David Black is a violinist, an opera singer, an award-winning salesman, a CIA covert intelligence officer, an actor, a Tony Award-winning producer of 20 shows, a director, a playwright, and the author ofThe Actor's AuditionandThe Magic of Theater. Hillary Rodham Clinton called David Black ""an honorary diplomat"" for introducing Tunisian Collaborative Painting to the United States.
An invaluable book for the whole theater community. -- Bernard Jacobs, The Shubert Organization This book tells you what a lot of acting schools never get to -- the nuts and bolts of how to audition. -- Deborah Brown, casting director This lovely book is about the power of communicating your own truth, and the wonder of recognizing your choices. -- Liv Ullmann An absolute must for actors...I wish it had existed when I started. -- Jerry Orbach The best and most important common sense way to approach an audition. I wish I had it for the many I lost -- Maureen Stapleton