Why Saving the Hollywood Sign Matters: PART ONE

Submitted by Charles Rosin on March 8, 2010 - 12:16pm

 

My mother was born and raised in Hollywood -- and she vividly remembers the community outrage over a developer's plan to sub-divide a particularly scenic part of the Hollywood Hills. What was especially galling was that the developers seemed to flaunt their disregard for these unique L.A. hillsides by erecting a huge billboard to announce their new project.

Handicapping The Hollywood Challenge

Submitted by Charles Rosin on March 1, 2010 - 11:53am

I'm feeling like one of those vendors who sells programs at sports events by reminding fans that they "can't tell the players without a scorecard"!

And so it is with the first-ever Hollywood Challenge --  which asks 30 of the most talented college improv teams to invent a three-part video about what would happen if a major Hollywood Production company decided to use "their campus"  as a location for a major motion picture. (link to premise page)

Rocking the House that Budd Built

Submitted by Auditions on February 21, 2010 - 10:00am

I've seen some great comedy shows at the Hollywood Improv over the years!

There was the time this unknown young comic from the Bay Area mesmerized a jaded, invite-only Hollywood crowd by switching from character-to-character at an alarming warp speed, named Robin Williams, who joined another unknown named Andy Kauffman and a barely known Jay Leno, at the Ten Year Anniversary of Budd Friedman's Improv, as it was known back then.

And the time I first fell in love with the outrageous and cute Jewish potty-mouth from New Hampshire named Sarah Silverman.

showbizzle goes to Chicago

Submitted by Charles Rosin on February 1, 2010 - 2:21pm

 As the judges were tabulating their votes for the three remaining finalists at the Chicago Improv Festival's College Tournament this past weekend, someone in the back of the theater held up a hand-painted sign which said "HAVE FUN" -- which was precisely what The Titanic Players Daddy Mags from Northwestern University,

So Very LA -- Rosin style

Submitted by Charles Rosin on January 1, 2010 - 2:22pm

 Nothing stays the same -- especially in LA.

 

new showbizzle stars announced!

Submitted by Charles Rosin on December 14, 2009 - 2:24pm

showbizzle decided to hold an audition for a new cast member in early September. It was a tremendous success on many fronts. We had the privilege to meet tons of new actors, many of whom have bright futures ahead in this business.

We wrote ten monologues, and called it Performing the Monologue - the Audition. 

Casting showbizzle

Submitted by Charles Rosin on December 4, 2009 - 3:45am

Aaron Spelling insisted that he could tell if someone had star power the moment they walked into the audition room.  But what if there is no audition room? What if the world is digital? and fragmented? and changing at a pace no one, not even a broadcast network or a major studio has ever dealt with before ? What if the world is the one we live in?

i don't write and think at the same time

Submitted by Lindsey Rosin on November 30, 2009 - 10:13pm
i think it's impossible to do to things at the same time and do them both well...

Three Cheers for Our Cold Read Faves and Our Cool Casting Directors

Submitted by Charles Rosin on November 30, 2009 - 12:45am


Jami Rudofsky (Gilmore Girls; Beautiful People, The Lake)  and Karen P. Morris (Burn Notice, Charmed, Fast Girls) are your basic best of friends. They go to plays together. They walk their dogs together.

I blog therefore I am...

Submitted by Lindsey Rosin on November 24, 2009 - 5:00pm
I've joined the party. watch out world... stay tuned for precious nuggets of wisdom coming your way.

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