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A Column of Positive Observations for the Actor in Each of Us

It is my great hope that ACTING UP will assist you, the reader, in becoming a successful actor - be it for international, national or local film and television, Broadway, community theatre, or your own backyard production. Even if you're not interested in applying what skills you may learn here to a professional career in TV, film or for the stage, you will certainly learn to apply this theatrical knowledge to any form of employment that may hold your interest. I guarantee it - because, theatrical expertise can find a workable, profitable place in any field of endeavor.

But clearly, ACTING UP will be geared to helping the actor, novice or professional, attain and retain all the skills and confidence that is required to win those auditions, avoid common pitfalls, and pristinely perform in front of a camera or live audience. Bar none. This column will help the actor make winning choices, from an initial audition for a particular role, to a final performance on a long-standing TV series.

ACTING UP will assist the actor with fully participating in and understanding the artistic craft of acting, and all that it entails, with specific regard to: vocal poise, physical grace and movement, timing, personal interpretation, character and script study, story knowledge, and most importantly, performance likeability.

If even in some small measure, ACTING UP helps you to go on to ace that audition, win that role, and/or knock 'em dead with your performance - knowing full well, all the while, that the core of any good performance rests with an actor's solid preparation and total comprehension of the given character's existence - than this column has served its purpose.

That said, go out there and break a leg!



Herbie J Pilato is an Actor, Writer, Author, Producer, and Singer/Songwriter. Herbie J has appeared and/or produced  hundreds of radio and TV shows, including Bravo's hit five-part series, The 100 Greatest TV CharactersE! True Hollywood Stories on Bewitched and David Carradine, A&E Biographies of Elizabeth Montgomery and Lee Majors, Entertainment Tonight, The Learning Channel's Behind the Fame specials on The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Bob Newhart Show, LA Law and Hill Street Blues, and the Syfy Channel's Sciography series.  He's served as a consultant for the special DVD releases of Bewitched, CHiPS, and Kung Fu, as well as on Nora Ephron's Bewitched feature film. As an actor, Herbie J has appeared on everything from Highway to Heaven to The Golden Girls to General Hospital and The Bold and the Beautiful. As a director, he's guided mainstage productions of A Phoenix Too Frequent, Leonard Malfi's Birdbath, and Little Shop of Horrors. Herbie J's books include: NBC & ME: My Life As A Page In A Book (BearManor Media, 2009), The Bionic Book: The Six Million Dollar Man and The Bionic Woman Reconstructed (BearManor Media, 2008), Life Story - The Book of Life Goes On: TV's First and Best Family Show of Challenge (BearManor Media, 2007), Bewitched Forever (Tapestry, 2004/2001, Summit/1996), The Kung Fu Book of Wisdom (Tuttle, 1995), The Kung Fu Book of Caine (1993) and The Bewitched Book (Dell, 1992).  He's toured with Nik and Nice Guys (America's #1 Party Band) as "Frankie Vallie," and also performs as "Frankie Vallie" with Frank's Rat Pack.  He released his first music CD, Two, in 2008.  To order the CD, or any one of his books, email hjpilato@aol.com or visit www.herbiejpilato.blogspot.com.  You could also visit Herbie J through TwitterLinkedIn, or Facebook via http://twitter.com/HerbieJPilato, http://www.linkedin.com/myprofile?trk=hb_tab_pro and http://www.facebook.com/#/HerbieJPilato?ref=profile.


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