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...about celebrity," says Andes of his innovative program. "It's about work. It's not about turning out the next dancer or orchestra leader. Each job is significant - for a child to be an usher is just as valuable as being an actor. How we learn to write, to read, to think, to collaborate, how we engage in a creative process, allows everyone to participate." Or as Sondheim might have put it: "Glide them but step away, Children will glisten...
...Does social and political conservatism explain the dearth of Singaporean film before the 1990s? KHOO: No, basically we had a very thriving film industry. But when Sir Run Run Shaw left for Hong Kong and [influential Malaysian actor and director] P. Ramlee went back to Malaysia, things changed. If you think of movies produced back in the '50s, the budgets were, like, up to a million, and they were huge in Southeast Asia. UEKRONGTHAM: It's not so much about social control but trying to focus on economic progress. And maybe now is the time when they can focus...
...starred in Swingers, maybe the sharpest buddy comedy of the '90s - knows that, when making a big movie, you do not leave your I.Q. at the soundstage door; you bend your gifts in different directions. He lends Iron Man the unobtrusive speed and precision of classic comedy. An actor before he was a director, he's not content to let his stars play stereotypes, or even archetypes. Bridges and Toub, and Gwyneth Paltrow as Stark's gal Friday (the most attractive she's been in years), aren't slumming in the least. They're rising to the material, and elevating...
He’s been called director, actor, and producer, but those in the theater community know him best as technician, carpenter, set builder and light designer. Basically, if you need a free-standing, removable 15x4 plank of wood on the set of your play, David S. Jewett ’08—one of this year’s recipients of the Louise Donovan Award—is the person to call. A Minneapolis native, Jewett has always had an interest in theater but only got involved in set construction after coming to Harvard...
...happen, and making sure it happens right.” Whether she sits aloft in the booth to call light and sound cues, takes notes on blocking, or schedules rehearsals for her cast, Kaufman focuses on the technical and logistical aspects of production to allow the director and actors to realize their creative vision. “Even though it’s not my baby, I feel like I’m the one caring for it,” she says about working on a production. “It’s really the stage manager that...