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Medicine
fromThe Atlantic
19 hours ago

All the World Has Stage Fright

Propranolol is increasingly prescribed for stage fright due to its calming effects, reflecting changes in social interactions influenced by technology.
Brooklyn
fromVulture
4 hours ago

In The Balusters, the Trash Cans Are All Neatly Lined Up

Neighborhood associations can resemble protection rackets, masking aggression with charm while addressing serious community issues like traffic safety.
Relationships
fromPsychology Today
2 days ago

Feeling Stuck in Your Relationship Despite Your Efforts?

Couples often become too cautious in their efforts to improve relationships, leading to unresolved issues and a lack of genuine connection.
Arts
fromwww.nytimes.com
4 days ago

7 Key Works of Avant-Garde Theater

Avant-garde theater originated in 19th-century France, emphasizing social reform and innovative artistic expression to critique mainstream culture.
#theater
Writing
fromTime Out New York
5 days ago

Broadway review: Ayo Edebiri shows her work in Proof ()

The revival of David Auburn's drama 'Proof' explores themes of mental illness and mathematical genius through the characters of Robert and Catherine.
Writing
fromwww.theguardian.com
5 days ago

Proof review Ayo Edebiri struggles but Kara Young soars in Broadway revival

David Auburn's play Proof combines humor and sadness, showcasing a strong structure and character depth, making it a timeless piece for theater.
Writing
fromTime Out New York
5 days ago

Broadway review: Ayo Edebiri shows her work in Proof ()

The revival of David Auburn's drama 'Proof' explores themes of mental illness and mathematical genius through the characters of Robert and Catherine.
Writing
fromwww.theguardian.com
5 days ago

Proof review Ayo Edebiri struggles but Kara Young soars in Broadway revival

David Auburn's play Proof combines humor and sadness, showcasing a strong structure and character depth, making it a timeless piece for theater.
Film
fromPsychology Today
5 days ago

Marriage and Disconnection: Lessons From 'Is This Thing On?'

Marriage requires ongoing effort, and some divorces may be unnecessary due to misattributed dissatisfaction between partners.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
5 days ago

Psychology says the quietest person in a group conversation often isn't the least engaged - they're often the one processing at a depth the loudest voices in the room have stopped bothering to reach - Silicon Canals

Silence in group settings often indicates deep cognitive processing rather than disengagement.
#comedy
Humor
fromFuncheap
5 days ago

Collective Unconscious: Comedy at The Faight Collective

Collective Unconscious is a unique comedy showcase featuring top talent at The Faight Collective in San Francisco.
Media industry
fromBusiness Matters
4 weeks ago

Alan Piket on Comedy, Discipline, and Building a Career That Lasts

Alan Piket's career in comedy emphasizes honesty, connection, and long-term thinking, blending humor with empathy and resilience.
Humor
fromFuncheap
5 days ago

Collective Unconscious: Comedy at The Faight Collective

Collective Unconscious is a unique comedy showcase featuring top talent at The Faight Collective in San Francisco.
Media industry
fromBusiness Matters
4 weeks ago

Alan Piket on Comedy, Discipline, and Building a Career That Lasts

Alan Piket's career in comedy emphasizes honesty, connection, and long-term thinking, blending humor with empathy and resilience.
fromBustle
6 days ago

Aya Cash Talks 'Giant' On Broadway & Her Theater Rituals

I was just terrified. I was like, 'I don't want to mess this up. It's done so well. Everyone loves it. And now I'm coming in, and I can be the thing that makes the wheels come off.'
New York Giants
Humor
fromVulture
6 days ago

The Fear of 13 Doesn't Get Far Outside of Adrien Brody's Head

Nick Yarris, exonerated after 22 years on death row, shares his extraordinary life stories with a prison volunteer, blurring lines between advocacy and listening.
Film
fromwww.businessinsider.com
5 days ago

Playing 'sunburned girl' on The Pitt was a career break for me. I couldn't believe how kind everyone on set was.

Jenna Moloney transitioned from unpaid student films to a significant role on HBO Max's 'The Pitt' after a challenging audition process.
Arts
from48 hills
6 days ago

Drama Masks: Of tyrannical kings and dancing kilts - 48 hills

The article critiques political figures and draws parallels between historical narratives and contemporary issues in performing arts.
Psychology
fromHuffPost
6 days ago

Learning To Tolerate This 1 Thing Will Make You Better In Every Conversation

Improving conversational skills requires curiosity, genuine interest, and practice to overcome awkwardness and foster meaningful interactions.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
6 days ago

The most powerful thing you can do in a tense situation is remain completely silent - not because you have nothing to say, but because the person who speaks first is almost always the one performing, and the person who listens is the one who learns - Silicon Canals

Silence during discussions can lead to better understanding and outcomes by fostering reflection and reducing defensive responses.
fromThe New Yorker
2 weeks ago

