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Gurus: The Story of Acting from Stanislavsky to Succession

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Jeff Zinn

Gurus is an epic tale that includes many names we will recognize and many more we will not. While the stories of individual star actors have been told and retold, their collective story - how acting went from stagey and artificial to the more truthful and authentic approaches of today - has not. The saga begins with Stanislavsky and the Moscow Art Theatre, but It also includes important, lesser known figures. In a sprawling saga that includes true believers and apostates, radicals and improvisers, from Stanislavsky to Succession, the Gurus podcast aims to tell the whole story.

#22

A Conversation with Estelle Parsons from Next Chapter Podcasts

We're very excited to drop a bonus episode this week from our friends at Next Chapter ... more

16 Jan 2024

45 MINS

45:57

16 Jan 2024

#21

12 - Moscow Art Theatre - a Hard Birth

The tortured early days of the Moscow Art Theatre, a sprawling behemoth that would come to... more

08 Nov 2023

25 MINS

25:23

08 Nov 2023

#20

21 - Season Finale - Kahn, Yionoulis, Rosato and Lefevre in Conversation

In the Season One finale, we take a look inside one of the top training programs for actor... more

07 Nov 2023

33 MINS

33:57

07 Nov 2023

#19

20 - The French Connection Part 2

Copeau and Bing return to Paris after the war, launch a school, and struggle to meet the h... more

07 Nov 2023

30 MINS

30:21

07 Nov 2023

#18

19 - Neal Huff in Conversation

Neal Huff has had a remarkable career including multiple Broadway and off-Broadway shows, ... more

31 Oct 2023

1 HR 03 MINS

1:03:35

31 Oct 2023

#17

18 - The French Connection Part 1

This episode begins the story of Jacques Copeau, his lover and collaborator, Suzanne Bing,... more

31 Oct 2023

27 MINS

27:04

31 Oct 2023

#16

17 - Michael Cerveris in Conversation

At the age of 25, Michael Cerveris was playing the hot new kid from Britain in the TV seri... more

25 Oct 2023

45 MINS

45:23

25 Oct 2023

#15

16 - Collision Part II

We return to the story of Michael Chekhov; his auspicious start from the early days of the... more

25 Oct 2023

34 MINS

34:08

25 Oct 2023

#14

15 - Jessica Pimentel in Conversation

Jessica Pimentel is best known for her role as Maria Ruiz on the Netflix original series O... more

17 Oct 2023

48 MINS

48:11

17 Oct 2023

#13

14 - Suler and the First Studio

The MAT was too big, too unwieldy a place for Stanislavsky to develop his burgeoning syste... more

17 Oct 2023

34 MINS

34:03

17 Oct 2023

#12

13 - BD Wong in Conversation

BD Wong seemed to come out of nowhere when he won multiple Best Actor awards, including a ... more

10 Oct 2023

1 HR 08 MINS

1:08:38

10 Oct 2023

#11

11 - David Patrick Kelly in Conversation

David Patrick Kelly's training journey - which he considers to be still ongoing - was ... more

03 Oct 2023

59 MINS

59:00

03 Oct 2023

#10

10 - Breakfast at the Slavianski Bazaar

In 1897, a fateful meeting lasting 18 hours between Constantin Stanislavsky and Vladimir N... more

03 Oct 2023

22 MINS

22:37

03 Oct 2023

#9

9 - Cherry Jones in Conversation

Cherry Jones is an American actress. Having started her career in theater as a founding me... more

26 Sep 2023

55 MINS

55:44

26 Sep 2023

#8

8 - Anton Chekhov’s Story

The shift in theatrical styles at the end of the 1800s was prompted by a parallel literary... more

26 Sep 2023

19 MINS

19:01

26 Sep 2023

#7

7 - Alan Ruck in Conversation

Alan Ruck has made over 100 appearances in films and television, and on stage. He is best ... more

19 Sep 2023

46 MINS

46:19

19 Sep 2023

#6

6 - Succession

When we drill down into the biographies and training histories of the cast of the hit show... more

19 Sep 2023

15 MINS

15:31

19 Sep 2023

#5

5 - Young Kostya: To Be Young, Gifted and Rich

Stanislavsky, the early days. If you set out to raise a child who would grow to become a g... more

12 Sep 2023

12 MINS

12:51

12 Sep 2023

#4

4 - Sir Herbert

What came before Stanislavsky? In the late 19th century, Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree was an ... more

12 Sep 2023

13 MINS

13:25

12 Sep 2023

#3

3 - Alfre Woodard in Conversation

Alfre Woodard has been astonishing audiences with her humanity, her truth, her beauty, and... more

04 Sep 2023

1 HR 03 MINS

1:03:02

04 Sep 2023

#2

2 - Collision on W. 44th St.

A quick fast forward to 1935 when the Group Theatre is on Broadway with Awake and Sing, wh... more

04 Sep 2023

17 MINS

17:36

04 Sep 2023

#1

1 - Introduction

How did we get from the bad old days of stagey, artificial, over-the-top acting to where w... more

04 Sep 2023

14 MINS

14:22

04 Sep 2023

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#22

A Conversation with Estelle Parsons from Next Chapter Podcasts

#21

12 - Moscow Art Theatre - a Hard Birth

#20

21 - Season Finale - Kahn, Yionoulis, Rosato and Lefevre in Conversation

#19

20 - The French Connection Part 2

#18

19 - Neal Huff in Conversation

#17

18 - The French Connection Part 1

#16

17 - Michael Cerveris in Conversation

#15

16 - Collision Part II

#14

15 - Jessica Pimentel in Conversation

#13

14 - Suler and the First Studio

#12

13 - BD Wong in Conversation

#11

11 - David Patrick Kelly in Conversation

#10

10 - Breakfast at the Slavianski Bazaar

#9

9 - Cherry Jones in Conversation

#8

8 - Anton Chekhov’s Story

#7

7 - Alan Ruck in Conversation

#6

6 - Succession

#5

5 - Young Kostya: To Be Young, Gifted and Rich

#4

4 - Sir Herbert

#3

3 - Alfre Woodard in Conversation

#2

2 - Collision on W. 44th St.

#1

1 - Introduction