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Why Improvise; You have a Script

ByHarvey Kalmenson

“You should tell them about the time, right in the middle of the third scene, when a cue was misinterpreted and the clock began to strike a full scene ahead of schedule.” Okay then, get off my back. I’m going to tell them now! (The actor who happened to be on stage is far too…

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Improvisation

ByHarvey Kalmenson

Answering a question I’ve been asked over and over again is worthwhile for me to do, when I determine the number of actors my answer may be helping. One question comes at me more often than any of the others. “What can I do to keep myself up to date and in the game?” Basically…

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“To adlib or not to adlib; ah that is the question!”

ByHarvey Kalmenson

“To adlib or not to adlib; ah that is the question!” Whether it is nobler or not nobler in the minds of most men, is definitely not the question; it’s the challenge that counts! (Besides… we’re talking about actors and actresses.) The search for the answer to the actor’s commercial voice over performance decision making…