In Film, Sometimes the Greatest Drama Is Offscreen

"Cinematic Immunity" offers a workers'-eye view of Hollywood on the Hudson, revealing the intricate dynamics of filmmaking in New York City from 1954 to 9/11.
Independent films
fromDefector
3 weeks ago

For Now, ABS Makes Good Theater | Defector

Under the ABS challenge system, a team begins each game with two challenges. If a player gets an umpire's call overturned, their team retains the challenge. In effect, this means a team has unlimited challenges until they get two wrong.
Boston Red Sox
Arts
from48 hills
1 week ago

Drama Masks: Keeping the monsters of the world at bay - 48 hills

The Bay Area performing arts scene offers bright spots amidst current challenges, highlighting productions that promote inclusivity and cultural awareness.
Film
fromenglish.elpais.com
2 weeks ago

The art of mastering jealousy, according to Maggie Gyllenhaal or how to direct your husband in sex scenes

Maggie Gyllenhaal found directing her husband in intimate scenes challenging due to jealousy but emphasized communication and trust as essential for managing emotions.
History
fromFuncheap
3 weeks ago

The Drillmaster Staged Reading

The Drillmaster is a comedic play about Baron Von Steuben, a gay founding father who transformed the Continental Army during the American Revolution.
Arts
fromPsychology Today
2 weeks ago

Your Therapy Homework: Get to the Theater

Engaging with the arts can enhance psychological and social well-being, supporting mental and physical health.
Film
fromVulture
2 weeks ago

The Twist in The Drama Is Not the Problem

The film features a controversial plot twist involving a character's past plan for a school shooting, sparking significant online speculation and backlash.
Film
fromIndieWire
2 weeks ago

What Everyone Gets Wrong About Intimacy Coordinators

Intimacy coordinators play a crucial role in choreographing sex scenes, ensuring safety and clarity on set.
fromVulture
4 weeks ago

A Production of Chekhov's Ivanov That I Wish Everyone Could See

The thing is an almost-four-hour-long continuous explosion - actors dancing, grappling, and hurling furniture; the director present onstage ripping pieces out of the set; paint and blood and flowers and feathers everywhere.
Berlin music
from48 hills
2 weeks ago

Drama Masks: Mad, bad, and dangerous to see - 48 hills

The final show I review below got me looks that made me feel like a fish in a bowl. First, the private security at the door had two Valiant rent-a-cops who scowling at me-and only me-with that same 'Give me an excuse!' glare I've gotten from real cops all my life.
Arts
Film
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 weeks ago

Monica Barbaro: Yesterday I went home thinking I'm a terrible actor and they're finding out'

Monica Barbaro reflects on her transition to theatre acting while preparing for her role in Les Liaisons Dangereuses.
Relationships
fromSilicon Canals
1 month ago

The hardest conversation in a long marriage isn't about betrayal or money. It's the one where you finally say 'I've been performing happiness for so long I don't remember when it stopped being real' and you both have to sit in the silence of wondering how many years that covers. - Silicon Canals

Emotional performance in relationships can lead to long-term issues that are difficult to identify and address.
#ai-training-data
fromThe Verge
1 month ago
Artificial intelligence

AI companies want to harvest improv actors' skills to train AI on human emotion

Artificial intelligence
fromBusiness Insider
1 month ago

This AI company is hiring improv actors - and willing to pay them $74 an hour

Handshake AI is hiring actors to record improvised scenes at $74 per hour for an unnamed leading AI company, representing growing demand for non-tech professionals in AI development.
Artificial intelligence
fromThe Verge
1 month ago

AI companies want to harvest improv actors' skills to train AI on human emotion

AI training companies hire creative professionals like actors and comedians to generate specialized data that helps fix gaps in AI model knowledge, raising concerns about accelerating job obsolescence in creative industries.
Film
fromVulture
2 weeks ago

The Drama Is Too Cowardly to Commit to Its Provocative Premise

The film presents a dark romantic comedy featuring complex characters and a central premise that challenges audience expectations.
Arts
fromHyperallergic
3 weeks ago

A Drama of Two Masters

A documentary dramatizes the rivalry between British landscape painters Turner and Constable while exploring survival strategies in the age of AI.
#zendaya
Film
fromThe New Yorker
2 weeks ago

The Drama Surrounding "The Drama"

Fans gathered for the New York premiere of 'The Drama' starring Zendaya and Robert Pattinson, showcasing excitement and anticipation despite the cold weather.
Film
fromVulture
3 weeks ago

Critics Aren't Sure Whether to Marry The Drama

Zendaya's performance in the controversial film is widely praised, while critics are divided on the film's originality and execution.
Film
fromThe New Yorker
2 weeks ago

The Drama Surrounding "The Drama"

