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This book is geared mainly towards young stage actors. While not outwardly critical it's also not very complimentary towards film/tv and musical theatre, treating them as pesky but tolerable nuisance. That irked me a lot because I studied musical theatre but stayed in LA to go into the film industry. But whatever.

If you're looking for a book about how to act, this isn't it. If you're looking for a book that will help you prepare for your career this is okay, but there are better ones out there. But if you want a book telling you what's out there and what to expect, than this is it.

Most of what was in this book was not new to me. It would have been more fitting a read while I looked for schools, not after I graduated. It did introduce me to some actors and directors I hadn't heard of before, though. Something I can now investigate and learn more about.

By the end of the book I was pretty bored. Brustein started off really strong, everything he talked about was followed by an example or story. After halfway through though it almost seemed like he was beginning to struggle. The stories he had peppered throughout the beginning became few and far between.

All in all? Okay. Nothing new for me though. If Brustein wrote a book addressing the various techniques of different artists he's encountered, I woul be very interested.