Barry Pearl on how improv teaches actors to become fearless on stage

TVC 723.4: Ed welcomes Barry Pearl, the award-winning actor, director, and producer known to musical lovers around the world as "Doody" in Paramount's iconic film Grease (1978), although Barry's association with Grease dates back to the early 1970s (and continues to this day). Barry is getting ready to direct a new stage production of I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change, a witty, honest and affectionate look at modern love that is also the longest running revue in off-Broadway history. I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change runs Wednesday, Feb. 18 through Sunday, Mar. 8 at the International City Theatre in Long Beach, CA. For tickets and more information, call (562) 436-4610 or go to InternationalCityTheatre.org. Topics this segment include how Barry learned the Viola Spolin method of improv while working with actor/director Howard Storm; why fearlessness is at the essence of all improvisational acting; and Barry's experience directing Sid Caesar in a stage production of Oliver! in the early 1970s. The International City Theatre is located at the Beverly O'Neill Theater at The Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center 330 East Seaside Way, in Long Beach, CA 90802.