Fans gathered for the New York premiere of 'The Drama' starring Zendaya and Robert Pattinson, showcasing excitement and anticipation despite the cold weather.
Film
fromVulture
3 weeks ago

Critics Aren't Sure Whether to Marry The Drama

Zendaya's performance in the controversial film is widely praised, while critics are divided on the film's originality and execution.
Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
1 month ago

Not everyone who avoids conflict is afraid of confrontation. Some people finally realized that the person across from them doesn't want resolution, they want an audience, and refusing to perform is the most confrontational thing you can do. - Silicon Canals

Silence can be a deliberate choice in conflict, not a sign of weakness or fear.
Film
fromJezebel
3 weeks ago

'The Drama' Is Worth the Secrecy

Kristoffer Borgli's film explores dark human impulses through a pre-wedding gathering that reveals unsettling secrets among friends.
fromwww.eastbaytimes.com
1 month ago

Curtain Calls: Jimmy Smits brings star power to East Bay production of All My Sons'

Here, a central character hides behind so many layers of deceit, he almost believes his own version of the truth while his wife refuses to believe their son died in the war. The pitfalls of capitalism and the hollowness of the American Dream certainly resonate today as they did after World War II.
DC food
#broadway
Film
fromTime Out New York
3 weeks ago

Broadway review: A heist and a play go wrong in Dog Day Afternoon

Stephen Adly Guirgis's new Broadway play fails to capture the intensity of the original 1975 film about a botched bank heist.
Film
fromTime Out New York
3 weeks ago

Broadway review: A heist and a play go wrong in Dog Day Afternoon

Stephen Adly Guirgis's new Broadway play fails to capture the intensity of the original 1975 film about a botched bank heist.
Miscellaneous
fromThe Mercury News
1 month ago

Actor, director establish 'Trust' going into TheatreWorks production

Director Jeffrey Lo and actor William Thomas Hodgson collaborate effectively through intentional exploration, detailed character work, and a shared commitment to avoiding conventional theatrical choices.
LA real estate
fromLos Angeles Times
29 years ago

A House Full of Stage Presence

The Center Theatre Group's 30th anniversary reception was held at the Wassermans' prestigious Beverly Hills home, showcasing its renowned art collection and expansive grounds to impressed guests.
Social justice
from48 hills
2 months ago

Drama Masks: New looks at 'A Streetcar Named Desire' and 'Eugene Onegin' - 48 hills

Police and ICE violence continues with racial disparities; recent killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti reflect ongoing systemic brutality and public indifference.
Television
fromFilmmaker Magazine
2 months ago

"I Want To Be More Honest and More Authentic, Both With Myself and With My Roles": Ben Mehl, Back To One, Episode 378

Ben Mehl pursued acting despite legal blindness from Stargardt disease, performing on screen and stage while teaching and emphasizing truth and trust in his work.
SF music
from48 hills
1 month ago

Drama Masks: The Manhattanization of San Francisco stages - 48 hills

Supervisor Bilal Mahmood's proposal to turn Market Street into a theatre arts district with $5 million funding prioritizes commercialized, tourist-friendly entertainment over San Francisco's unique, eclectic theatrical identity.
Science
fromNature
2 months ago

Public-speaking tips from the experts: what scientists can learn from comics, musicians and actors

Researchers can adopt performers' techniques to make conference talks more engaging, informative, and inspiring, increasing audience energy and professional visibility.
NYC LGBT
fromQueerty
1 month ago

Colman Domingo on the beautiful reason his stepfather fired him from his summer job - Queerty

Colman Domingo received the President's Award at the 57th NAACP Image Awards, honoring his achievements and crediting his parents' influence on his success and values.
Television
fromIndependent
2 months ago

Tom Vaughan-Lawlor: 'I could never work with my wife - the idea of being mean or cruel to her, I couldn't do it'

Tom Vaughan-Lawlor relies on his wife Claire to coax him into social life and experiences a strong duality between public performance and private introspection.
Mental health
fromFast Company
2 months ago

3 research-backed improv tricks to help manage stress

Resilience is a learnable skill; improv-based practices like 'Yes, And' strengthen creativity, confidence, and calm under stress.
Humor
fromwww.mercurynews.com
1 month ago

Actor, director establish Trust' going into TheatreWorks production

Director Jeffrey Lo and actor William Thomas Hodgson collaborate effectively through intentional exploration, detailed character work, and a shared commitment to avoiding conventional theatrical choices in rehearsals for Primary Trust.
Relationships
fromPsychology Today
2 months ago

2 Ways for Couples to Start Feeling Like a Team

Restoring the felt sense of partnership requires small, repeatable coordination shifts that create shared purpose and joint investment beyond mere division of labor.
Music
fromwww.mercurynews.com
2 months ago

