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The glitz and glam of Hollywood captures the attention of Americans starting from an early age. Beyond celebrities' Instagram Stories and red carpet poses, there are actors out there paying their dues ...

Every week, we update this roundup to include gigs trending in California. From casting calls in Los Angeles to projects hiring in the Bay Area, we’ve found the best offerings looking for talent now.

Casting is underway for the second season of the Amazon psychological thriller series “We Were Liars.” U.S. and Canada-based female actors, aged 18 or older, are sought to play the 18-year-old ...

The beauty of film as art is that it contains a variety of forms. It can be a fictional, narrative story that springs out of the imagination of a writer, or a documentary that details historical ...

Whether humor is deadpan, like in “The Big Lebowski”; surreal, à la Tim Robinson’s “I Think You Should Leave”; or observational, as typified by “Seinfeld,” there’s a comedy style out there to tickle ...

Nostalgia is all the rage these days; that’s why a ton of movies and TV shows are reboots or remakes of what was popular in the 1980s and ’90s. Normally, this walk down memory lane is meant to delight ...

This cautionary 1731 play by George Lillo, never before seen in New York, is the forefather of every "she done him wrong" drama.

Picture this: You step into a theater and find yourself in a world where nothing quite makes sense. Characters might be spouting gibberish, and the situations are downright bizarre—yet somehow, it all ...

Creating a résumé as an actor can be a source of unnecessary stress. After all, it can feel like the wrong choice might make or break your chance at nabbing a dream role. Luckily, we’ve broken down ...

Method acting is a style of performance that urges actors to embody their characters thoroughly—not just while onstage or on set, but often extending into their everyday lives. The technique, ...

The lore behind Ariana Grande’s lifelong pursuit of “Wicked” feels as much like a fairy tale as “Wicked” itself. The adaptation of Gregory Maguire’s revisionist prequel to “The Wizard of Oz”—existing ...