Legendary Broadway star, actress/singer Betty Buckley, currently starring Off-Broadway in the hit comedy White's Lies, will offer her celebrated "Song & Monologue Interpretation Workshop" from June 29 - July 2, 2010, at The Jason Bennett Actor's Workshop in New York City.
The Tony-award-winning Buckley will share her unique, practical performance methods with aspiring young artists, educators & professionals. She will guide students through focusing & communication exercises that facilitate presence & deep audience connection in performance. Her profound energetic connection to songs, to performers & to audiences, is long celebrated.
Betty Buckley has thrilled audiences for years with acclaimed performances in such Broadway shows as Sunset Boulevard, Cats, The Mystery of Edwin Drood & 1776. Her highly praised starring role in the M. Night Shyamalan feature film The Happening, joins her other memorable film performances which include Tender Mercies, Frantic & Carrie. Recently, she was seen in the new
Tom Hanks/
Steven Spielberg mini-series "The Pacific," on HBO. In 2009, Ms. Buckley was honored with the Texas Medal of Arts Award for Theatre & was inducted into the Texas Film Hall of Fame in 2007. She also has an extensive concert career & recently received rave reviews for her new show For the Love of Broadway! at the prestigious Feinstein's at the Regency in New York City. The New York Times' Stephen Holden praised Buckley as being "at the very top of her game."
John Simon of Bloomberg.com wrote, "Equally accomplished as actress & singer, she pours a lifetime into every song."
Jason Bennett, founder of The Jason Bennett Actor's Workshop said, "Our community of working artists is thrilled & honored Ms. Buckley will join us to share her wisdom. Her generosity to students & passion for teaching is in the time-honored tradition of working artists mentoring new generations of performers. She has developed her own approach to the work, as all great performers do. Her work goes beyond performing; it's an approach to living, as with all deep explorations of creative process."
Betty Buckley has been a teacher for 38 years & has worked with singers, actors & people from all walks of life, including investment bankers, athletic coaches & anyone desiring to perfect their ability to communicate & deepen their relationships.
The Jason Bennett Actor's Workshop is a professional acting & musical theatre program in New York City, founded 10 years ago by Jason Bennett. The philosophy of the school blends all the great 20th Century acting methods into a unified, modern, practical approach to all kinds of performing for theatre, television & film. The faculty includes diverse, award-winning actors, singers, dancers, teachers & psychologists who specialize in working with creative artists. Performers report their comprehensive approach is simultaneously faster, more practical & gets deeper, more reliable results than traditional methods.
Jason Bennett is an award-winning acting & voice teacher who works with professional performers on Broadway, in film & in television. He has published numerous cutting-edge articles about acting & singing & is working on a book that will synthesize all of the great 20th Century performing methods. He has mastered all the traditional acting systems & his contemporary work is described by various professional performers, teachers & publications as "inspired," "genius," "cutting-edge" & "simultaneously very deep & practical." His work is rooted in a commitment to continue to evolve actor training to make it increasingly practical, fun & profound.
Betty Buckley's "Song & Monologue Interpretation Workshop" will consist of four sessions beginning Tuesday, June 29 - Friday, July 2. Each session begins at noon & lasts for 4 hours. The class welcomes auditors, at a reduced rate, who participate in all aspects of the class - including powerful group exercises & work with partners - except the individual singing & monologue coaching by Ms. Buckley.
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