Where the 2006 Tony Nominees Went to School (or Not)

College Majors Musical Theater Major
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<p>Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play
Ralph Fiennes – Faith Healer – Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (UK)
Richard Griffiths – The History Boys - Stockton & Billingham College (UK)
Željko Ivanek – The Caine Mutiny Court Martial – London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (UK)
Oliver Platt – Shining City - BA Tufts University w/ pro training at Shakespeare & Co.
David Wilmot - The Lieutenant of Inishmore - ??? (Irish Actor)</p>

<p>Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play
Kate Burton – The Constant Wife – BA Russian Studies and European History Brown University, MFA Acting Yale School of Drama
Judy Kaye – Souvenir – UCLA
Lisa Kron – Well – BA Theatre Arts Kalamazoo College
Cynthia Nixon – Rabbit Hole – BA English, Barnard College (Began professional career at 13)
Lynn Redgrave – The Constant Wife – None (From family of famous actors)</p>

<p>Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical
Michael Cerveris – Sweeney Todd – BA Music Yale University
Harry Connick, Jr. – The Pajama Game – Hunter College and Manhattan School of Music (No Degree)
Stephen Lynch – The Wedding Singer – BA Theatre Western Michigan University
Bob Martin – The Drowsy Chaperone - ???
John Lloyd Young – Jersey Boys – BA Theatre Brown University</p>

<p>Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical
Sutton Foster – The Drowsy Chaperone – Carnegie Mellon University (Dropped out after a year.)
LaChanze – The Color Purple – University of the Arts (Didn’t graduate)
Patti LuPone – Sweeney Todd – The Juilliard School
Kelli O’Hara – The Pajama Game – Oklahoma City University
Chita Rivera – Chita Rivera: The Dancer’s Life - George Balanchine’s School of American Ballet</p>

<p>Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play
Samuel Barnett – The History Boys – London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (UK)
Domhnall Gleeson - The Lieutenant of Inishmore - ??? (UK)
Ian McDiarmid – Faith Healer – The Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama
Mark Ruffalo – Awake and Sing! – No College. Trained at the Stella Adler Conservatory in LA.
Pablo Schreiber – Awake and Sing! – Carnegie Mellon University</p>

<p>Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play
Tyne Daly – Rabbit Hole - American Musical and Dramatic Academy
Frances de la Tour – The History Boys - ??? (UK)
Jayne Houdyshell – Detroit’s Academy of Dramatic Art (???)
Alison Pill – The Lieutenant of Inishmore - None
Zoë Wanamaker – Awake and Sing! – Central School of Speech and Drama (UK)</p>

<p>Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical
Danny Burstein – The Drowsy Chaperone – BA Queens College, MFA UC San Diego
Brandon Victor Dixon – The Color Purple – BA Music, Columbia University
Manoel Felciano – Sweeney Todd – BA Yale University, MFA Acting NYU/Tisch
Christian Huff – Jersey Boys – None (Started at San Diego's School of Creative and Performing Arts in 5th grade) </p>

<p>Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical
Carolee Carmello – Lestat – BA Business Administration and French, SUNY Albany
Felicia P. Fields – The Color Purple - ???
Megan Lawrence – The Pajama Game - Cincinnati Conservatory of Music (Dropped out after a year.) Also dropped out of Towson State.
Beth Leavel – The Drowsy Chaperone - ???
Elizabeth Withers-Mendes – BS Berklee School of Music, Masters (?) NYU</p>

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<p>Interesting but doesn't provide any clear path, if that is what people might be looking for in such a list! :) I would take from this, if I were looking to take something from it! that each person needs to attend college (or not) according to his or her wants and needs.</p>

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<p>LaChanze didn't graduate from UArts as a dance major (before MT was instated) because she ended up getting cast in ONCE ON THIS ISLAND. Just thought I'd add that it was a career move. :)</p>

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<p>Wow, 2 from Kalamazoo, Michigan. I feel proud ;).</p>

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<p>Speaking of Kalamazoo (WMU), I just visited my friend who is a BA Theatre Performance there. I was compleatly impressed by the facilities and resources there. There were about 6 theatres there varying in size and desgin, including one gigantic 5 story black box theatre that could probably be shaped into anything for any show, absolutly breathtaking. The campus was also nice and seemed like there was a lot to do. In my opinion WMU is probably not talked about enough here and is definatly a program to look into. Along with the noted grads above, Marian Mazzie is also a graduate, who my friend informed me when I was there that she was awarded with an honorary doctoate from the University.</p>

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<p>Fascinating!!!</p>

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<p>Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU, for giving this Indiana MT BA hope.</p>

<p>Only about 3 from BFA progams. Now isnt that intereting people?</p>

<p>Expecially that they pretty much all dropped out of them? </p>

<p>Maybe a BFA isn't the be all and end all of life. Maybe a BA <em>might</em>
be a better idea! Gives some 2007 auditionees something to think about.</p>

