As a casting director, I’ve worked with thousands of actors over the years and cast scores of projects. But many actors I know still don’t understand what casting directors do. Actors tell me that ...

Casting a production properly is no simple task. The process involves a lot of moving factors and a lot of decision-makers. The executives of a project oversee and guide casting, while casting ...

When Oscar nominations were announced Thursday morning, there was a newcomer on the list of familiar categories: achievement in casting. The nominees — Nina Gold for “Hamnet,” Jennifer Venditti for ...

A year-by-year "what if," guided by math, to make educated guesses filling in a nearly century-long gap of recognition for casting directors. By Ben Zauzmer Ben Zauzmer is a contributing writer for ...

It is welcome that television and film are catching up with theatre by taking a less literal approach to drama “Images are political,” said the actor David Oyelowo, explaining why he avoids roles that ...