by anitakumar | Nov 3, 2015 | Movie Review, US
GOOSEBUMPS GERSBERMS!!! Phew, sorry, I had to get that out of my system. Goosebumps is part Jumanji, part Hocus Pocus, a little bit Pinocchio, and contains more CGI animals and ghouls than you can count. Jack Black plays a fictionalized version of R.L. Stine, the...
by anitakumar | Nov 3, 2015 | Commercial Actors Should Never..., US
It seems like there are endless examples of when the power is out of the commercial actor’s hands. You are all painfully aware of those. But like a broken record, I’ll remind you of my belief that booking a commercial is not a numbers game, it’s not luck…...
by anitakumar | Nov 3, 2015 | Act Smart! Good Tools for a Great Career, US
Just as my regular teachers taught me things that later applied to acting, my acting teachers have taught me things that applied to my “real” life. (As well as teaching me acting, of course—I mean, that’s what we pay them for, right?) Without further...
by anitakumar | Nov 3, 2015 | Theatre Review, US
I’m not going to beat around the bush. Carrie The Killer Musical Experience onstage now at the historic Los Angeles Theatre is not a piece of high art nor a very good musical. DON’T STOP READING. I know, I know, I just said the musical isn’t very good. The...
by anitakumar | Nov 3, 2015 | The Conscious Actor, US
It is Monday afternoon and your phone vibrates with a text from your agent – you’ve got an audition for a national commercial tomorrow morning. As you download the sides to start preparing, you’re starting to feel excited. Tuesday morning arrives and you get up...