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<p>Somebody posted the nominees for 2005 this time last year. Looks like more of them actually went to school for Drama or MT ... in the U.S.</p>

<p>Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play
Philip Bosco, Twelve Angry Men – BA, Catholic University
Billy Crudup, The Pillowman – BA, UNC-Chapel Hill; MFA, NYU/Tisch
Bill Irwin, Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? BA, Oberlin College; Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey's Clown College
James Earl Jones, On Golden Pond – BFA, University of Michigan
Brían F. O'Byrne, Doubt - Samuel Beckett Center; Trinity College, Dublin</p>

<p>Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play
Cherry Jones, Doubt – BFA, Carnegie Mellon University
Laura Linney, Sight Unseen – BA, Brown University; Moscow Arts Theater School; Juilliard School
Mary-Louise Parker, Reckless – Diploma in Acting, North Carolina School of the Arts
Phylicia Rashad, Gem of the Ocean – BFA, Howard University
Kathleen Turner, Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? - BA, University of Maryland</p>

<p>Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical
Hank Azaria, Monty Python's Spamalot - BFA, Tufts University
Gary Beach, La Cage aux Folles – BFA, North Carolina School of the Arts
Norbert Leo Butz, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels – BFA, Webster University; MFA, Alabama Shakespeare Festival
Tim Curry, Monty Python's Spamalot - Cambridge and Birmingham
John Lithgow, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels – BA History, Harvard University; London Academy of Music and Drama</p>

<p>Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical
Christina Applegate, Sweet Charity - None
Victoria Clark, The Light in the Piazza – Music Degree from Yale University
Erin Dilly, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang – BFA, University of Michigan
Sutton Foster, Little Women - Carnegie Mellon University (left to go pro after one year)
Sherie Rene Scott, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels - Neighborhood Playhouse School of Theatre</p>

<p>Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play
Alan Alda, Glengarry Glen Ross- BA, Fordham University
Gordon Clapp, Glengarry Glen Ross – BA, Williams College
David Harbour, Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf – BA, Dartmouth College
Liev Schreiber, Glengarry Glen Ross – BA, Hampshire College; MFA, Yale School of Drama; Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
Michael Stuhlbarg, The Pillowman – BFA, Juilliard School</p>

<p>Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play
Mireille Enos, Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? - BFA, Brigham Young University
Heather Goldenhersh, Doubt – BFA, Juilliard School
Dana Ivey, The Rivals – BA, Rollins College; London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art
Adriane Lenox, Doubt - Lambuth University
Amy Ryan, A Streetcar Named Desire - ???</p>

<p>Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical
Dan Fogler, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee –BFA, Boston University
Marc Kudisch, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang – BFA, Florida Atlantic University
Michael McGrath, Monty Python's Spamalot - ???
Matthew Morrison, The Light in the Piazza – BFA, Tisch/CAP21
Christopher Sieber, Monty Python's Spamalot – American Music and Dramatic Academy</p>

<p>Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical
Joanna Gleason, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels - UCLA and BA, Occidental College
Celia Keenan-Bolger, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee – BFA, University of Michigan
Jan Maxwell, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang - ???
Kelli O'Hara, The Light in the Piazza – BM, Oklahoma City University
Sara Ramirez, Monty Python's Spamalot- BFA, Juilliard School</p>

<p>Hey, I'm bored 'til June. I might see who was nominated in previous years. Something to do ...</p>

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<p>This marks the third consecutive year Oklahoma City University has had one of their graduates nominated:</p>

<p>Kristin Chenoweth (Wicked) 2003
Kelli O'Hara (Piazza) 2004
Kelli O'Hara (Pajama Game) 2005</p>

<p>Interesting to note that OCU voice teacher Florence Birdwell has had students receive five Tony nominations; two for Krisitn, two for Kelli and one back in 1984 for Lara Teeter for "On Your Toes".</p>

<p>Mrs Birdwell is hoping to teach at this summer's OCU high school music theater program.</p>

<p><a href="http://www.okcu.edu/music/archieve/archive_detail.asp?id=142%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.okcu.edu/music/archieve/archive_detail.asp?id=142&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>This is interesting information - even fun. I would caution not to get too excited over the presence or lack of BFA degrees. Remember, performers in their 40's had very few BFA MT programs to choose from in their early twenties. In the way-back it was most common to go a school of music, drama, or no college at all when getting into MT - we've grown since then.</p>

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<p>Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play
Simon Russell Beale, Jumpers – English Degree from Cambridge University, Theatre Degree from Guildhall School of Music and Drama (UK)
Kevin Kline, Henry IV – BFA Drama, The Juilliard School
Frank Langella, Match – Drama Degree from Syracuse University, Also studied with Elia Kazan at the Lincoln Repertory Theatre
Jefferson Mays, I Am My Own Wife – BA Yale University, MFA UC San Diego
Christopher Plummer, King Lear – No College. Studied with the Canadian Repertory Company in Ottowa</p>

