strange mass-media fluke, the popular radio program "A Prairie Home Companion" somehow managed to survive the television age to entertain its audience every Saturday night from the stage of the historic Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul, Minn. Week after week, hangdog host G.K. serves as unflappable emcee to an amiable hodgepodge of radio-friendly acts that include the likes of popular country duo Yolanda and Rhonda Johnson and...