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S2E37: The Primus Directive
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Length:
75 minutes
Released:
May 17, 2023
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Podcast episode
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In the Star Trek universe, there’s the Prime Directive. In the acting universe, there’s the Primus Directive! Barry Primus can do it all: write, direct, act, sing and dance. He came up through the New York theater world where huge talents like Anna Sokolow, Jerome Robbins and Jose Quintero took a young Barry under their wings. When he segued into movies, directors like Martin Scorsese, Elia Kazan and Martin Ritt hired Barry. This one’s pretty free-ranging. We talk about the craft of acting and the crap that was the McCarthy Hearings. There are great stories about Zero Mostel, Christopher Walken, […]
Released:
May 17, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode
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