<p>Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Play
Eileen Atkins, The Retreat from Moscow – Guildhall School of Music and Drama (UK)
Tovah Feldshuh, Golda's Balcony – BA Drama, Sarah Lawrence College
Anne Heche, Twentieth Century – None. Took a contract on a Soap playing twins immediately after h/s
Swoosie Kurtz, Frozen – USC and London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (UK)
Phylicia Rashad, A Raisin in the Sun – BFA, Howard University</p>

<p>Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Musical
Hunter Foster, Little Shop of Horrors – BFA, University of Michigan
Hugh Jackman, The Boy from Oz – BA Communications University of Technology, Sydney; Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts
Alfred Molina, Fiddler on the Roof - Guildhall School of Music and Drama (UK)
Euan Morton, Taboo - Mountview Theatre School (UK)
John Tartaglia, Avenue Q - ??? Started career as a puppeteer on “Sesame Street” at 16.</p>

<p>Best Performance by a Leading Actress in a Musical
Kristin Chenoweth, Wicked – BM in Musical Theatre and MM in Opera Performance, Oklahoma City University
Stephanie D'Abruzzo, Avenue Q – BA in Radio/Television/Film, Northwestern University
Idina Menzel, Wicked – NYU/Tisch in a now defunct studio.
Donna Murphy, Wonderful Town –NYU/Tisch Adler Studio
Tonya Pinkins, Caroline, or Change – BA, Columbia College. Also attended CMU and law school.</p>

<p>Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Play
Tom Aldredge, Twentieth Century- ???
Ben Chaplin, The Retreat from Moscow - Guildhall School of Music and Drama
Aidan Gillen, The Caretaker - ??? Irish
Omar Metwally, Sixteen Wounded – BA History, UC Berkeley; MFA Acting, American Conservatory Theater
Brían F. O'Byrne, Frozen - Samuel Beckett Center, Trinity College, Dublin</p>

<p>Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Play
Essie Davis, Jumpers – National Institute of Dramatic Art, Australia
Sanaa Lathan, A Raisin in the Sun – BA English, UC Berkeley; MFA Acting, Yale School of Drama
Margo Martindale, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof - ???
Audra McDonald, A Raisin in the Sun – BM Classical Voice, The Juilliard School
Daphne Rubin-Vega, Anna in the Tropics – None. Former pop singer.</p>

<p>Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical
John Cariani, Fiddler on the Roof – BA, Amherst
Michael Cerveris, Assassins – Music Degree, Yale University
Raúl Esparza, Taboo – BFA Drama, NYU/Tisch School of the Arts
Michael McElroy, Big River – BFA Carnegie Mellon University
Denis O'Hare, Assassins – BA, Northwestern University</p>

<p>Best Performance by a Featured Actress in a Musical
Beth Fowler, The Boy from Oz - ???
Isabel Keating, The Boy from Oz - ???
Anika Noni Rose, Caroline, or Change – American Conservatory Theater
Jennifer Westfeldt, Wonderful Town – BA, Yale University
Karen Ziemba, Never Gonna Dance - Studied dance at University of Akron</p>

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<p>** BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTOR IN A PLAY**
Brian Bedford, Tartuffe - Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (UK)
Brian Dennehy, Long Day's Journey –BA History, Columbia University, Yale School of Drama (Can’t tell if he finished)
Eddie Izzard, Joe Egg –Eastbourne College (Ireland)
Paul Newman, Our Town –BA English, Kenyon College; Yale School of Drama (Didn’t finish); The Actors Studio
Stanley Tucci, Frankie and Johnny – BFA Acting, SUNY Purchase</p>

<p>BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Jayne Atkinson, Enchanted April – BS Theatre, Northwestern University
Victoria Hamilton, Joe Egg - London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (UK)
Clare Higgins, Vincent in Brixton - London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (UK)
Vanessa Redgrave, Long Day's Journey - Central School of Speech and Drama (UK)
Fiona Shaw, Medea –Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (UK)</p>

<p>BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Antonio Banderas, Nine - School of Dramatic Art Malaga, Spain
Harvey Fierstein, Hairspray – BFA Art, Pratt Institute
Malcolm Gets, Amour – BFA Theatre, University of Florida; MFA Acting, Yale School of Drama
John Selya, Movin' Out - School of American Ballet
Brian Stokes Mitchell, Man of La Mancha - ???</p>

