The Actors Studio is a membership organization for professional actors located in the Old Labor Stage at 432 West 44th Street in New York City. It is not a part of the New School University. Until recently it collaborated with New School University in the education of Masters level theatre students at Actors Studio Drama School. Founded in 1947 by Elia Kazan, Cheryl Crawford, and Robert Lewis, the Studio is known for its work refining and teaching method acting, an approach originally developed by the Group Theatre in the 1930s based on the innovations of Konstantin Stanislavski. Alternative meaning: Organisation (band). ... A professional does something as a profession, or receives payment for some activity. ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke whilst waiting between takes during location filming. ... New School University is an institute of higher learning in New York City. ... Elia Kazan (September 7, 1909 - September 28, 2003) was a Greek-born American film and theatre director. ... Method acting is the endeavour to apply natural rules and laws to the theatre and film acting which can aid an actor with the process of playing a role. ... The Group Theatre was a left-wing theater collective, formed in New York in 1931 by Harold Clurman, Cheryl Crawford and Lee Strasberg. ... Events and trends Technology Jet engine invented Science Nuclear fission discovered by Otto Hahn, Lise Meitner and Fritz Strassmann Pluto, the ninth planet from the Sun, is discovered by Clyde Tombaugh British biologist Arthur Tansley coins term ecosystem War, peace and politics Socialists proclaim The death of Capitalism Rise to... Konstantin (Constantin) Stanislavski (Константи́н Серге́евич Станисла́вский / Алексе́ев) (January 5, 1863 - August 7, 1938) was a Russian theatre and acting innovator. ...

The Studio came to worldwide recognition under the leadership of Lee Strasberg, who took over the helm in 1952. Lee Strasberg (November 17, 1901–February 17, 1982) was an actor and acting teacher, born in Budanov(near Chortkiv or Buchach), Galicia, Austria-Hungary to Ida and Baruch Meyer Strasberg. ...

While at the Studio, actors work together to develop their skills in an experimental environment, where they can take risks as performers without the pressure of commercial roles. Actors in period costume sharing a joke whilst waiting between takes during location filming. ...

The television program Inside the Actors Studio, hosted by James Lipton (who was also dean of Actors Studio Drama School (ASDS)) and airing on the cable television network Bravo, provides in-depth interviews with actors, directors, writers, and other artists, some of whom are members of the Studio. It was taped in front of students of the ASDS as well. A television program is the content of television broadcasting. ... Inside the Actors Studio is a program on the Bravo cable television channel which premiered in 1995 and is hosted by James Lipton. ... James Lipton (born September 19, 1926, Detroit, Michigan) is dean of the Actors Studio Drama School at the New School University in New York City. ... Dean is a title given to some institutions senior or supervisory staff. ... Cable television or Community Antenna Television (CATV) (and often shortened to cable) is a system of providing television, FM radio programming and other services to consumers via radio waves transmitted directly to people’s televisions through fixed coaxial cables as opposed to the over-the-air method used in traditional... Bravo is a cable television network owned by NBC Universal, is currently seen in more than 70 million homes and was the first service dedicated to film, drama and the performing arts when it launched in December 1980. ...

Famous alumni

Over its long history, many famous and successful actors, directors and playwrights have come out of the Studio, including: The film director, on the right, gives last minute direction to the cast and crew, whilst filming a costume drama on location in London. ... A playwright is an author of plays for performance in the theater. ...

• Edward Albee
• James Baldwin
• Ann Bancroft
• Marlon Brando
• James Dean
• Jane Fonda
• Norman Mailer
• Steve McQueen
• Marilyn Monroe
• Paul Newman
• Robert Ginty
• Robert de Niro
• Al Pacino
• Geraldine Page
• Sidney Poitier
• Kim Stanley
• Eli Wallach
• Tennessee Williams
• Shelley Winters
• Joanne Woodward
• Scott Patterson

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External links

• History of the Actors Studio (http://www.actors-studio.com/)
• PBS American Masters Series profile (http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/database/actors_studio.html)
• Inside the Actors Studio (http://www.bravotv.com/Inside_the_Actors_Studio/)