Pasadena Borders, here we come ... Tuesday night

Thank you Steve Julian for your support of the new book and our upcoming event this Tuesday night at Borders/Pasadena (Lake Avenue)!

Hope to see many of you there ...

BL

Barbara Billingsley … Much more than a pop culture icon who spoke “jive”

I was so sadden to learn of the death of Barbara Billingsley yesterday.

I had gotten to know Barbara over the years through my management of Isabel Sanford. In the 1990’s when “TV mothers” were all the rage, it seemed like every other week, Isabel and I would find ourselves on a plane or sharing a limo with Barbara, June Lockhart and Marion Ross in one combination or another. There were trips to New York together; there were television sitcom appearances together; there were talk show appearances together; and there were a ton of local charity event appearances together.

What a joyous time; what a wonderful person to get to know; what an entourage we all made.

I never saw Barbara be anything less than gracious and friendly to anyone who approached her for her autograph or to talk about “the Beaver” or just in the day-to-day routine of business and life.

There are many highlights of my association with her, none the least of which is when she agreed to sit down and chat over a cup of coffee on my coffee shop cable talk series “Lemack & Company Live” in 1991.

Soon the entire interview will be available to view on RerunIt.com. In the meantime, we have hastily pulled together four minutes of clips from that interview, including Barbara’s take on going against typecasting and speaking “jive” in the hilarious 1980 feature film “Airplane.”

With much appreciation … enjoy.

Five (more) stars awarded to "The New Business of Acting!"

Happy to share a great review of The New Business of Acting.

Thanks and much appreciation to Don Grigware for his comments and perspective.

On to the Drama Book Shop, in New York City, tomorrow night!

BL

Let's talk "New Business" this Friday in New York City!

‎The New Business of Acting hits the road! This Friday, 10/01, 5:00PM, Drama Book Shop, New York City! I expect to see all of my NYC peeps (and that includes former favorite students) there!

Next Monday night, it's Chicago!

BL

Reviews of The New Business of Acting are arriving!

The reviews on The New Business of Acting are beginning to come in and of course want to share them (the good ones, that is :) ).

From Shari Ali, Co-President of Aimee Entertainment Agency, Los Angeles:
"Brad Lemack's 'The New Business of Acting' is an invaluable resource to anyone looking to keep up with Hollywood's new business model."

From Adam Ginivisian, Agent, ICM, Los Angeles:
"Read his book or get out of the business."

More at TheBusinessOfActing.com (Praise for the Book page).

For those of you who have already purchased the book from Amazon.com or one of our other favorite e-partners, please post your reviews on their sites. (Only good reviews, of course. :) )

The "New" team thanks you!

BL

We have "merch"!

With The New Business of Acting now on its way to retail and e-stores, we're excited to launch our "merch"! There is a new line of logo stuff coming you way. Starting today there are coffee mugs, T-shirts, canvas bags and ties all proudly (and shamelessly) helping us brand and launch the new book, while serving a useful purpose for consumers, of course. :)

Have a great weekend!

BL

New Business, Fresh Resources!

With the arrival of The New Business of Acting just days away (September 1!), we have just released our new, updated Resources page at TheBusinessOfActing.com. Check it out and pass it on.

In the coming weeks, I will be highlighting some of the various services and resources listed, offering up a bit of back story that I hope will be helpful.

In the meantime, if you know of any other services, sites or resources that should be considered for addition to the list, please let me know.

BL