<p>BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Melissa Errico, Amour - BA Art History and Philosophy, Yale University; Yale School of Drama (withdrew)
Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Man of La Mancha -
Elizabeth Parkinson, Movin' Out - Studied voice at the University of Illinois, Champagne
Bernadette Peters, Gypsy –None. Got her Equity Card at nine years old.
Marissa Jaret Winokur, Hairspray - American Musical and Dramatic Academy</p>

<p>BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTOR IN A PLAY
Thomas Jefferson Byrd, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom – BS Education, Morris Brown College; MFA Dance, California Institute of the Arts
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Long Day's Journey – BFA Drama, Tisch School of the Arts
Robert Sean Leonard, Long Day's Journey – BA, Columbia University Denis O'Hare, Take Me Out -
Daniel Sunjata, Take Me Out – BFA, Southwestern Louisiana University; MFA, NYU/Tisch School of the Arts</p>

<p>BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Christine Ebersole, Dinner at Eight - MacMurray College
Linda Emond, Life x 3 – BA Theatre, Cal State Fullerton
Kathryn Meisle, Tartuffe – BA, Smith College; MFA Acting, UNC Chapel Hill
Michele Pawk, Hollywood Arms – BFA Musical Theatre, Cincinnati Conservatory of Music; Transferred from Allegheny College.
Marian Seldes, Dinner at Eight – None. Apprenticed with Katharine Cornell</p>

<p>BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Michael Cavanaugh, Movin’ Out - None
John Dossett, Gypsy - ???
Dick Latessa, Hairspray - ???
Corey Reynolds, Hairspray - None
Keith Roberts, Movin’ Out – American Ballet Theatre</p>

<p>BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Tammy Blanchard, Gypsy – None. Started in Daytime TV right after high school.
Jane Krakowski, Nine - None
Mary Stuart Masterson, Nine –Studied Anthropology at NYU. (Former child star)
Chita Rivera, Nine - George Balanchine’s School of American Ballet
Ashley Tuttle, Movin' Out - American Ballet Theatre</p>

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<p>BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTOR IN A PLAY
Alan Bates (Fortune's Fool) - Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (UK)
Billy Crudup (The Elephant Man) – BA Drama, UNC-Chapel Hill; MFA, NYU/Tisch
Liam Neeson (The Crucible) - Gaiety School of Drama (Ireland)
Alan Rickman (Private Lives) - Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (UK)
Jeffrey Wright (Topdog/Underdog) – BA Political Science, Amherst College; Dropped out of the NYU/Tisch School of the Arts MFA program after two months to work.</p>

<p>BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTRESS IN A PLAY
Kate Burton (Hedda Gabler) - BA Russian Studies and European History, Brown University; MFA Acting, Yale School of Drama
Lindsay Duncan (Private Lives) - Central School of Speech & Drama (UK)
Laura Linney (The Crucible) –BA Theatre, Brown University (Transferred from Northwestern); Moscow Arts Theater School; Juilliard School
Helen Mirren (Dance of Death) – None.
Mercedes Ruehl (Edward Albee's The Goat or Who Is Sylvia?) - College of New Rochelle; Studied acting with Uta Hagen</p>

<p>BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTOR IN A MUSICAL
Gavin Creel (Thoroughly Modern Millie) – BFA Musical Theatre, University of Michigan
John Cullum (Urinetown The Musical) – BA Speech and graduate studies in Finance, University of Tennessee;
John Lithgow (Sweet Smell of Success) - BA History, Harvard University; London Academy of Music and Drama (UK)
John McMartin (Into the Woods) - ??? Attended college in Illinois and NYC.
Patrick Wilson (Oklahoma!) – BFA Drama, Carnegie Mellon University</p>

<p>BEST PERFORMANCE BY A LEADING ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Sutton Foster (Thoroughly Modern Millie) – Carnegie Mellon University (dropped out after a year)
Nancy Opel (Urinetown The Musical) – BFA Drama, The Juilliard School
Louise Pitre (Mamma Mia!) – BA Music Education, University of Western Ontario
Jennifer Laura Thompson (Urinetown The Musical) – BFA Musical Theatre, University of Michigan
Vanessa Williams (Into the Woods) – Theatre Studies, Syracuse University (dropped out to work)</p>

<p>*BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTOR IN A MUSICAL *
Frank Langella (Fortune's Fool) - Drama Degree from Syracuse University, Also studied with Elia Kazan at the Lincoln Repertory Theatre
William Biff McGuire (Morning's at Seven) – Studied acting in England after WWII, but never says where.
Brian Murray (The Crucible) - King Edward VII School, South Africa
Sam Robards (The Man Who Had All the Luck) – BA Theatre, Sarah Lawrence College; Eugene O'Neill Center's National Theatre Institute
Stephen Tobolowsky (Morning's at Seven) – BA Drama, Southern Methodist University; MA Drama, University of Illinois – Urbana, Champaign</p>

