http://www.dennisbaker.net Wed, 12 Nov 2008 22:56:29 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en “The study of acting is the study of life,” Milton Katselas states in his book, Acting Class: Take a Seat. He expounds on this thought with a quote from Stella Adler: “I’m not teaching acting… I’m teaching actors to be people.” Previously only available to his students at the Beverly Hills ... http://www.dennisbaker.net/review-acting-class-milton-katselas/ Article Review “A Modest Proposal” by Tony Kushner, American Theatre, January 1998 Keynote address to Association of Theatre of Higher Education Conference I don’t think you earn your income as an artist to be an artist. But if you are an artist, the artist is what you do, whether or not you’re paid ... http://www.dennisbaker.net/abolish-undergraduate-art-majors/ (This review was originally published on Blogcritics.) The blue of the morning just before the sun breaks the horizon can be a quiet, peaceful time, a time of peace that can be hard to find in the other hours of the day. Blue Before Morning by Kate McGovern centers on the journey ... http://www.dennisbaker.net/review-blue-before-morning/ We know you just love the chance to win something, so here at DENNIS BAKER LLC we want to start rewarding our loyal readers. The first giveaway is of Milton Katselas new book Acting Class: Take a Seat. I try to only giveaway books that I’ve read and would actually recommend. ... http://www.dennisbaker.net/milton-katselas-acting-class/ (This review was originally published on Blogcritics.) In Michael Weller’s new play Fifty Words, Jan and Adam are reveling in their Brooklyn brownstone at the freedom of their first night home alone in nine years without their son, Greg. While this might be a time for great passion it also leads ... http://www.dennisbaker.net/review-fifty-words/ Brendan Kiley wrote an article for Seattle's The Stranger entitled Ten Things Theaters Need to Do Right Now to Save Themselves: In No Particular Order. Below is the top ten with my reactions. Th article focuses on the fringe as the main type of theater that should implement ... http://www.dennisbaker.net/theaters-to-do-list/ Dr. Scott Walters writes an excellent post entitled Teaching Alternatives around an excerpt from Jill Dolan's Utopia in Performance: Finding Hope at the Theatre. Walters goes on to describe theater schools as "the place where actors had their individuality erased, where they were beaten down and taunted and diminished ... http://www.dennisbaker.net/citizen-scholar-artist/ With theater tickets so expensive it can be hard to decide what to see. Theatermania posted its ten must-sees for the New York theater fall season. The list hits a wide range of genres and there seems be something in the list for all the different types of theater-goers. ... http://www.dennisbaker.net/new-york-theaters-fall-ten-must-sees/ The Rutgers graduate acting program is not supplying its third year students with an auditioning teacher.  The teacher for the course went on sabbatical and the administration decided not to pay for a replacement. A student brings in audition material to perform and the other classmates critique it.  Most of ... http://www.dennisbaker.net/rutgers-graduate-acting/ Someone was inspired after my Educational Theater post and emailed me about the Literature to Life festival happening this weekend in New York City. I am signed up for a full festival pass and I was hoping to see most of the shows and blog about the event. ... http://www.dennisbaker.net/literature-to-life-festival/