Bruce Miller is the director of acting programs at the University of Miami, where he teaches acting and script analysis. His recent books include The Scene Study Book, Acting Solo,Actor’s Alchemy and The Actor as Storyteller, just out in a new edition, all published by Hal Leonard Limelight Editions. His articles on acting have appeared regularly in Dramatics and Teaching Theatre for almost twenty years.
This was a big year for me in terms of creativity and finding new challenges. I took on a role in a mainstage production with my own students, and I co-wrote a play that was produced in a workshop production. Both of these projects were exciting, ...
Nothing reinforces the fact that show business is a business and actors are sellable commodities like a New York student showcase. For it is there that our graduating students finally realize that their talent and training play second fiddle to ...
'The art of our necessities is strange,
And can make vile things precious.'
King Lear in King Lear
My show closed last night after another two show Saturday. Twelve ...
'And worse I may be yet. The worst is not
So long as we can say, 'This is the worst.'
Edgar in King Lear
When I last reported in on my adventure acting with my students, playing Gloucester in a production of King Lear, I ...
I am currently working on a play at the University of Miami. That’s not unusual. I am often involved in a production at this time of year. But the play is King Lear, and I’ve only done one other production of Shakespeare since I began ...