DIRECTING PLAYS

Many people want to direct a play, but it's sometimes not as easy as you might think it to be.

You know the saying: the key to comedy is.......timing. That's for the actor. Directing comedy is a whole different can of worms, especially when working with inexperienced actors!

If you are an aspiring playwright The Gallery Players theater in Park Slope is seeking submissions of new work for it's 14th Annual Black Box New Play Festival to be held in June 2011.

This article discusses directors who have seemingly peaked with their first films, both financially and critically.

The man who helped launch the careers of such greats as Katharine Hepburn and Meg Ryan has credits that run the gamut of genres dramas, comedies, musicals, epics, biographical dramatizations and adaptations of literary works, among others.

Now we are going to see how the elementary forces shape and give life the poem of one of outstanding Korean poets, Chon Hyon-jong. What the "elementary forces" mean here will be focused to the mind and the temper of the poet.

Tropic Thunder is an okay stab at the war movies of old; the spoof works in many parts, but falters in others with its rail-thin plot and choppy directing by Stiller.

The list of directors as actors (or vice versa) is extensive, though you can't say they're all equally good at directing and acting...even as much as they think they are. Here's an opinionated list of directors who could have (or still could) get awards for acting...

The last time a New Zealand filmmaker began a career in the genres of comedy and horror he wound up directing The Lord of the Rings.

We need thought-provoking plays like these because we cannot afford to watch every play or movie we go to so passively. We need to think about the world around us, and we need to deal with the present instead of just sleeping through it.

Jon Jory has a true love of theatre and interpretation, but he likes to think outside the box in his directing of plays. A play can be interpreted in any number of ways, depending on what we want to see in it: "Shakespeare does not mean; we mean by Shakespeare."

Susie Au has become noted for directing commercials and music videos. Did those skills prove useful in feature film direction? At least in the end they didn't hurt.

Christopher Guest has made a name for himself by directing mockumentaries. But did you know that he is also a talented director of straight comedies?

For a little while, anyway, the success of Americans to upend U.S. Congress might actually initiate the beginning of a new era. Regardless how that all plays out, we still have Problems in River City - and TV and film might begin to work for us, as well.

Many children participate in annual Christmas plays, which often reenact the night of Jesus' birth or any number of other Christmas-type celebrations. Use the following tips to involve your kids in a Christmas play.

An essay comparing the approaches by two very different plays in exploring the role of drama in art and life.

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy film is just a mess. Poor casting, bad screenwriting, and not very good directing all add up to a messy film that isn't very funny.