![]() ![]() Eye-opening, funny, and full of drama and heart, Theater Geek offers an illuminating romp through the world of serious child actors. Add in talent scouts from Disney and Paradigm and you have an intense, exciting environment where some thrive and others fail. Theater Geek: The Real Life Drama of a Summer at Stagedoor Manor, the Famous Performing Arts Camp is written by Mickey Rapkin and published by Free Press. The faculty-all seasoned professionals-demand adult-size dedication and performances from the kids. Find many great new & used options and get the best deals for Theater Geek: The Real Life Drama of a Sum- 1439145776, Mickey Rapkin, paperback at the best. Some campers have agents, others are just beginning. The offspring of Hollywood players like Ron Howard, Nora Ephron, and Bruce Willis work alongside kids on scholarship. Every summer since 1975, a new crop of campers has entered Stagedoor Manor to begin an intense, often wrenching introduction to professional theater. At age thirty-one, Mickey Rapkin, a senior editor at GQ and self-proclaimed theater geek, was lucky enough to go, too, when he followed three determined teen actors through the rivalries, heartbreak, and triumphs of a summer at Stagedoor Manor. Theater geek : the real life drama of a summer at Stagedoor Manor, the famous performing arts camp / Mickey Rapkin. It's where Natalie Portman, Robert Downey, Jr., Zach Braff, Mandy Moore, Lea Michele, and many others got their start as kids. Before there was Glee or American Idol, there was Stagedoor Manor, a theater camp in the Catskills where big-time Hollywood casting directors came to find the next generation of stars. ![]()
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