The American Musical and Dramatic Academy, or AMDA, is a school for the performing arts located New York City, New York, with a satellite campus in Los Angeles, California. The school is a two-year, Certificate in Professional Performance- granting conservatory with stringent auditions for admittance. Students may continue study at New School University in New York, NY after completion of the two-year program to obtain a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005 New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the most populous city in the state of New York and the entire United States. ... This article is about the state. ... Los Angeles and L.A. redirect here. ... The New School is an institution of higher learning in New York City. ... The Bachelor of Fine Arts, usually abbreviated BFA, is the standard undergraduate degree for students seeking a professional education in the visual or performing arts. ...

AMDA is an accredited institution of the National Association of Schools of Theatre. With an expanding collection of rehearsal, class and performance spaces on the Upper West Side of Manhattan, AMDA's main offices are located in the historic Ansonia hotel on Broadway. Many great performing arts specialists serve as instructors, and the school offers two programs of study: Integrated (Musical Theatre) and Studio (Theater/Film). The Upper West Side is a neighborhood of the borough of Manhattan in New York City that lies between Central Park and the Hudson River above West 59th Street. ... Ansonia is the name of some places in the United States of America: Ansonia, Connecticut Ansonia, Ohio and in Canada: Ansonia, Ontario It is also the name of a clock company Ansonia Clock Company It is also a poisonous toad genus, eg Ansonia hanitschi from the family Bufonidae, see also... A view of Broadway in 1909 Broadway, as the name implies, is a wide avenue in New York City, and is the oldest north-south main thoroughfare in the city, dating to the first New Amsterdam settlement. ...

The school recently established a new campus in Los Angeles, California. AMDA's Los Angeles campus is located one block north of Hollywood and Vine Street, adjacent to the Capitol Records Tower, with its principal facility in the historic Vine Tower Building. Los Angeles and L.A. redirect here. ... ... Vine Street is a thoroughfare in Westminster London. ...

Notable alumni

AMDA has a distinguished record of training students for careers in the performing arts. Among its most notable graduates are:

Tyne Daly (Cagney & Lacey, Judging Amy)

Paul Sorvino (GoodFellas, Law & Order)

Marissa Jaret Winokur (Hairspray, Stacked)

Christopher Sieber (Spamalot, Chicago)

Jesse Tyler Ferguson (The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, The Class)

Gretchen Mol (Cradle Will Rock, Spin City)

Angela Bettis (Girl, Interrupted, Bless the Child)

Natalie Zea (Passions, Boys Don't Cry)

Chryssie Whitehead (A Chorus Line, Boston Public)

Soara-Joye Ross (Les Misérables)

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External links

• American Musical and Dramatic Academy Website