

At the 69th Primetime Emmys, Sterling K. Brown took home his second consecutive Emmy, this time for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for This Is Us. It was another marker of success for the unofficial graduating class of actors -- Brown, André Holland (The Knick and Moonlight), Brian Tyree Henry (Atlanta and This Is Us) and Kimberly Hébert Gregory -- that starred in the 2009 Off-Broadway production of the Brothers/Sisters Plays by playwright Tarell Alvin McCraney, who won an Adapted Screenplay Oscar for Moonlight earlier this year.
“Look at us now: an Oscar winner, two-time Emmy winner, and all of us working and winning at the same time,” Gregory tells Et. “I’m filled with joy, pride and humility. We came from a place of working in the theater and scraping just to get by. We all trained hard and studied at various schools, and I truly feel it’s a confluence of our ancestors...
“Look at us now: an Oscar winner, two-time Emmy winner, and all of us working and winning at the same time,” Gregory tells Et. “I’m filled with joy, pride and humility. We came from a place of working in the theater and scraping just to get by. We all trained hard and studied at various schools, and I truly feel it’s a confluence of our ancestors...
- 9/26/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
With the holiday season upon us, it’s time to nail auditions so you have something to talk about when Aunt Vera or Uncle Miguel ask how the acting is going! Here are nine from this past week on Backstage for you to consider: “American Psycho: A New Musical”Think you can play Patrick Bateman better than Christian Bale? Now’s your chance, albeit in a bit of a different setting: a musical. Producers are casting the entire cast for the musical version of the disturbing film based on the book by Bret Easton Ellis. Auditions for the Equity production are April 16, 21, and 22. Rehearsals begin January 2016 with a mid-March 2016 opening. “Charlie”This student film is casting the role of Ron, a hardworking father, in a story about his family’s discovery of his passion for ventriloquism after his untimely death. Shooting in NYC, meals and transportation will be provided.
- 4/3/2015
- backstage.com
'No matter what you do, no matter where you turn, fate sticks out its foot to trip you." I quote Al Roberts in "Detour," Edgar G. Ulmer's 1945 cult noir, which is unreeling tomorrow at 7 p.m. and Tuesday at 9 p.m. at Anthology Film Archives. Roberts, played by Tom Neal, is a pianist at a New York City dive called Break o'Dawn who decides to thumb his way to Los Angeles, leaving behind a girlfriend. On the road he hooks up with a...
- 6/13/2010
- by By V.A. MUSETTO
- NYPost.com
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