<p>BEST PERFORMANCE BY A FEATURED ACTRESS IN A MUSICAL
Kate Burton (The Elephant Man) - BA Russian Studies and European History, Brown University; MFA Acting, Yale School of Drama
Katie Finneran (Noises Off) – Attended Carnegie Mellon University for one year before leaving to study with Uta Hagen
Elizabeth Franz (Morning's at Seven) - American Academy of Dramatic Arts, New York
Estelle Parsons (Morning's at Seven) – Connecticut College. Studied Law
Frances Sternhagen (Morning's at Seven) – BA Drama, Vassar College; Perry-Mansfield School of the Theatre; Neighborhood Playhouse</p>

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<p>Thanks fishbowlfreshman! This is really interesting! It will be interesting to see how many in the future do NOT have a school by their name..I predict, not many.</p>

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<p>Oops! I got in a hurry and messed up. For 2002, those Featured Actors and Actresses should be for plays. Here are the ones for Musicals:</p>

<p>*ACTOR (FEATURED ROLE-MUSICAL) *
Norbert Leo Butz (Thou Shalt Not) – BFA Regional Theatre, Webster University; MFA Acting, Alabama Shakespeare Festival
Gregg Edelman (Into the Woods) – BS Communications with Musical Theatre Certificate, Northwestern University
Shuler Hensley (Oklahoma!) – BM Opera, Manhattan School of Music, MM, Curtis School of Music
Brian d'Arcy James (Sweet Smell of Success) – BS Theatre, Northwestern University
Marc Kudisch (Thoroughly Modern Millie) – BFA Theatre, Florida Atlantic University</p>

<p>*ACTRESS (FEATURED ROLE-MUSICAL) *
Laura Benanti (Into the Woods) – None.<br>
Harriet Harris (Thoroughly Modern Millie) – BFA Drama, The Juilliard School
Spencer Kayden (Urinetown The Musical) – BS Theatre, Northwestern University
Judy Kaye (Mamma Mia!) – BA Drama, UCLA
Andrea Martin (Oklahoma!) – BS Speech and Theatre, Emerson College</p>

<p>More to come, tomorrow ... Yay for ten years of Tony trivia. :)</p>

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<p>*ACTOR (PLAY) *
Richard Easton (The Invention of Love) - Central School of Speech and Drama (UK)
Brian Stokes Mitchell (King Hedley II) – None. Began professional career in high school studying acting and voice privately in San Diego. (Missed this fact the first time)
Gary Sinese (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest) – None. Started Steppenwolf Theatre Company in a church basement right out of high school! Honorary degree from Amherst College.
Sean Campion (Stones in His Pockets) - ??? (Irish)
Conleth Hill (Stones in His Pockets) - ??? (Irish)</p>

<p>*ACTRESS (PLAY) *
Mary-Louise Parker (Proof) – Diploma in Acting, North Carolina School of the Arts
Linda Lavin (The Tale of the Allergist's Wife) – BA Theatre, William and Mary College
Juliette Binoche (Betrayal) - Conservatoire National Supérieur d'Art Dramatique de Paris
Jean Smart (The Man Who Came to Dinner) – BA Theatre, University of Washington
Leslie Uggams (King Hedley II) – Studied Music Composition and Theory at Juilliard, but left after two years to go pro.</p>

<p>*ACTOR (MUSICAL) *
Nathan Lane (The Producers) - None
Matthew Broderick (The Producers) – None. Studied acting with Uta Hagen
Tom Hewitt (The Rocky Horror Show) – MFA Acting, University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee (Professional actor training program is now at Delaware ???)
Patrick Wilson (The Full Monty) – BFA Drama, Carnegie Mellon University
Kevin Chamberlin (Seussical) – BFA Acting, Rutgers University/Mason Gross School of the Arts</p>

<p>*ACTRESS (MUSICAL) *
Randy Graff (A Class Act) – BA Theatre, Wagner College
Christine Ebersole (42nd Street) - MacMurray College; American Academy of Dramatic Art, New York
Faith Prince (Bells Are Ringing) – BFA Musical Theatre, University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music
Marla Schaffel (Jane Eyre) – BFA Drama, The Juilliard School
Blythe Danner (Follies) – BA Drama, Bard College</p>

<p>*ACTOR (FEATURED ROLE-PLAY) *
Charles Brown (King Hedley II) - ??? (R.I.P 1/08/04)
Larry Bryggman (Proof) – Attended City College of San Francisco, but left after two years to go pro.
Michael Hayden (Judgment at Nuremburg) – BA, St. John’s University; Masters Degree from The Juilliard School (When did they do away with the Masters?)
Robert Sean Leonard (The Invention of Love) – BA General Studies, Columbia University
Ben Shenkman (Proof) – BA Theatre, Brown University; MFA Acting, NYU/Tisch School of the Arts</p>

