Gurus: The Story of Acting from Stanislavsky to Succession
Jeff ZinnGurus is an epic tale that includes many names we will recognize and many more we will not. While the stories of individual star actors have been told and retold, their collective story - how acting went from stagey and artificial to the more truthful and authentic approaches of today - has not. The saga begins with Stanislavsky and the Moscow Art Theatre, but It also includes important, lesser kn... more
| Publishes | Daily | Episodes | 22 | Founded | 3 years ago |
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| Categories | ArtsPerforming Arts | ||||
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We're very excited to drop a bonus episode this week from our friends at Next Chapter Podcasts, who have done so much to bring actors, and especially Shakespeare, into the podcast space.
This episode features a conversation between Michael Goodfri... more
The tortured early days of the Moscow Art Theatre, a sprawling behemoth that would come to employ hundreds of actors, directors, designers and technical staff, tour continents, survive wars and revolutions, and transform the world of the theatre fore... more
In the Season One finale, we take a look inside one of the top training programs for actors in the country, the Drama Division at Juilliard, created in 1968 by John Houseman and Michel Saint-Denis. It features conversations with Michael Kahn (the fir... more
Copeau and Bing return to Paris after the war, launch a school, and struggle to meet the high expectations of the audience they had built. Michel Saint-Denis, back from the front lines, takes an increasing role of leadership. Burnt out, Copeau abando... more
Neal Huff has had a remarkable career including multiple Broadway and off-Broadway shows, and numerous roles in film and television. His training journey has been equally remarkable. He seems to have had an instinct for searching out just the right t... more
This episode begins the story of Jacques Copeau, his lover and collaborator, Suzanne Bing, and his nephew, Michel Saint-Denis. Around the same time that the First Studio was being formed within the MAT, in Paris, Copeau is launching his new company, ... more
At the age of 25, Michael Cerveris was playing the hot new kid from Britain in the TV series Fame. Fast forward 30 years, Cerveris is a seasoned pro with 10 Broadway credits, 4 Tony nominations and 2 wins, one for featured actor in Sondheims’s Assass... more
We return to the story of Michael Chekhov; his auspicious start from the early days of the Moscow Art Theatre, his exile from Russia after the revolution and the rocky road that led him to that fateful encounter down the street from the Group Theatre... more
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