Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre
Coordinates: 40°45′24″N 73°57′55″W / 40.75667°N 73.96528°W / 40.75667; -73.96528
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| Formation | 1928 |
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| Type | Drama school |
| Headquarters | 340 East 54th Street New York City |
Region served | United States |
| Website | neighborhoodplayhouse.org |
The Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre is a full-time professional conservatory for actors located at 340 East 54th Street in New York City, and is known as the home of the Meisner technique, developed by Sanford Meisner.
Contents
1 History
2 Alumni
3 References
4 External links
History
The Grand Street building in 1916
The Neighborhood Playhouse had originally been founded as an off-Broadway theatre by philanthropists Alice Lewisohn and Irene Lewisohn in 1915, but closed in 1927. The following year, it re-opened as The Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre with the addition of Rita Wallach Morgenthau. Sanford Meisner joined the faculty in 1935 from the Group Theatre. Meisner used his study of Russian theatre and acting innovator, Konstantin Stanislavski's System to develop his own technique, as an alternative to Lee Strasberg's Method acting.
The Executive Director Emeritus of the Playhouse, Harold G. Baldridge, a graduate of the school himself, had been head of the school for 32 years. Pamela Moller Kareman serves as the current Executive Director, also a graduate of The Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre.
The school offers a Two Year Certificate Program, with admission to the second year dependent upon unanimous approval of the faculty. There is also a Six Week Summer Intensive.
The Neighborhood Playhouse also offers Playhouse Juniors, a popular Saturday training program for children in grades 1–12. Children attend a fixed curriculum of singing, acting and dancing classes in a non-competitive environment.
Playwright Horton Foote met actor Robert Duvall at Neighborhood Playhouse when Duvall starred in a 1957 production of Foote's play, The Midnight Caller. Foote recommended Duvall to play the part of Boo Radley in the 1962 film, To Kill a Mockingbird.[1]
Alumni
- R.J. Adams
- Agnes Morgan
- Nancy Addison
- Helen Arthur
Elizabeth Ashley [2]- Dorothy A. Atabong
Ashlie Atkinson [2]
Harold G. Baldridge [2]
Barbara Baxley [2]- Kim Basinger
- Amanda Bearse
- Pamela Bellwood
- Alice Lewisohn
- Michael Bendetti
- Ted Bessell
- Richard Boone
Connie Britton [2]
James Caan [2]- Matthew Carnahan
June Carter [2]
Carol Channing [2]- Leonardo Cimino
Dabney Coleman [2]- Charles E. Conrad
Geoffrey Michael Ciorbis [2]
Stephanie Courtney [2]
Mackenzie Davis [2]- James Doohan
Illeana Douglas [2]- Charles S. Dubin
Keir Dullea [2]
Griffin Dunne [2]
Robert Duvall [2]
William Esper [2]- Timothy Farrell
- Mary Fickett
- Joe Flanigan
- Meg Foster
- Leonard Frey
Julie Garfield [2]
Betty Garrett [2]
Brian Geraghty [2]
Jeff Goldblum [2]
Jonathan Goldsmith [2]- Farley Granger
Lee Grant [2]
Andre Gregory [2]
Jennifer Grey [2]
Tammy Grimes [2]
Wynn Handman [2]
David Hedison [2]
Anne Jackson [2]
Allison Janney [2]
Jasmine Cephas Jones [2]
Marta Kauffman [2]- Diane Keaton
- Grace Kelly
- Ken Kercheval
Walter Koenig [2]- Peter Leeds
- Irene Lewisohn
Christopher Lloyd [2]- Tina Louise
Daniel Mann [2]- Kathleen Martin
Dylan McDermott [2]- Darren McGavin
Steve McQueen [2]
Christopher Meloni [2]- Peter Miller
- South Miller
Les Moonves [2]- Yoko Narahashi
- Leslie Nielsen
Chris Noth [2]- Edmund O'Brien
- Susan Oliver
- Chris Paine
Gregory Peck [2]- Joanna Pettet
- Suzanne Pleshette
Amanda Plummer [2]
Sydney Pollack [2]- Antoni Porowski
- Tom Poston
Tony Randall [2]
Sally Jessy Raphael [2]- James Remar
- Bert Remsen
- Burt Reynolds
Doris Roberts [2]
Wayne Rogers [2]- Jean Rosenthal
- Kelly Rowan
Mark Rydell [2]
Sherie Rene Scott [2]
Marian Seldes [2]- Liza Snyder
- David Sobolov
- Scott Speedman
Mary Steenburgen [2]
Tom Stewart [2]- Kenneth Tobey
- Paula Trueman
- Tom Tryon
Brenda Vaccaro [2]- Gloria Vanderbilt
Eli Wallach [2]
Jessica Walter [2]- Al Waxman
Geoffrey Weglarz [2]- Jerry Weintraub
Elizabeth Wilson [2]
Joanne Woodward [2]
Fei Xiang [2]- Otis Young
References
^ Robert Duvall (actor), Gary Hertz (director) (April 16, 2002). Miracles & Mercies (Documentary). West Hollywood, California: Blue Underground. Retrieved 2008-01-28.
^ abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzaaabacadaeafagahaiajakalamanaoapaqarasatauavawaxayazbabbbcbdbebfbg "Alumni". Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater. neighborhoodplayhouse.org. 2017. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
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