<p>*ACTRESS (FEATURED ROLE-PLAY) *
Michele Lee (The Tale of the Allergist's Wife) – None.
Viola Davis (King Hedley II) – BFA Drama, The Juilliard School
Johanna Day (Proof) – American Academy of Dramatic Art
Penny Fuller (The Dinner Party) –Theatre, Northwestern University
Marthe Keller (Judgment at Nuremburg) -</p>

<p>*ACTOR (FEATURED ROLE-MUSICAL) *
Gary Beach (The Producers) – BFA Drama, North Carolina School of the Arts
Roger Bart (The Producers) – BFA Acting, Rutgers University/Mason Gross School of the Arts
Andrew DeShields (The Full Monty) - ???
John Ellison Conlee (The Full Monty) – Dramatic Arts, Centre College
Brad Oscar (The Producers) – BFA Acting, Boston University</p>

<p>*ACTRESS (FEATURED ROLE-MUSICAL) *
Cady Huffman (The Producers) - ???
Polly Bergen (Follies) - None
Kate Levering (42nd Street) - None
Mary Testa (42nd Street) - None
Kathleen Freeman (The Full Monty) – BA Drama, UCLA (Changed major from music) (R.I.P. 8/23/01 just days after her final performance.)</p>

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<p>*ACTOR (PLAY) *
Gabriel Byrne (A Moon For The Misbegotten) – University of Dublin (Ireland) Started acting at 29.
Stephen Dillane (The Real Thing) – History and Politics Degree, University of Exeter; Bristol Old Vic Theatre School (UK)
Philip Seymour Hoffman (True West) – BFA Drama, NYU/Tisch School of the Arts
John C. Reilly (True West) – BFA Acting, DePaul University/Goodman School of Drama
David Suchet (Amadeus) - London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (UK)</p>

<p>*ACTRESS (PLAY) *
Jayne Atkinson (The Rainmaker) – BS Theatre, Northwestern University
Jennifer Ehle (The Real Thing) – BFA Drama, North Carolina School of the Arts; Central School of Speech and Drama (UK)
Rosemary Harris (Waiting In The Wings) – Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (UK)
Cherry Jones (A Moon For The Misbegotten) –BFA Drama, Carnegie Mellon University
Claudia Shear (Dirty Blonde) - ???</p>

<p>*ACTOR (FEATURED ROLE-PLAY) *
Kevin Chamberlin (Dirty Blonde) – BFA Acting, Rutgers University/Mason Gross School of the Arts
Daniel Davis (Wrong Mountain) - ??? (Classically trained and taught at American Conservatory Theatre)
Roy Dotrice (A Moon For The Misbegotten) – None. Started acting at a POW camp during WWII and later apprenticed with The Royal Shakespeare Company (UK)
Derek Smith (The Green Bird) - ???
Bob Stillman (Dirty Blonde) – Studied piano at The Juilliard School</p>

<p>*ACTRESS (FEATURED ROLE-PLAY) *
Blair Brown (Copenhagen) – National Theatre School of Canada
Frances Conroy (The Ride Down Mt. Morgan) – BFA Drama, The Juilliard School
Amy Ryan (Uncle Vanya) - None
Helen Stenborg (Waiting In The Wings) ???
Sarah Woodward (The Real Thing ) ???</p>

<p>*ACTOR (MUSICAL) *
Craig Bierko (Meredith Willson's The Music Man) – BS Theatre, Northwestern University
George Hearn (Putting It Together) – Philosophy, Southwestern University; Trained with Irene Dailey
Brian Stokes Mitchell (Kiss Me, Kate) - None. Began professional career in high school studying acting and voice privately in San Diego
Mandy Patinkin (The Wild Party) – Left The Juilliard School to go pro.
Christopher Walken (James Joyce's The Dead) – Dropped out of Hofstra University after a year. Made Broadway debut at 15.</p>

<p>*ACTRESS (MUSICAL) *
Toni Collette (The Wild Party) – Left the National Institute of Dramatic Art in Sydney, Australia to work after 18 months. She only attended for 18 months and left to work
Heather Headley (Aida) – BS Theatre w/ Musical Theatre Certificate, Northwestern University
Rebecca Luker (Meredith Willson's The Music Man) – BM, University of Montevallo
Marin Mazzie (Kiss Me, Kate) – BA Theatre, Western Michigan University
Audra McDonald (Marie Christine) – BM Classical Voice, The Juilliard School</p>

<p>*ACTOR (FEATURED ROLE-MUSICAL) *
Michael Berresse (Kiss Me, Kate) - None
Boyd Gaines (Contact) – BFA Drama, Juilliard
Michael Mulheren (Kiss Me, Kate) - ?
Stephen Spinella (James Joyce's The Dead) – BFA Acting, University of Arizona; MFA Acting, NYU/Tisch School of the Arts
Lee Wilkof (Kiss Me, Kate) - ???</p>

