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KEENAN BLOGGER: Episode 4 "The Process"
Episode 4 of the webseries KEENAN BLOGGER, presented by MTI ShowSpace.
Andrew Keenan-Bolger takes you backstage of MARY POPPINS and learns that every actor has a process.
Video Featuring: Andrew Keenan-Bolger, Karl Kenzler, Brian Letendre, Cheryl Thomas, Nick Sanchez, Sam Kiernan, Elizabeth Broadhurst, Kelly Jacobs, Carol Angeli, Gail Bennett, Tiffany Howard, Tia Altinay, Kiara Bennett, Tom Souhrada, Dominic Roberts, Geoff Goldberg, Eric Hatch, Koh Mochizuki, Jesse Swimm, Emily Harvey, Laird Mackintosh, Brandon Bieber, Matthew Leiner and Julie Anne Evans.
All Music by: Andrew Keenan-Bolger
Created and Edited by: Andrew Keenan-Bolger with Brian Letendre
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I was fortunate enough to be able to take a masterclass with Sutton Foster a few weeks ago and she told me "In every song you sing and every monologue you perform, make sure you know exactly who you're talking to. It makes all the difference." This may seem like common sense to "know who you're talking to" but if I just think of who I'm telling my story to before I sing it makes my performance so much more real for the audience and myself. I love Sutton!!
(701 days ago)
I loved this part:
"Sometimes i can hit these notes" *plays low note* *Sings the note an octive up* *looks at camera weird*
Rich! :)
(700 days ago)
the best advise i have gotten was when i was watching my friend perform in a production of High School Musical and she played the lead Gabriella Montez. This girl has a fabulous voice and she is my double in a produciton of Children of Eden as Eve. I was expecting quite a lot from but when i saw the show thought she had big songs and a lot of lines i payed attention to this one girl in the ensemble that when she was singing breaking free. I've noticed that she doesn't have much stage presence. So my dad told me and gave me advise saying it doens't matter if you have a great voice or any of that the most important thing is your stage presence. And gave me examples of people we have seen on broadway perform okay but their what made them stick out and important was their stage presence
(700 days ago)
On my first day of drama, back in the sixth grade, my teacher, Ms. Montet, told us something I will never forget:
"You guys have seen The Karate Kid, right? You know that scene were Mr. Myagi says 'Right side of the road-- safe. Left side of the road-- safe. Middle of the road-- SQUISHED LIKE GRAPE!'? Well, it's the same thing in acting. If you make a character decision, stick with it. If not, well... SQUISHED LIKE GRAPE!"
Best advice I have ever gotten in my life.
(698 days ago)
The best advice ive ever gotten was from Katy Rose Clark who plays Glinda on broadway. She said "I can come into work one day and ball my eyes out, then five minutes later slap on a smile and come down from a bubble. It's my job and I can't let my personal afflictions affect my performance."
She really hit home with me. Actors must always be on their game because the audience doesnt care whats happening in your life, they came to see a show and want to have a good time.
(696 days ago)
That bunny layout probably made my day.
I think there is one piece of advice I will NEVER forget and pretty much has stuck with me I've been told it. Back in elementary school, every time before opening night our play director would warn us NOT to eat a large dinner before a show. He then proceeded to tell us of a story of a kid who played a cowboy and ate 5 slices of pizza before his show. Needless to say his "YEEHAW!" turned into a "YEE-huuurrrgggg...". My wildly active 1st grade imagination and the director's rather realistic re-enactment of that moment lead me to run to the bathroom myself to "YEE-hhhuurrgg" into the school toilet (which i thankfully recovered from before opening night). I still gag at the thought today. The lesson to be learned? Never eat too much before a show, especially if your director imitates vomitting 5th graders.
Btw what camera do you use for the blogs and what setting? I'm a video taker but i looking for a camera thats portable but is good quality too. Just wondering! Thanks!
(689 days ago)
Hi Andrew! First of all, i LOVE your videos!
