August 11, 2010

Glee stars Cory Monteith, Chris Colfer, Mark Salling and Kevin McHale and pop singer Katy Perry co-hosted the 2010 Teen Choice Awards, which cover movies, television, comedy, sports, and music, on Sunday, August 8. The ceremony will air at 8pm on Monday, August 9 on FOX.

Glee, which stars Broadway veterans Lea Michele and Matthew Morrison, was named Best TV Comedy, and co-stars Colfer and Mike O’Malley also picked up awards.

Stage veterans who received awards included Vampire Diaries star Ian Somerhalder and former Chicago star Usher.

Among the many winners in other categories were actors Sandra Bullock, Chace Crawford, Leonardo DiCaprio, Tina Fey, Megan Fox, Ashton Kutcher, Taylor Lautner, Kellan Lutz, Leighton Meester, Robert Pattinson, Zoe Saldana, Kristen Stewart, Channing Taturm, and Sam Worthington; musicians Beyonce, Justin Bieber, Miley Cyrus, Eminem, Lady Gaga, and Taylor Swift; and comedian Ellen DeGeneres.

For more information, visit www.teenchoiceawards.com.

By: Brian Scott Lipton

June 24, 2010

Well kids, acting on the Broadway Stage has certainly gone through some new changes this year. As evidence by the results of the recent Tony Awards, Hollywood actors have made a distinctive push toward the theater.

I feel Broadway has become less of the theatrical epicenter of the world and more of just an expansion of the Hollywood Boulevard. Hollywood actors and actresses have been flocking toward New York for the past few years now and have left quite a mark. Role after role on Broadway are being given to screen actors which is unfortunately not leaving a lot of space for the trained stage actors. Even when it comes to the particularly great performances and productions like Kate Baldwin in Finian’s Rainbow are

being beat out by Hollywood big names

We’ve had so many talented and deserving Broadway performers teach kids acting at our studio and it’ sort of s a shame that they sometimes get the recognition they deserve. Even though it some cases, we have to tip our hat to Denzel Washington who chops his teeth on that stage every night in Fences.

With that, I have to respectively request to the