Tag Archives: Lee Strasberg

The Books: “Elia Kazan: A Life” (Elia Kazan)

Posted on September 30, 2008 by sheila

Daily Book Excerpt: Entertainment Biography/Memoir: Elia Kazan: A Life, by Elia Kazan I met Elia Kazan once. It was in 1999 and I was working on a show at the Actors Studio. It was a production of Awake and Sing, … Continue reading →

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The Books: “Lessons In Becoming Myself” (Ellen Burstyn)

Posted on August 9, 2008 by sheila

In less than a decade, Ellen Burstyn was nominated 5 times for an Oscar (for The Last Picture Show, The Exorcist (speaking of The Exorcist …), Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, Same Time Next Year and Resurrection) and won one … Continue reading →

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Fall 1995: Acting Notebook

Posted on January 31, 2007 by sheila

Going through all these old notebooks – I came across the notebooks I kept during grad school. At first they start out all work, no play … which is interesting in and of itself – but the notebooks I kept … Continue reading →

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Lee Strasberg on “the blight of Ibsen”

Posted on June 22, 2004 by sheila

I always thought the following anecdote from Clifford Odets’ 1940 journal was hysterical, and also thought-provoking. Entry from Journal April 17, 1940 In the early evening went to Lee Strasberg’s house for dinner. Paula’s mother was there, preparing the dinner, … Continue reading →

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Kazan on The Group and Lee Strasberg:

Posted on June 10, 2004 by sheila

Lee Strasberg is an extremely controversial figure. Perhaps not to the outside world, but to acting afficianados he can be polarizing. People love him or scorn him. People revere his memory or discount it. He was feared rather than liked. … Continue reading →

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Morris Carnovsky On the Brink

Posted on June 10, 2004 by sheila

Dead Reckoning borders on camp, but it is not Humphrey Bogart’s fault. In the midst of the camp, and in the midst of the almost laughably silly last scene, he remains truthful. He gives an affecting performance. This is the … Continue reading →

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