Finding "Trust" as an Actor - Kimberly Faye Greenberg from Broadway Blogspot
Finding "Trust" as an Actor - Kimberly Faye Greenberg from Broadway Blogspot
By Tyler Paul on May 11, 2011
We’re happy to bring to you a new blog entry from our friends at BroadwayBlogspot.com! For those of you who don’t know, BroadwayBlogspot is a theatrical resource website to inspire, educate & create a sense of appreciation for the people who work both onstage and behind-the-scenes on Broadway and beyond.
This week, BroadwayBlogspot's Exec. Producer & Co-Creator, Kimberly Faye Greenberg, who currently works as a professional Wadrobe Dresser and Actress in New York City, discusses the art of "trust" within acting and the industry. Check it out...
"Trust" by Kimberly Faye Greenberg
Never in my life would I have ever imagined that I would be starring in 2 shows Off-Broadway at one time! One being a Solo Show, “One Night With Fanny Brice”, written/directed/arranged by Chip Deffaa and the other being the two hander, “Danny & Sylvia, the Danny Kaye Musical”.
Honestly, I never even knew that was even remotely a possibility for any actor who was already currently playing in one NY show….my thought would be..”Are you crazy? Two at the same time? Completely impossible!”….. Or so I thought.
Because, well, not only am I doing it…but I have learned that I share this special honor with only a handful of other performers which includes such notables as Cynthia Nixon and Elaine Stritch. And now the question that seems to be on everyone’s mind is…” how do I do it?”…..
Well, this was something that I have had to mull over myself for a while because quite honestly I wasn’t even sure. It can sort of be compared to being on a very fast moving train…you get on for the ride and TRUST that you will arrive at your destination (the curtain call) with an audience that is happy to have paid to spend the their afternoon/evening with you. But what I come to realize is that “Trust”, for me, is the optimum word here. Let me elaborate on what I mean as it truly does encompass so many thing….
“Trust” in the fact that the rehearsal and preparation for each role has taken place; “trust” that my body will find the
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Yep, “trust” is truly how I navigate doing two shows at once. And what’s even greater is that “trust “is making this the most unique and best performing/stage experiences I’ve ever had …and on a bigger scale one of the most positive life fulfilling and life affirming challenges I have ever known!