Entries by Tony Nation

How to get fantastic headshots!

If you’re acting in new York City, you need great headshots. Dallas Travers offers five tips for headshot success.  Click here to read Dallas Travers’ advice. Respected as one of the entertainment industry’s leading experts, Dallas Travers’ book, The Tao of Show Business, has won over five awards including first prizes at The Hollywood Book […]

Ari Gold and the phone.

Ari Gold from HBO’s Entourage spends most of his time on the phone. How can you use the phone to help your acting career? Click here to read Dallas Travers’ advice about mastering the phone. Respected as one of the entertainment industry’s leading experts, Dallas Travers’ book, The Tao of Show Business, has won over […]

Four Secrets to Setting Smart Goals

How important is goal setting when trying to perform in NYC? Click here to read Dallas Travers’ advice about setting smart goals. Respected as one of the entertainment industry’s leading experts, Dallas Travers’ book, The Tao of Show Business, has won over five awards including first prizes at The Hollywood Book Festival and the London […]

Tony Awards: any surprises?

Nothing too surprising this year except for the entertaining opening and closing numbers. The Book of Mormon won Best Musical. Warhorse won Best Play. Click here for a complete list of 2011 Tony Award winners.  Click here to watch the acceptance speeches.    

The Key to Booking You Might Be Overlooking

Starting this week, we’ll be featuring weekly articles containing tips from Dallas Travers, who teaches actors the career and life skills often left out of traditional training programs. This week Dallas takes a look at one of the professionals in the entertainment industry who might help you get booked. Click here to download her article, The […]

What’s going on with the soaps?

Daytime soap operas are getting cancelled left and right but some, including One Life to Live, still are alive. What better way to find out more on Saturday, June 17, when One Life to Live‘s associate casting director Tori Visgilio offers a Daytime Intensive Workshop? You’ll get her perspective on casting (she’s currently casting 5 […]