Word: thespian
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Moore's real talent isn't so much acting as having a good time while acting on the side. Say what you like about him, Moore is not vain, and he doesn't have exaggerated ideas about his abilities as a thespian. He cheerfully cops to having been the most lightweight of Bonds. He presents himself as a cheerfully overgrown boy blessed with astounding leading-man looks, a greater-than-average air of aplomb, the bare minimum of dramatic talent and no intellectual gifts or hidden depths to speak of. His greatest joys in life are his children, eating, drinking...
...process to be selected for Harvard’s fall dramatic productions is an intense commotion of tryouts, callbacks (or no callbacks), and more callbacks (or no more callbacks). To fully understand this phenomenon known as “Common Casting,” I posed as an ordinary thespian and sashayed to Agassiz Theatre late Thursday night, headshots in hand. My acting experience is equivalent to the hook-up experience of most Harvardians: zero. Understandably, I needed a few vodka-tonics to get the liquid courage flowing. But while I may have gotten less inhibited, I never...
...techies are few and far between. In Harvard productions, how often do you find minority actors cast onstage, besides in productions that are staged by cultural groups such as BlackCAST or Bodas de Sangre? Certain ethnicities, particularly Asian and Middle Eastern, are conspicuously missing from Harvard’s thespian community...
...place may be new, but it's made to feel lived-in: the Bucky-board is adorned with posters advertising long-past productions?"Olivia de Havilland (in person) in Sir James M. Barrie's Classic Comedy What Every Woman Knows"?like family mementos in the home of a very thespian clan. In the bathroom, you'll find copies of LIFE magazine from the 1950s...
...place may be new, but it's made to feel lived-in: the Bucky-board is adorned with posters advertising long-past productions - "Olivia de Havilland (in person) in Sir James M. Barrie's Classic Comedy What Every Woman Knows" - like family mementos in the home of a very thespian clan. In the bathroom, you'll find copies of Life magazine from the 1950s. The menu reflects Newman and Nischan's shared passion for organic and sustainable farming. That means many of the vegetables in, say, the "Use a Spoon" Salad (so named because Newman wanted a salad you didn...