<p>*ACTRESS (FEATURED ROLE-MUSICAL) *
Laura Benanti (Swing!) - None
Ann Hampton Callaway (Swing!) – Acting major at the University of Illinois, but left after two years.
Eartha Kitt (The Wild Party) – None.
Deborah Yates (Contact) – BA Communications, Southern Methodist University
Karen Ziemba (Contact) – BFA Dance, University of Akron (also studied voice)</p>

18

<p>*ACTOR (PLAY) *
Brian Dennehy (Death of a Salesman) - BA History, Columbia University, Yale School of Drama (Can’t tell if he finished)
Brian O'Byrne (The Lonesome West) - Samuel Beckett Center, Trinity College, Dublin
Corin Redgrave (Not About Nightingales) - ??? (From family of famous actors)
Kevin Spacey (The Iceman Cometh) – Attended The Juilliard School for two years, but left to work.</p>

<p>*ACTRESS (PLAY) *
Stockard Channing (The Lion in Winter) – BA American History and Literature, Harvard University
Judi Dench (Amy's View) - Central School of Speech and Drama (UK)
Marian Seldes (Ring Round the Moon) – None. Studied at The Neighborhood Playhouse with Sanford Meisner. Taught at The Juilliard School from 1967-1991. Now adjunct faculty at Fordham University
Zoe Wanamaker (Electra) - Central School of Speech and Drama (UK)</p>

<p>*ACTOR (FEATURED ROLE-PLAY) *
Kevin Anderson (Death of a Salesman) – BFA Acting, DePaul University/Goodman School of Drama
Finbar Lynch (Not About Nightingales) ??? (Irish)
Howard Witt (Death of a Salesman) – BFA Acting, DePaul University/ Goodman School of
Drama
Frank Wood (Side Man) – BA Drama, Wesleyan University; MFA Acting, NYU/Tisch School of the Arts</p>

<p>*ACTRESS (FEATURED ROLE-PLAY) *
Claire Bloom (Electra) - Central School of Speech and Drama (UK)
Samantha Bond (Amy's View) – Bristol Old Vic Theatre School (UK)
Dawn Bradfield (The Lonesome West) - Gaiety School of Acting (Ireland)
Elizabeth Franz (Death of a Salesman) - American Academy of Dramatic Arts, New York</p>

<p>*ACTOR (MUSICAL) *
Brent Carver (Parade) – Left The University of British Colombia
Adam Cooper (Swan Lake) – None. Royal Ballet, London.
Martin Short (Little Me) – BA Social Work, McMaster University in Hamilton
Tom Wopat (Annie Get Your Gun) – Studied Music at University of Wisconsin - Madison</p>

<p>*ACTRESS (MUSICAL) *
Carolee Carmello (Parade) - BA Business Administration and French, SUNY Albany
Dee Hoty (Footloose) – Theatre, Otterbein College
Bernadette Peters (Annie Get Your Gun) - None. Got her Equity Card at nine years old.
Sian Phillips (Marlene) - Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (UK)</p>

<p>*ACTOR (FEATURED ROLE-MUSICAL) *
Roger Bart (You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown) – BFA Acting, Rutgers University/Mason Gross School of the Arts
Desmond Richardson (Fosse) - Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Ron Taylor (It Ain't Nothin' but the Blues) - Wharton College; American Academy of Dramatic Arts (R.I.P 1/16/02)
Scott Wise (Fosse) - ???</p>

<p>*ACTRESS (FEATURED ROLE-MUSICAL) *
Gretha Boston (It Ain't Nothin' but the Blues) - ???
Kristin Chenoweth (You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown) - BM in Musical Theatre and MM in Opera Performance, Oklahoma City University
Valarie Pettiford (Fosse) – None.<br>
Mary Testa (On the Town) – None</p>

19

<p>*ACTOR (PLAY) *
Richard Briers (The Chairs) - Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (uk)
Anthony LaPaglia (A View from the Bridge) - Rostrevor College (Australia)
John Leguizamo (Freak) – BFA Drama, NYU/Tisch School of the Arts, Strasberg Studio
Alfred Molina (Art) - Guildhall School of Music and Drama (UK)</p>

<p>*ACTRESS (PLAY) *
Jane Alexander (Honour) – BA Theatre, Sarah Lawrence College; University of Edinburgh (Scotland)
Allison Janney (A View from the Bridge) – BA Theatre, Kenyon College; Neighborhood Playhouse; Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (UK)
Geraldine McEwan (The Chairs) – None. Started professional career at 14 and was in long-running West End productions by 18. Her husband was the Principal of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.
Marie Mullen (The Beauty Queen of Leenane) - ??? (Irish)</p>

