Erik Altemus made a critical decision when, in the eighth grade, he transferred to the Orange County High School of the Arts. Prior to attending the Southern California performing arts school, he went to a "stereotypical" junior high school, he says: "It was all about whether or not you were on the football team. I hated it. I was completely ridiculed, and talent didn't mean anything to those people."But enrolling in the musical theater program at Ochsa really helped him as an artist: "I was able to immerse myself 100 percent in what I did artistically. It wasn't just something I did on the side. I had academic classes, yes, but now my days were surrounded by doing what I loved to do." He adds, "All of a sudden, I was one of the popular kids and it was all about how talented you were."Several young performers who went...
- 11/3/2010
- backstage.com
Susan Sarandon is the latest addition to the pilot from writer John Logan and director Kathryn Bigelow. She is among several actors tapped for guest-staring/potential recurring roles on the pilot starring Norbert Leo Butz, Frank Langella and Hope Davis, which started filming today in New York. The Miraculous Year is described as an exploration into a high-powered New York family: Terry Segal (Butz), A wildly self-destructive and manipulative Broadway composer, trying to put on a challenging new show; his father Alex (Langella), a brilliant and powerful painter, feeling the inevitable of effects of aging; and his sister Mandy Vance (Davis), an attorney trying to distance herself from the wounding influence of art as she tries to hold her family together. Co-starring in the pilot are Eddie Redmayne as a performer in Terry’s show, Linus Roache as Mandy’s husband Scott, Patti LuPone as a Broadway star and Stark Sands as her son,...
- 7/26/2010
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
HBO’s star-studded Broadway-themed pilot The Miraculous Year has lined up another impressive name: Susan Sarandon.
The Oscar winner has been cast in the recurring role of Patty Atwood, the director/choreographer of the play-within-the-show.
Produced by Tony winner John Logan and Oscar winner Kathryn Bigelow (who’s directing the pilot), Year centers on a wildly self-destructive and manipulative Broadway composer (played by Broadway vet Norbert Leo Butz) who’s juggling both a challenging new show and his dysfunctional New York family.
Production on the pilot begins today in New York.
Year’s impressive cast also includes…
* Hope Davis as Mandy Vance,...
The Oscar winner has been cast in the recurring role of Patty Atwood, the director/choreographer of the play-within-the-show.
Produced by Tony winner John Logan and Oscar winner Kathryn Bigelow (who’s directing the pilot), Year centers on a wildly self-destructive and manipulative Broadway composer (played by Broadway vet Norbert Leo Butz) who’s juggling both a challenging new show and his dysfunctional New York family.
Production on the pilot begins today in New York.
Year’s impressive cast also includes…
* Hope Davis as Mandy Vance,...
- 7/26/2010
- by Michael Ausiello
- EW - Inside TV
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