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Becoming... award-winning Casting Director Bernie Telsey ("The Color Purple," "The Idea of You," "Hamilton," "SMASH," "Wicked," "The Gilded Age"
With 15 wins and 76 nominations, Bernard Telsey is one of the premier Casting Directors in the industry. Casting our favorite films, television shows, and Broadway shows, Telsey Casting is well known for excellence in casting. From the original production of RENT to NBC's This Is Us to Only Murders in the Building to Wicked (both the upcoming movie and the show), their office is constantly busy.
In this episode, we talk about:
• His first job as a casting assistant and building his rolodex of actors
• Casting RENT as an off-Broadway musical and why it was a difficult year long process
• Putting an ad in the Village Voice for a rock musician for RENT
• That ideally, he would like to be part of the early development process of a project
• Giving Casting their credit and how that has evolved
• How is the office doing post-pandemic
• What he sees in actors who shine with 4 lines or for a lead role, like in the case of Annaleigh Ashford
• How actors can get on their radar and what projects Telsey is working on now
Guest:
Website Wikipedia MCC Website
Instagram for MCC Theater
Instagram for The Telsey Office
IMDb
Host:
Instagram: @MentorsontheMic @MichelleSimoneMiller
Twitter: @MentorsontheMic @MichelleSimoneM
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/mentorsonthemic
Website: www.michellesimonemiller.com and www.mentorsonthemic.com
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/24mmichelle
If you like this episode, check out Becoming... Casting Director Susanne Scheel ("Past Lives," "The Wife")
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With 15 wins and 76 nominations, Bernard Telsey is one of the premier Casting Directors in the industry. Casting our favorite films, television shows, and Broadway shows, Telsey Casting is well known for excellence in casting. From the original production of RENT to NBC's This Is Us to Only Murders in the Building to Wicked (both the upcoming movie and the show), their office is constantly busy.
In this episode, we talk about:
• His first job as a casting assistant and building his rolodex of actors
• Casting RENT as an off-Broadway musical and why it was a difficult year long process
• Putting an ad in the Village Voice for a rock musician for RENT
• That ideally, he would like to be part of the early development process of a project
• Giving Casting their credit and how that has evolved
• How is the office doing post-pandemic
• What he sees in actors who shine with 4 lines or for a lead role, like in the case of Annaleigh Ashford
• How actors can get on their radar and what projects Telsey is working on now
Guest:
Website Wikipedia MCC Website
Instagram for MCC Theater
Instagram for The Telsey Office
IMDb
Host:
Instagram: @MentorsontheMic @MichelleSimoneMiller
Twitter: @MentorsontheMic @MichelleSimoneM
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/mentorsonthemic
Website: www.michellesimonemiller.com and www.mentorsonthemic.com
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/24mmichelle
If you like this episode, check out Becoming... Casting Director Susanne Scheel ("Past Lives," "The Wife")
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