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The 2020 Emmy Award Nominations
In this special discussion episode, Jack is joined by Backstage’s social media specialist Katie Minard and senior staff writer Casey Mink to chat the…
6 years, 2 months ago
Jean Smart
Jean Smart has the kind of craft and career advice only an actor with her breadth of experience could provide. Since her early days studying theater …
6 years, 2 months ago
Zoë Kravitz
Zoë Kravitz has developed a philosophy toward auditions that any actor facing the prospect of rejection can adopt for themselves. “The truth is, you …
6 years, 3 months ago
Eugene Mirman & John Roberts
If voicing a character on a hit animated sitcom is your idea of a dream job, let this deep dive into both voiceover and comedy be your guide. Eugene …
6 years, 3 months ago
Ana Fabrega & Julio Torres
The hilarious Ana Fabrega and Julio Torres take a serious approach to comedy, a philosophy echoed in their advice for other writers and performers: d…
6 years, 3 months ago
Rob McElhenney
Rob McElhenney’s credo has always been “make what you want to see.” It’s the advice the actor-writer-producer keeps coming back to in this inspiring …
6 years, 3 months ago
Gugu Mbatha-Raw
Gugu Mbatha-Raw has proven herself a chameleonic star of stage and screen. Since studying at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, appearing on London s…
6 years, 3 months ago
D’Arcy Carden
D’Arcy Carden is proof that breaking through in the biz usually requires years of studying the craft of acting, practicing resilience amid rejection,…
6 years, 3 months ago
Hailee Steinfeld
Superstar Hailee Steinfeld had the biggest of big breaks at age 13, when she earned an Academy Award nomination for the Coen brothers’ “True Grit,” o…
6 years, 3 months ago
Keegan-Michael Key
Keegan-Michael Key combined his early passion for both theater acting and Bugs Bunny to become the stage and screen presence, and sketch comedy geniu…
6 years, 4 months ago