Word: gigged
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...willing to take risks. When most people are graduating, they’re seduced by the security, financial reward, and ease of seeking out jobs on Wall Street, or some type of grad school. Moving to LA with nothing but the hopes of landing an acting gig, or finding an entry level production job and hoping to work through the system, is scary. But for anyone passionate about a career in entertainment, it’s worth the risk. And the sooner they can get used the taking such chances, the better, because that’s what the entertainment...
...Lincolns of the A.L.P. are no mere Civil War re-enactors. They approach their work with a mixture of sacerdotal adoration, historical rigor and commercial self-interest (some impersonate Lincoln for a living, and virtually all charge several hundred dollars per gig to portray him at parades, nursing homes and museums). For the best Lincolns, bringing him to life means hours of prep; those docents in Maryland may not ask you back if you can't perform a speech Lincoln gave in the state. And then there are the costuming challenges--carefully shaving your upper lip, coloring the gray from...
...landing in Straus A. A neighbor dared him to attend the first meeting of introductory Urdu-Hindi—the language most commonly spoken on the Indian subcontinent. He ended up taking three years of the language to get a citation, which led him to accept a post-graduation gig in Bombay, India. He will study film and assist in tsunami relief there...
...call to march, but by then faced fresh criticism - that although Paul McCartney, U2, Madonna and other rock royalty are signed up, few black performers and only one African will appear. At the press conference, one participant pronounced himself content, however. Elton John says that at the original gig in 1985, "I was pretty much a self-obsessed drug addict." At least that's one monster slain...
This entryway notoriety led to Nick’s first stripping gig later the following April, when Hollis resident Marisa Robillard ’07 turned...