Review: Hershey Felder delivers a brilliant story about Hershey Felder

Hershey Felder's piano symbolizes personal freedom, family history, curiosity, and his embodiment of composers through performance and storytelling.
Humor
fromBig Think
1 month ago

How to conquer pressure - the Jim Belushi way

Jim Belushi reframes anxiety as excitement through physiological awareness, leveraging this mental technique across his entertainment and cannabis entrepreneurship careers.
Relationships
fromPsychology Today
2 months ago

Couples Can Develop Loving Relationships Without Therapy

Learning how to securely attach is more important than learning how to argue, and people can learn EFT-based skills to build lasting, loving bonds.
Arts
from48 hills
2 months ago

Drama Masks: Feel good this plot is not - 48 hills

Bay Area civic and cultural life is devolving into surreal, corporate-driven spectacles and real dangers that blur satire and genuine threat.
fromMetro Silicon Valley | Silicon Valley's Leading Weekly
2 months ago

The Sex Lives of Puppets at Stanford | Metro Silicon Valley | Silicon Valley's Leading Weekly

Worries, fears, hang-ups, and desires are translated through highly skilled puppetry, as interview scenes cast puppet couples talking about their sex lives. Written by Mark Down of Blind Summit, a cohort of exceptional makers and puppeteers expanding the definition of a puppet, this collaboration with the UK's National Survey of Sexual Attitudes and Lifestyles pulls from real-life conversations to get puppets talking dirty.
Arts
Arts
fromArtforum
2 months ago

Blame Game

Molière's comedies are being revived in contemporary theater to critique cultural elites and prompt self-reflection within arts philanthropy and performance.
Arts
fromVulture
1 month ago

Daniel Radcliffe Loves Audience Participation

Daniel Radcliffe will star in Every Brilliant Thing on Broadway, performing an interactive play that examines depression, suicide, and audience-driven moments.
Arts
fromTime Out London
2 months ago

Adrian Lester returns to London's West End to star in 'Cyrano de Bergerac'

Adrian Lester returns to the West End in Simon Evans' traditional-period Cyrano de Bergerac at the Noël Coward Theatre, June 13–Sept 5.
Film
fromThe New Yorker
1 month ago

Nonprofessional Actors Are the Heart of the Movies

This year's Oscar contenders feature nonprofessional actors alongside established performers, creating authentic performances that distinguish these films in the new casting achievement category.
fromwww.npr.org
1 month ago

Would you go to a play by yourself? Theaters are hoping so

We decided this could be an opportunity to design something specifically for those theatergoers, and maybe many others who may have been reluctant to attend on their own. This is not 'singles night.' If a meaningful connection happens, that's a bonus. But at the end of the day, it's really about being comfortable going solo to a show and enjoying it with people who have that same experience.
Arts
Arts
from48 hills
2 months ago

Drama Masks: The audience is listening-but who is 'The Notebook' romancing? - 48 hills

Audience-performer boundaries can collapse into violence when politically charged performance provokes, as in a German production where spectators attacked an actor playing a fascist.
fromParade
2 months ago

Robert Duvall Once Shared a Classroom With Dustin Hoffman and Gene Hackman

To the world, he was an Academy Award-winning actor...to me, he was simply everything.
Film
Arts
fromBrooklyn Paper
1 month ago

At Caveat, Laibson's tech-heavy Chekhov adaptation The HARMNF examines digital-age alienation * Brooklyn Paper

Contemporary theater uses virtual, mixed reality, and AI technologies to create immersive, interactive performances that blur traditional audience and performer roles.
Arts
fromwww.eastbaytimes.com
2 months ago

Curtain Calls: Unfinished stories come to life in light-hearted comedy Improbable Fiction'

Masquers Playhouse presents Alan Ayckbourn's Improbable Fiction with strong direction, versatile performances, and outstanding costumes that bring imagined stories vividly to life.
Film
fromThe Drum
2 months ago

Let me entertain you

Covid-19 pushed entertainment and brands to innovate, shifting releases and creating digital experiences to maintain connection and reach audiences.
Arts
fromwww.berkeleyside.org
2 months ago

Big names bring a new twist to classic plays at Berkeley Rep this season

Berkeley Rep opens 2025 with Jacob Ming-Trent's semi-autobiographical solo How Shakespeare Saved My Life and a reimagined All My Sons.
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

It's a fun cocktail!': the Wooster Group's head-spinning blend of high and low art

Spalding Gray used to perform a show called Interviewing the Audience. The celebrated monologist would invite a stranger he had met in the lobby to join him on stage. Through a sequence of innocuous questions, he would get them to open up about their lives. At one performance, a guest broke the audience's hearts by talking about her daughter's murder. At benefit nights, people living with HIV shared their tales. Other times, the anecdotes would be eccentric or amusing.
Arts
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