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An Actor’s Path: His New Headshots and His New Name (VIDEO)
Last month, we started our “An Actor’s Path” vlog series with Penn alum Alex Weber (C’09, Lacrosse). One month in and he’s already playing around with changing his name. In his first vlog he talked about how acting classes and networking are key to pursuing an acting career in LA. This month, he talks about: […]
His Unique Los Angeles Stage Show Attracts Performances by Some Of Your Favorite Comedians
David Koff (C’91, Mask and Wig, Friars, DP) has been producing a show in Los Angeles so unique that it has attracted the talent of such actors as John Larroquette, Fred Willard, Jeff Garlin, Dean Cain, as well as “Kids in the Hall” actors Mark McKinney, Kevin McDonald, Dave Foley and Kevin McDonald to name […]
This Real Life Doctor Is “Acting” as a Doctor on TV Again (VIDEOS)
Did you catch doctor-turned-actor Roy Vongtama (C’96) on last Thursday’s “Private Practice”? Yes, another alum associated with ABC/Disney. Speaking of “Private Practice”, remember when actress Kate Walsh came to Penn for the Obama campaign? (Videos HERE) In last week’s episode, Roy plays a top notch psychiatrist. Roy tells me that his part is potentially recurring […]
Breaking DT News: It’s Official…
Rich Ross (C’83) will be running the Disney Studios! Per Variety, “He’ll oversee production, distribution and marketing for all of Disney’s pic labels, including Walt Disney Pictures, Touchstone, Miramax and Disney/Pixar. In addition, he’ll also head Disney’s theatrical and music groups. He reports to Disney prexy and CEO Bob Iger.” Pretty impressive! More from Variety […]
This New Emmy-Award Winning Entrepreneur Knows How to Get To (and On) Sesame Street
After working in children’s television for nearly 10 years, most notably creating, producing and writing for: an award-winning series of animated shorts for “Sesame Street” Bill Cosby’s Emmy-winning Nick Jr. series “Little Bill,” and “Whoopi’s Littleburg,” (as lyricist) a series of specials also seen on Nick Jr., last month …Eric Weil (C’97. UTV-13 News, The […]
He Ambitiously Recreates Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog at Penn (VIDEOS)
Considering it is vlog week here on DT, I thought I would give a nod to a recent production on Penn’s campus all about vlogs, …or to be more precise, one very popular “Sing-Along Blog“… In my facebook feed I saw that director Ben Grinberg (C’11) was staging a production of the popular viral video […]
