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Friday, August 5, 2016

The Magical Age of Cinema: The Story of Mike Leigh by Gianfranco Lentini

In 2015, Mike Leigh was honored with the British Academy of Film and Television Arts Fellowship, a lifetime achievement award and the highest honor bestowed by the organization. Learn more a…

SOURCE: www.breakingcharactermagazine.com at 12:20PM
Tuesday, May 17, 2016

The Receipt on Our Commercialized Life: SHOPPING AND F***ING by Gianfranco Lentini

When who we are and what we do has been reduced to a transaction, the receipt on our commercialized life is Mark Ravenhill’s SHOPPING AND F***ING. The post The Receipt on Our Commercialize…

SOURCE: www.breakingcharactermagazine.com at 10:46AM
Monday, December 21, 2015

Woody Allen Onstage: WRITER’S BLOCK by Gianfranco Lentini

In this comedy about absurdist marital affairs of novelistic proportions, Allen presents us with two casts of characters, one in Manhattan and one in Connecticut, battling their inner comedi…

SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 12:21PM
Friday, November 6, 2015

THE FOUR OF US: The Price of Someone Else’s Success by Gianfranco Lentini

Testing the limits of what it means to be a friend, a colleague, or just a human, this play serves as a very relatable, very truthful testament to the struggles we face everyday not just wit…

SOURCE: www.samuelfrench.com at 04:56PM
Friday, November 16, 2012

TheaterMania U: How to Prepare a BFA Audition by Gianfranco Lentini

This week marks the most important week thus far for sophomores at Hofstra University: BFA Audition Week. About twenty performance and production BFA candidates rushed to and fro silently mo…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 12:07PM
Friday, November 9, 2012

TheaterMania U: Answers from The Learned Ladies: Part 2 - Opening Night Fears by Gianfranco Lentini

Now that both Hurricane Sandy and the 2012 Presidential Election are behind us, it's time for Hofstra University to look forward to opening night of their final production of the semester, M…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:15PM
Thursday, November 1, 2012

TheaterMania U: Christopher Dippel Knows About The Learned Ladies by Gianfranco Lentini

Following up on my earlier post about what I've learned working on Molière's The Learned Ladies, I turned my questions this time onto Hofstra University professor and director of The Learne…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 01:00PM
Thursday, October 25, 2012

TheaterMania U: Observations of an Assistant Stage Manager: The Many Ways to Call "Line" by Gianfranco Lentini

Stage-managing any job means three things (plus one): 1) There will be sweat. 2) There will be tears. 3) There may be blood. +1) The wealth of information you will gain while on the job will…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:00PM
Thursday, October 18, 2012

TheaterMania U: Presidential Debate 2012 : Lights, Cameras, PRIDE! by Gianfranco Lentini

It's not a lie when it's said that Hofstra University in Long Island, NY has PRIDE! This past week, Hofstra University, for a second time since 2008, hosted the second 2012 Presidential Deba…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:26PM
Thursday, October 11, 2012

TheaterMania U: Answers From The Learned Ladies: Part 1 by Gianfranco Lentini

This past summer while I was interning with New York Classical Theatre, I asked the cast and crew working on the production what would be their one piece of advice they would give an actor/a…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 07:00AM
Thursday, October 4, 2012

TheaterMania U: My Week with Medea by Gianfranco Lentini

It's well past midnight as I finally get to lie down with my chocolate chip and granola trail mix and try to put into words the past week. The words that first come to mind are: busy, hectic…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 04:40PM
Thursday, September 20, 2012

TheaterMania U: Drama vs. Drama: What is Art vs. What is Slander by Gianfranco Lentini

"We're drama students. We love drama," is a resoundingly smack-in-the-face comment that was made to me this week. As to the context of the comment, let me explain.To say drama students love …

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 02:00PM
Thursday, September 13, 2012

TheaterMania U: Lessons My Professors (Sometimes Unintentionally) Taught Me by Gianfranco Lentini

Call it an accident or a Freudian slip, we've all had those teachers who've said something faster than their mind could have told them "No." Or maybe it was that signature expression or gest…

SOURCE: TheaterMania at 10:29AM

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Jul 11, 2024: Oh, Mary! - Lyceum Theatre
Jul 30, 2024: Job - Hayes Theater
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Nov 14, 2024: Tammy Faye - Palace Theatre
Dec 12, 2024: Cult of Love - Hayes Theater
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