Entertainment & Arts
Actor Morgan Freeman says despite his formal theatrical education, he relies on his instincts in front of the camera.
Jan. 2, 1990
“To Moscow! Moscow! Moscow!”
Dec. 17, 1993
At the outset of “The Seagull,” Masha (Margo Whitcomb) comments on her preference for black attire: “I’m in mourning for my life.”
July 25, 1991
Television
If there’s an American acting style, certainly it’s the naturalism associated with “the Method,” a much-misunderstood acting process that is explored by disciples and by example in “Miracle on 44th Street: A Portrait of the Actors Studio” tonight on “American Masters” (KCET Channel 28 at 10; KPBS Channel 15 at 9).
July 8, 1991
Movies
Eva Marie Saint recalls Method training with Elia Kazan and Lee Strasberg, and her first two film assignments, opposite Marlon Brando and Bob Hope.
Feb. 1, 2001
Working with Hamburg Ballet, John Neumeier strives ceaselessly for character authenticity.
Feb. 13, 2007
Anton Chekhov’s health is deteriorating.
May 26, 1988
Awards
Over an ocean of caffeine, Johnny Depp, Joel Edgerton and Scott Cooper — the stars and the writer-director, respectively, of the somber crime-drama “Black Mass” — gathered for a colorful conversation that began with the discovery of a mutual love of hardcore punk bands Agent Orange and the Dead Kennedys and ended with assorted tales of Bob Dylan sightings.
Nov. 19, 2015
Satish Kaushik: Once typecast in Bollywood comedies, the actor-director says he waited all his life for the heartbreaking role of Chanu in ‘Brick Lane.’
June 19, 2008
1917-24--Gilmor Brown’s Community Players mount 163 plays in a former burlesque house on North Fair Oaks Avenue. 1917--Making her stage debut in the title role of “The Song of Lady Lotus Eyes,” first production of the Community Players, is a young student from the Denishawn School of Dance--Martha Graham. 1923--Players stage the American premieres of John Masefield’s “Melloney Holtspur” and August Strindberg’s “Lucky Pehr.” 1924--Brown opens his Playbox Theatre, a first attempt at central and flexible staging.
April 13, 1986