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Keirsten Kupiec: 42nd Street Matthew Arkin: The Long Run Bill Irwin: Texts for Nothing
Keirsten Kupiec:
42nd Street
An "open call" is the showbiz term for a big audition. "Big" meaning hundreds of people trying to land a handful of parts. No one ever gets chosen from an open call, right?

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Keirsten Kupiec: 42nd Street
Matthew Arkin:
The Long Run
5 nights (and two days) a week Matthew Arkin commutes to downtown Manhattan. For Arkin, going to work means shaving his scruff, dressing the part, and playing the role of "Gabe" in the Pulitzer Prize-winning play "Dinner with Friends."

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Matthew Arkin: The Long Run
Bill Irwin:
Texts for Nothing
What does an actor do? What choices must he make in order to transform himself from the person that he is into another for the stage?

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Bill Irwin: Texts for Nothing











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