PHOTO SPECIAL: A Sneak Peek at Howard Schatz's "Caught in the Act: Actors Acting" | Playbill

A TRUSTED THEATRE RESOURCE SINCE 1884
Playbill
0 of

PHOTO SPECIAL: A Sneak Peek at Howard Schatz's "Caught in the Act: Actors Acting"

Geoffrey Rush: You're a teenager who picked up the telephone extension, hearing your mother having phone sex.

PHOTO SPECIAL: A Sneak Peek at Howard Schatz's "Caught in the Act: Actors Acting"

In "Caught in the Act: Actors Acting," his 20th book, acclaimed photographer Howard Schatz explores the magical transformation that happens when an actor takes hold of words on a page and becomes another person. Here is a sneak peek at the volume, featuring 85 actors, which will be released Oct. 20.
32 PHOTOS
Next Slide  
You may also like
0 of
Hide Captions Show Captions
RELATED:
Geoffrey Rush: You're a teenager who picked up the telephone extension, hearing your mother having phone sex.
Allison Janney: You're the wife of a husband with a wandering eye - and then some - new to the neighborhood, greeting the gorgeous woman next door who has dropped by to welcome you.
Allison Janney: Your mean mother-in-law has just given you a garden gnome for Christmas, intended as an insult, and you're not about to give her any satisfaction: "I LOVE this. Too CUTE!"
Allison Janney: You're a type A mother coaching your little girl's team of tiny soccer players: "Okay guys, let's go out there and kick some ass!"
Ben Kingsley: You're a dedicated, exemplary priest, being told by your bishop that a young boy has accused you of groping him.
Ben Kingsley: You're a skydiver, safely on the ground after your hundredth jump, hearing a rapid flailing of silk and looking up to see your buddy under a collapsed chute… falling, flailing...
Ben Kingsley: You're a ten-year-old kid looking at porn left on your father's computer.
Geoffrey Rush: You're a teenager who picked up the telephone extension, hearing your mother having phone sex.
Geoffrey Rush: You're a legendary orchestra conductor, coming to the end of your final performance, rapturously joining the chorus in Beethoven's "Ode to Joy."
Geoffrey Rush: You're the director of the Miss Teen Texas contest, backstage with the five finalists, reminding them that "you've got it, ladies, so go out there and fucking flaunt it!"
Jane Krakowski: You're a high school mean girl, hearing a rumor that your main rival for prom queen may be pregnant.
Jane Krakowski: You're auditioning for a detergent commercial, showing just how good the fresh smell of clean towels makes you feel.
Jane Krakowski: You've backed your Chevy Suburban over a neighbor's adored toy poodle.
Jane Lynch: Your lover of many years has been in a very serious car accident, but you're not being allowed to see her because you're not "family."
Jane Lynch: You're a very old woman trying to describe to her great-grandchild what life was like in the Warsaw ghetto.
Jane Lynch: You're sixth-grade teacher hearing the laziest boy in class say that, no, the dog didn't eat his homework… it pooped on it.
Joan Allen: You're an heiress whose much younger husband is having an affair with an even younger woman, at the mirror contemplating a face-lift.
Joan Allen: You're in divorce court, hearing your only child say he wants to live full-time with his father.
Joan Allen: You're the ferocious head of a top ad agency berating a senior VP because he hasn't landed the Cialis account: "You're so limp you could be the poster boy for that crap!"
John Leguizamo: You are a four-year-old boy at a new, "realistic" dinosaur theme park, getting a lick on the head from a 50-foot-long mechanical brontosaurus.
John Leguizamo: You're a young cop whose partner has drawn his gun on a guy with a knife, making one last try to get everyone to chill out and put away the weapons.
Michael McKean: You're the cellist in a very serious amateur string quartet, giving your first recital and being interrupted by a screeching infant.
Michael McKean: You're a mild-mannered guy at a pickup basketball game where few fouls are ever called, but you're finally confronting the guy who's been banging you all afternoon.
Michael McKean: You're a high school freshman accidentally walking into an empty classroom, seeing a cheerleader giving a jock a handjob.
Nathan Lane: You're the dedicated teacher of an out-of-control fourth grade class, exploding after 20 minutes of complete chaos.
Nathan Lane: In the heat of an argument, you've just called your cancer-stricken wife a "fucking whiner."
Nathan Lane: A pal at the golf club has just told you that the divorce attorney your wife has hired is known as Ivana the Piranha.
Sam Waterston: You're a small time crook facing a third strike conviction, being offered a deal to incriminate a mobster known for gruesome vendettas.
Sam Waterston: You're a medical intern who just learned that you prescribed an excessive dose of a medication that has killed your patient.
Sam Waterston: You're a doting grandfather pretending to be very, very sad because your four-year-old granddaughter won't give you a hug.
Tyne Daly: You've misplaced a diamond ring - not for the first time - and you're confronting yet another innocent maid.
Tyne Daly: You're a stand-up comedienne, completely abandoning any kind of clever response to a heckler.
Tyne Daly: You're a widow at the funeral for a close friend's husband, welcoming her to the club.
PLAYBILL SITES
CONTACT PLAYBILL
FOLLOW PLAYBILL NOW
Copyright 1991-2025 © Playbill Inc. All Rights Reserved.
 X

Blocking belongs
on the stage,
not on websites.

Our website is made possible by
displaying online advertisements to our visitors.

Please consider supporting us by
whitelisting playbill.com with your ad blocker.
Thank you!