April Webster, the former casting director for such series as "Lost" and "Alias" and whose office currently casts television hits "Fringe" and "Criminal Minds" and the new "Alcatraz," wins this year's Readers' Choice Award in the television category. She is also a runner-up in the film category, after recently casting "Super 8" and "Mission: Impossible—Ghost Protocol." Webster began her career working in a multitude of aspects of New York theater: She served as stage manager, performer, mask maker, carpenter, prop/wardrobe master, and house manager. She even directed plays on both coasts. Best of all, for actors, she then found her niche as a casting director. Readers say her love for casting is obvious. "Always a warm welcome. Great to read opposite, good adjustments," actor Gideon Emery offers by way of praise for Webster. "So much fun to read with," says Joel Lambert. Adds Dawn Davis, "She does some of the.
- 6/29/2011
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- backstage.com
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