If you had the choice of a recurring role on a television show that
would last for years or a starring
role in a major play, which do you
think you would prefer?
They are both such different beasts,
I would love playing a detective
on an episodic drama. The idea
of trying to help and bring justice
sounds very appealing to me. Also,
working in front of the camera is a
very different skill set than theater. I
compare it to math, as you have to
think of angles and pictures. What
look or angle will communicate the
story the best. It’s acting with a laser compared to a knife when you
are doing theatre.
However, the theater is something that is incomparable to
anything else. You can feel the
audience, you can hear the audience and they can feel you. It’s
an extremely addictive drug to
know that you are making 100 or
200 people cry or laugh. There is
nothing like doing live theater and
when they stand up to show their
appreciation of your work as they
have a lot with this show, it is the
best drug in the world! If I had to
choose based on feelings not economics, it would doing the show in
a Broadway house.
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