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Tag Archives: John Patrick Shanley
Interview with Jennifer McCabe: On-camera Acting Training and the Actor’s Process
Jennifer McCabe has been teaching acting and directing in various capacities for almost 25 years. After getting her Master’s through the MFA program at the Actors Studio, she first worked with Enact, a not-for-profit arts-in-education company which goes into at-risk … Continue reading
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Tagged Al Pacino, Charlie Chaplin, Cher, interviews, Jerry Lewis, John Patrick Shanley, Lee Strasberg, Leonardo DiCaprio, Meryl Streep, Michael Caine, Montgomery Clift, Robert De Niro, Sanford Meisner, Susan Sarandon, Tommy Lee Jones, women directors
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Choose Life over the other stuff.
I’m friends with John Patrick Shanley on Facebook. His Facebook status updates are something I look forward to daily. They are never, “brushed my teeth, going to the park” updates. They are classic Shanley. Poetic, inspirational, sometimes difficult and raw. … Continue reading
“Love don’t make things nice – it ruins everything. It breaks your heart.”
Ronny Cammameri: Loretta, I love you. Not like they told you love is, and I didn’t know this either, but love don’t make things nice – it ruins everything. It breaks your heart. It makes things a mess. We aren’t … Continue reading
Under-Rated Movies #9: Joe Vs. The Volcano (1990); Dir. John Patrick Shanley
9. Joe vs. the Volcano This is another one of those movies that I can’t be objective about. I can’t ever stand back from it. It’s silly at times, it’s tremendously moving at times, the “special effects” at the end … Continue reading
The Books: “Italian American Reconciliation” (John Patrick Shanley)
Next in my Daily Book Excerpt: Next play on the script shelf: More John Patrick Shanley! The next play is Italian American Reconciliation, by John Patrick Shanley. Very funny play. Great characters. Here’s the setup: It takes place in Little … Continue reading
The Books: “the dreamer examines his pillow” (John Patrick Shanley)
Next in my Daily Book Excerpt: Next play on the script shelf: More John Patrick Shanley! The next play in the collection is the dreamer examines his pillow. First of all, I just love that title. And the play itself … Continue reading
The Books: “Women of Manhattan” (John Patrick Shanley)
Next in my Daily Book Excerpt: Next play on the script shelf: More John Patrick Shanley! The next play is Women of Manhattan Three friends – Judy, Rhonda, and Billie, sit around in Rhonda’s Upper West Side apartment and talk … Continue reading
The Books: “Savage in Limbo” (John Patrick Shanley)
Next in my Daily Book Excerpt: The next play is Savage in Limbo. This play is fabulous. Stanley really hit his stride here. Danny and the Deep Blue Sea was the first glimpse of what he could really do … … Continue reading
The Books: “The Red Coat” (John Patrick Shanley)
Next in my Daily Book Excerpt: Next on the script shelf: More John Patrick Shanley! The next play is a one-act called The Red Coat. It was first done, along with 6 of his other one-acts, at the Ensemble Studio … Continue reading
The Books: “Danny and the Deep Blue Sea” (John Patrick Shanley)
Next in my Daily Book Excerpt: Next on the script shelf: I’m done with Pinter, and next playwright on the shelf is John Patrick Shanley – one of my all-time favorites! First play in this collection is Danny and the … Continue reading