Topic: Theater (Read 32768 times)

FlyingVProd · « **Reply #45 on:** May 11, 2023, 03:47:05 PM »

"In general is the death of art." With art you go from in general to very specific, and the more specific you become then the better the art is. For instance, with the statues at the Vatican in Rome, the statues are very detailed, Michelangelo and the other artists carved the statues with such detail that you can see the fingernails and veins on the statues. It is the same with all art, including with acting. Marlon Brando paid the same attention to detail and was just as specific as Michelangelo. And it is the same with architecture, etc.

Salute,

Tony V.

FlyingVProd · « **Reply #46 on:** July 03, 2023, 01:57:02 PM »

Acting is different than other jobs because you get fame with acting, and you get the love of fans, total strangers will talk about what a great person you are, and when you die strangers will weep. When I set out to study acting I was aware of the power that comes with acting and with having fans, and I went to school and studied and I tried to make myself worthy of success as an actor and as a leader in the community, and I even considered going into politics later in life like Reagan did in order to help America and to help to make the world a better place.

Here is what the great acting teacher Sanford Meisner had to say about acting....

"...And then he has won, through his fantasy he has achieved that which he had before only in fantasy; wealth, honor, and the love of women."

Roy Rogers was a poor man from Ohio, who went on to become loved by the world, and he donated children's hospitals and he helped abused children, and he set up the "Happy Trails Children's Foundation" and he did other good things with his fame. Roy considered running for President, but his friend Ronald Reagan became President so Roy could just share his thoughts and concerns with Reagan.

When I was trying to become an actor then I was aware of the power of fame, so I tried to make myself worthy as best as I could. And my Poetry Book has lots of good advice and good thoughts for the world. I also wanted to produce movies and television shows that could send a good message to the world, etc.

Here is my student film that I made at USC, I took acting serious back then. And I wanted to rise and change the world and make the world a better place.

Here is my student film from USC film school...

https://youtu.be/GJ2wBMgs-lQ

I never found success in my youth, it just was not meant to be. But I am older and wiser, and maybe I can still do good things if I do not give up. And I have worked hard not to become bitter and hardened by hard times and poverty, though I had a nervous breakdown and ended up in the hospital in 2002, life has been hard, and the streets of Los Angeles are no joke, it is a miracle I am still alive. But, we will see what the future has in store, maybe I can still do good things and I can still serve the Lord.

Salute,

Tony V.

FlyingVProd · « **Reply #47 on:** September 09, 2023, 01:54:05 AM »

Maybe the Cedar Street Theatre of Lancaster, California, can help to produce a party here in Hollywood for the stars on Oscar Night, I sent them a message on it. Elton John retired, and Norby Walters no longer does Night of 100 Stars, so there needs to be new people to step in to throw new Oscar Parties on Oscar Night here in Hollywood.

They can have an Oscar Party at the Park Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles, the stars can ride in Limousines from Hollywood to Los Angeles, and there can be an outdoor party at MacArthur Park and an outdoor bar, etc. All of the top chefs can be there to cook for the stars. They can have live bands. The stars can party, and eat, and then they can sleep in the hotel rooms at the Park Plaza Hotel.

People need to step up and they need to plan the parties for Oscar Night here in Hollywood, and maybe the Cedar Street Theatre from Lancaster can help to plan and produce an Oscar Party here in Hollywood for the stars.

The event can raise money for "Children of the Night" to help the homeless children on the streets of Hollywood.

Salute,

Tony V.

Food for Thoth · « **Reply #48 on:** January 24, 2024, 09:59:53 PM »

What is the brooding hens least favorite Sartre play? No Egg Sit.

FlyingVProd · « **Reply #49 on:** May 15, 2024, 02:53:01 PM »

I guess the American Academy of Dramatic Arts is closing down on the West Coast, and now actors will have to go to the AADA in New York to train.

It is sad, and I feel like things are going to get better here in California for filmmakers, as Newsom just lowered taxes for producers, so more films and television shows will be made here.

New York has Broadway, but California has film and television. A lot of work was going to Canada, and to Atlanta, Georgia, etc, but now that Newsom lowered taxes then the entertainment industry jobs will be coming back to California. The future is bright for entertainment industry jobs in California.

Plus California has USC film school, and Chapman film school, where actors can make student films. But, New York has NYU, and NYU makes student films too.

Sad that the AADA West is closing down, the actors will have to go to New York now to train.

If you need a California connection in New York, then I attended community college with a guy named Scott who owns Crazy Otto's restaurant in Manhattan, their specialty is Biscuits and Gravy, and they have been in Manhattan long enough to be connected now. That is my only connection in New York. I worked at a casino in Nevada, and I had a waitress who her Mother was the Vice President of the Bank of New York, but that was a long time ago. I do not have very many connections in New York. And when I worked for Suzanne Pleshette at Empire West in West Hollywood then we had a lot of people from New York.

I am sure the AADA is well connected in New York, and they will help the people from California to get established there.

Salute,

Tony V.

FlyingVProd · « **Reply #50 on:** May 15, 2024, 04:21:55 PM »

Antelope Valley College has a great Theatre Program, and I studied acting there for a couple of years, it is not to the extent of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, but one of my teachers was Gary Bolen, and we studied Stanislavski, and Meisner, and Uta Hagen, etc. And AVC had a lot of wonderful teachers on a lot of subjects, I was hungry to learn and it was a great school.

I studied acting, and writing, and business, and psychology, and film, it was a great school. And I studied Euclidean Geometry that was taught by a magician from the Magic Castle in Hollywood, Mr Thompson, it was great. You get out of it what you put in, Abraham Lincoln educated himself because he was hungry to learn and so he read books. I was lucky to have books, plus I had great teachers.

I loved my time at Antelope Valley College.

In my first acting class we were supposed to do something private on stage as though we were the only one in the room. I brought in a shaving stand and I shaved in class in front of the other students, and I did it as though I was alone at home. It was a good exercise. But, then here is when it got fun, the person to do a scene after me was a professional cheer leader for the Raiders and she played the song "You Shook Me All Night Long" by AC/DC and she did a strip tease and changed clothes in front of us as though she was dancing and changing clothes at home in her room, it was beautiful, and I was hooked as an acting student. I had some great classes and great teachers.

My History Teacher teaches at Columbia University in New York now, and my Film Teacher teaches in Missouri at a University there.

Gary Bolen was in a movie with Liv Tyler who is Steven Tyler's daughter. "Empire Records." Gary is a great teacher. He was born and raised here in Orange County and worked at Disneyland when he was young.

I still recommend the AADA after AVC, it will be good for the Youth to travel to New York to study. There is Broadway, and Ballet, and the Metropolitan Opera, and the Russian Tea Room, and Little Italy, and China Town, and I am sure New York is great. I will go explore New York eventually. The students are lucky to still have the AADA in New York.

Salute,

Tony V.