Assignment #6: Performer's History

Studying the careers of performers we admire can benefit us in many ways. Some of the benefits are:

• Educate us on the realities of show business
• Seeing the years of work behind successful careers
• Better understanding of "type" casting

• Read biographies from books or online
• Search articles from newspapers & magazines
• Look them up on IMDB and IBDB
• Find an official website or online resume

• How much variety is in this person's resume?
• Do certain types of roles pop up over and over?
• What would you consider to be their "break out" role?
• What would others be surprised to learn about this person?
• What else did you learn?

Comments (7) >>

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written by Rachel Diamond, March 16, 2007

Do they need to be theatre actors or can they be film actors as well?

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written by triplethreat, March 16, 2007

Anyone whose career you admire! Of course, this assignment will be most relevant if you choose a performer whose career has followed a path similar to the one that you would like to follow. Besides, it's amazing how many actors are active in both theatre AND film!

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written by mezzo_soprano, April 14, 2007

I find Wikipedia very good for this sort of thing

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written by Ali, May 21, 2007

great idea, I'm doing Lea Salonga!

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written by Andrew Turnwall, August 24, 2007

Nathan Lane. Same build, same voice range, love his work.

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written by Jesse Dalton, August 04, 2008

I'm looking into Mandy Patinkin, Raul Esparza, and Bernadette Peters.
good idea!

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written by Anica, June 09, 2009

I have done this before, but I usually end up having an obsession with the person I'm researching.

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