WORKING ACTOR
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| Matters of Size
September 02, 2008
I was recently smacked into reality when my friend, who has been a TV series regular, told me she's flat-out being told she's too fat for lead roles. She's my weight and body type!
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New Medium, Old Tedium
August 22, 2008
How should you credit Web shows? How do you find a good stylist? And -- that age old question for every beginner -- how do you really break into the business?
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ASK A PROFESSIONAL
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| Confronting 'Isms'
September 04, 2008
In my last column, I responded to a letter from a woman who complained of always being treated in a very sexist way by men with whom she tries to network. She asked what she could do differently.
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ACTORS CRAFT
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| Staying in Style
September 03, 2008
To make a career dancing on Broadway today, you have to be able to execute every style of dance imaginable, and if you want to perform in Las Vegas or on concert tours, you're often required to do aerial work as well.
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BUSINESS OF ACTING
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| FAQs or Chicken Soup
September 05, 2008
Because I'm often asked questions that don't require a full column to answer, I decided to put some of them together. Presto! Six hundred fifty words well spent.
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On the Dotted Line
August 27, 2008
Wouldn't it be cool if the only thing an actor needed to worry about was acting? Your life would be so much easier. You wouldn't have to concern yourself with stupid little things like business.
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FIRST PERSON
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| Recovering Actress
August 29, 2008
Four years earlier, we had begun our tradition of an annual pilgrimage to Coney Island. In 2005, it was such a slow day that we got unlimited free rides in the front seat of the Cyclone. By 2007, the tradition was unraveling.
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Braving the Elements
August 27, 2008
Like most actors and the rest of humanity I was eager to get out of the summer sweatbox of New York and frolic in the summer fields of outdoor.
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CAREER ADVICE
For actors, the same kinds of questions arise again and again. How can I get a headshot? How to join a union? To assist, Back Stage has created Career Advice. Concerned about your taxes as an actor? Look under Acting as a Business. Need tips on avoiding scams? Look under Getting Started. If you don't see your answer on any page, search our archives. Or click on any of the helpful links on each acting resource page. Good luck!
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