It was very exciting to see Edi Gathegi, my former NYU Grad Acting student as one of the stars of the new “Superman 2025″ movie. Annie Piper was also one of his teachers in Grad Acting and she was as thrilled as I was to see him in this film based on the characters from DC Comics. He plays a …
The lovely Frick Museum has re-opened after extensive renovations and Stacey, Jeremy and I visited. The last time I was at the Frick was when Stacey’s NYU Grad Acting class was taken there by Larry Maslon who was their “Now of Then” teacher.
The Drama Division of the Juilliard school auditions over 1,500 students each year and accepts 18. I am thrilled and very proud that Matthew Yifeng was accepted and will begin classes in September as a member of Group 58.
I finished the Spring semester with my wonderful Second Year NYU Grad Acting students.
As a vocal/text coach one of the first things I do is go through the text with the actor and help them figure out where to breathe.
Working as a dialect coach in NYC is interesting and challenging. With the actor, I go through the vowel and consonant changes, discuss the rhythm of the dialect, the duration of sounds and how the pitch (highness and lowness of the vocal range) is used.
I met my favorite actor, Cate Blanchett!
I had my final Techniques of Voice and Text Class with my NYU Third Year Students.
I saw NYU Grad acting alums Stacey Linnartz and Jeremy Rishe in Barry Kaplan’s new play “The Limits of Admiration”.
Edi Gathegi and me and his wife Adriana hanging out in L.A. Just got a text from him saying that now that the strike has ended “Superman: Legacy” (where he plays Mr. Terrific) will start filming in March. All that work on Techniques of Voice and Text at NYU Grad Acting has paid off! This is the latest feature film with …