It's alive!

After more than a year of hibernation, I think I'd like to revive this blog.

So here's a great video on comedy. It's a little under an hour, and comedians Ricky Gervais, Jerry Seinfeld, Louis CK, and Chris Rock chat about what comedy is. It's great because they all have such different perspectives. If you're interested in comedy, this is an awesome wealth of info packaged in a lot of laughs.

Warning: STRONG LANGUAGE. NSFW.

La Vida Es Seuno

A bit of set design inspiration today. Today's post highlights the set designs for a show done at BYU-Idaho in the Fall of 2011. For more details on the show and the design process, and more pictures, visit the designer's website here.

Life is a Dream is a Spanish Golden Age play that highlights the philosophical questions of fate vs. choice, and certainty and morality. Since astrology and the movements of the stars play a big part in the plot, the designer and director wanted to incorporate this idea into the set. Designer Gary Benson began researching astrological instruments and maritime navigational equipment, and eventually created a final design of a circular raked stage with various revolving parts. Arches of gold were hung over the upper half of the set. The revolving of the various circles, combined with lighting choices, allowed this unit set to establish different locations. Pretty cool, no?

Tickling the ivories

A little old school comedy today. Man, I love the Marx brothers. (That's really them playing piano, too.)

Impressionism Extraordinaire

That George Clooney one blows my mind every time.



And who knew Kevin Spacey could do this? Has ANYONE ever impersonated Katherine Hepburn that well?

Five feet and five inches of awesome

I like to think that Daniel Radcliffe and I would be good friends. He's a delight. One day my husband and I will have him over for dinner, and the three of us will talk about acting and the History Channel.



Watch the whole interview here. Oh I love Inside the Actor's Studio.

Inspiration from James Dean

"An actor must interpret life, and in order to do so must be willing to accept all the experiences life has to offer. In fact, he must seek out more of life than life puts at his feet." --James Dean