This week I am joined by arguably one of the most talented people I know. John C. Brown is a brilliant stage actor, singer, amazing pianist, can play guitar, is a director and videographer, and an all-around cool dude. John uses the stage name John Adkinson and is currently ON TOUR with My Fair Lady as Colonel Pickering! I could have talked to John about a number of different things but I wanted to focus on Stage Acting and Theater.
We talked about how he got into acting and that as a youth he hosted a pretend game show, and that grew into his first roll in My Fair Lady, which has come full circle as he is now one of the leads in the show. John talks about the challenges of sometimes being on the road for six or nine months and how he keeps his sanity, stays healthy, stays in touch with his wife, and paces himself when he visits new cities. John talks about how tweaking the delivery of a line in order to get a bigger laugh is the ultimate reward. John then goes on to rattle off about a half dozen amazing horror stories of times when things went wrong, from missing props, to breaking props, to loosing entire the entire crowd because the local sports team scored in the playoffs.
We also talked about his almost-thirty-year-long career in acting and how it’s surprisingly come full circle and he’s now working again with an actor he worked with in 1993 and how much he looked up to that actor. John then gives some amazing advice for those who are just starting out in acting and how it’s more than just memorizing your lines.
In our “Get Into It” segment, John does some really clever acting exercises together with me that really opened my eyes to how much nuance there is in acting and even how much difference it makes just which word you emphasize in a sentence.
We wrap up with John telling us more about his current show My Fair Lady and another project he’s got in the works. John also gives us an amazing rendition of his favorite cartoon theme song, you’re going to love it!
Important Links:
My Fair Lady on Tour:
https://www.myfairladyontour.com/
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