The Wordsmith's Forge

This year I'm pulling topics from Dreamwidth's page of Popular Interests. You can search for blogs and communities using the Interests search page.

Today's theme is Acting and Theatrics. There doesn't seem to be a general community for this topic, but "acting" is a common Interest, so if you're looking to launch a community then this has potential. There are some active communities for celebrities, movies, television, etc.


angie_bowie -- Angie Bowie Lovers
'Allo dahlings! This little space is for lovers of Ms. Angie Bowie. News, pictures, icons, or just plain love. Any and every Angie lover is welcome here!
[Dormant with last post in February, 2013 but posting is open to all members so this should be revivable.]

celebrity20in20 -- Celebrity 20in20
Welcome to celebrity20in20, a 20in20 community dedicated to ACTORS and ACTRESSES. You have 20 days to make 20 icons about any actors or actresses. Each month you will have a new round to create a set of 20 actor or actress related icons within 20 days.
[Active with multiple posts in December 2022.]

cobra_kai_snake_pit -- Fans of Cobra Kai & Karate Kid
[Somewhat active with last post in February 2022.]

corsets_and_carriages -- A community for lovers of costume and period dramas.
[Somewhat active with last post in July 2022.]

cosplayers -- Cosplay & Costuming
An active community for cosplay and costuming.
[Dormant with last post in December 2018 but posting is open to all members so this should be revivable.]

historium -- A central community for all historical fandoms.
Historical fandom activities and promotions.
This is a place for posting and linking to any historical fic, icons, art, links, recs, reviews, meta, news, fanworks of any type, discussion, community & event promos. If it's to do with a historical fandom, whether RPF or fictional, then it's welcome here. For fanworks, all ratings are fine.
As history is a very wide fandom, this community is also intended to help people find like-minded souls and gauge interest in setting up more specific communities/friending etc. (but it's always fine to interact here). It's also absolutely a place for historical fandoms too small/obscure to have their own spaces.
[Somewhat active with last post in September 2022.]

kings_speeches -- 'The King's Speech' fan fiction and general celebration.
[Somewhat active with last post in September 2022.]

mfu_canteen -- MFU_ Canteen
Man From UNCLE, David McCallum, Robert Vaughn and all things MFU.
[Active with one post in November 2022.]

moviefanfiction -- Movie Fanfiction Archive
[Active with last post in December 2022.]

notsotragic -- if you don't look down
(now the ears of my ears awake and
Quotes from plays, short fiction, poetry, and other sources.
[Active with multiple posts in December 2022.]

onhiddlesd -- Oh No Hiddles Didn't!
[Last visible post is from June 2020, stating that subsequent content is visible to members only.]

rsl_fans -- Robert Sean Leonard Fans
A place for Robert Sean Leonard news and discussion.
[Dormant with last post in March, 2020 but posting is open to all members so this should be revivable.]

scap_it -- Screencap Sharing
Many screencaps visible.
[Dormant with last post in November, 2018 but posting is open to all members so this should be revivable.]

stageoffools -- Stage of Fools
An annual fic exchange for fanfiction based on the plays of William Shakespeare.
[Seasonally active with last post in April 2022, so watch for this one to go live again. Last year's signups opened in mid-February.]

thefame -- The Fame
Celebrity role playing game.
[Claims to be active in December 2022, but no posts are visible, so this is likely for members only.]

westsidestory -- A celebratory community for West Side Story, whether it is the 1961 film, the 2020 film or theatre.
[Active with multiple posts in January 2023.]