Anyway:
The best piece of advice I ever got would have to be: RELAX! I used to get AWFUL stage fright, and the first time I landed a pretty big role, I was freaking out in the wings on opening night. I was a mess! My legs were visibly shaking and I'm pretty certain I was about to start hyper-ventalating. So finally, Cara, one of our backstage techies, pulls me over and says: "Lydia, what's done is done. You've done as much work as you could possibly do, it's time to let it go and relax. If you mess up, you mess up. No one has to know. If you miss a line, you have to trust that the rest of the cast will be there for you to help you out. So, pull yourself together and relax."
(689 days ago)
A professor once told me an anecdote from when she did a run as Velma Kelly in Chicago. It was the last night of the run and she realized she had been playing the part virtually the same the whole time. She decided she wanted to do something different. She talked to the director before the show and asked him if she could just try something new. He was a little apprehensive at first, but he eventually was all for it. To top it off, he told her not to tell any of the rest of the cast about it.
All of the other actors caught on and were right on board, making adjustments and finding new things along the way. She opened the second act with "Hello, suckers!" and sang I Know A Girl. After the song, she got a standing ovation. She said that it was one of her most memorable and gratifying moments as an actress and that it was a truly magical night of theatre. It was all because she took a risk.
Her motto is "Nothing ventured, nothing gained." These words will always stick with me. I try to apply her advice not only to my work as an actor, but also to my life. There is no reason to make up rules for yourself that don't actually exist. Explore, discover, and HAVE FUN!
(689 days ago)
I took a class called "Acting Your Song" with Stephen Buntrock and he would yell everything that should be running through our minds as the class each sang our songs. He showed me that you always need to have that "little voice" in the back of your head completely take over and only then will you really get in character.
And always know what you're singing about!
(686 days ago)
Preceding every show at my high school, it is tradition for the entire cast and crew to form an extremely oblong circle in the tiny hallway behind the auditorium, cross their arms right over left and hold one another's hands.
A senior recites The Kaplan Speech; words of advice from a past director that we live by for the next 2 1/2 hours or so. Although the speech is changed a little bit depending on the show that is about to be performed, the sentiment is always the same. The most recent Kaplan Speech said:
"There is a man called Barry Kaplan, who used to direct the shows here. Before every performance, he would gather the whole cast backstage and say, 'go out there and make the audience jealous of everything you do... make them want to get up on stage and be kissed by Kate. Make them want to be a broadway gangster, open 'another show,' call him a swine. Make tonight the most fun you've ever had.'"
On a count of three, we scream "BREAK A LEG" and we all go to our places. The Kaplan Speech really is the best advice to put is in a great mindset before a performance.
(682 days ago)
"Good, better, best. Never let it rest until the good is better and the better best"
"Acting is 90% reacting"
-John Sullivan, Barnstable High School Drama Director
I would not be where I am today without these words of wisdom.
(674 days ago)
"Good, better, best. Never let it rest until the good is better and the better best"
"Acting is 90% reacting"
-John Sullivan, Barnstable High School Drama Director
I would not be where I am today without these words of wisdom.
(674 days ago)
"Good, better, best. Never let it rest until the good is better and the better best"
"Acting is 90% reacting"
-John Sullivan, Barnstable High School Drama Director
I would not be where I am today without these words of wisdom.
(674 days ago)
Sorry for posting that 3x. My computer is a bit slow and I am a bit impatient:)
(674 days ago)
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Aly Badalamenti
Aly Badalamenti:
Close to every show I have been in, I have done with my best friend.
Our parents are also quite involved and supportive of the shows we take part in.
A couple years back, my best friends' dad pulled me aside before the show started, simply to tell me,
"Don't suck."
While at first this may seem a little harsh, our families are VERY close and have a tendency to joke around with each other a lot.
Still, I took his advice and continue to take it everytime I'm on stage.
The key is believing in yourself and trusting that you will do your absolute best to give the best performance that you can, still having fun tons of fun along the way.
(701 days ago)