<p>*ACTOR (FEATURED ROLE-PLAY) *
Tom Murphy (The Beauty Queen of Leenane) - ??? (Irish)
Brian F. O'Byrne (The Beauty Queen of Leenane) - Samuel Beckett Center; Trinity College, Dublin
Sam Trammell (Ah, Wilderness!) – BA Semiotics, Brown University
Max Wright (Ivanov) – BFA Theatre, Wayne State University; National Theatre School, Canada</p>

<p>*ACTRESS (FEATURED ROLE-PLAY) *
Enid Graham (Honour) – BFA Drama, The Juilliard School
Linda Lavin (The Diary of Anne Frank) – BA Theatre, William and Mary College
Anna Manahan (The Beauty Queen of Leenane) - Gaiety School of Acting (Ireland)
Julyana Soelistyo (Golden Child) – BA Theatre, Oregon State University</p>

<p>*ACTOR (MUSICAL) *
Alan Cumming (Cabaret) - Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama
Peter Friedman (Ragtime) – BA Psychology, Hofstra University. Discovered he needed training and took classes for two years at an unnamed studio.
Brian Stokes Mitchell (Ragtime) - ???
Douglas Sills (The Scarlet Pimpernel) –Music Degree, University of Michigan; MFA Acting, American Conservatory Theater</p>

<p>*ACTRESS (MUSICAL) *
Betty Buckley (Triumph of Love) – BA Journalism, Texas Christian University
Marin Mazzie (Ragtime) – Theatre, Western Michigan University
Natasha Richardson (Cabaret) - Central School of Speech and Drama
Alice Ripley (Side Show) – BFA Musical Theatre, Kent State University
Emily Skinner (Side Show) – BFA Musical Theatre, Carnegie Mellon University</p>

<p>*ACTOR (FEATURED ROLE-MUSICAL) *
Gregg Edelman (1776) - BS Communications with Musical Theatre Certificate, Northwestern University
John McMartin (High Society) - ??? Attended college in Illinois and NYC.
Ron Rifkin (Cabaret) – BA Psychology, NYU; Trained at the Actors Studio
Samuel E. Wright (The Lion King) - ???</p>

<p>*ACTRESS (FEATURED ROLE-MUSICAL) *
Anna Kendrick (High Society) – If she went to college/conservatory, she’s probably still there unless she dropped out because she was born in 1985.<br>
Tsidii Le Loka (The Lion King) – BA Economics and BA Music, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Audra McDonald (Ragtime) – BM Classical Voice, The Juilliard School
Mary Louise Wilson (Cabaret) - ???</p>

20

<p>*ACTOR (PLAY) *
Brian Bedford (London Assurance) - Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (UK)
Michael Gambon (Skylight) - Royal Academy of Dramatic Art
Christopher Plummer (Barrymore) – None. Trained with the Canadian Repertory Company
Anthony Sher (Stanley) - Webber-Douglas School of Dramatic Art (UK)</p>

<p>*ACTRESS (PLAY) *
Julie Harris (The Gin Game) – Yale School of Drama
Shirley Knight (The Young Man From Atlanta) - Attended Phillips University and Witchita University. Trained for the with Erwin Piscator and Lee Strasberg.
Janet McTeer (A Dolls House) – Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (UK)
Lia Williams (Skylight) - ???</p>

<p>*ACTOR (FEATURED ROLE-PLAY) *
Terry Beaver (The Last Night of Ballyhoo) -???
William Biff McGuire (The Young Man from Atlanta) - Studied acting in England after WWII, but never says where.
Brian Murray (The Little Foxes) - King Edward VII School, South Africa
Owen Teale (A Doll's House) - Guildford School of Acting (UK)</p>

<p>*ACTRESS (FEATURED ROLE-PLAY) *
Helen Carey (London Assurance) – Marquette University
Dana Ivey (The Last Night of Ballyhoo) – BA Theatre, Rollins College; London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (UK)
Lynne Thigpen (An American Daughter) – BA Theatre, University of Illinois – Urbana-Champaign (R.I.P 3/12/03)
Celia Weston (The Last Night of Ballyhoo) – BA Psychology and Art, Salem College; BFA Drama, North Carolina School of the Arts; Also studied at the Rose Bruford School (UK) and with Uta Hagen.</p>

<p>*ACTOR (MUSICAL) *
Robert Cuccioli (Jekyll & Hyde) – BS Finance, St John's University
Jim Dale (Candide) – None.<br>
Daniel McDonald (Steel Pier) – BA Theater Arts, Hobart College; Studied post-graduate at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art, the Stella Adler Conservatory, and with Sanford Meisner.
James Naughton (Chicago) – BA American Civilization, Brown University; MFA Acting, Yale School of Drama</p>

<p>*ACTRESS (MUSICAL) *
Pamela Isaacs (The Life) - ???
Bebe Neuwirth (Chicago) – BFA Dance, The Juilliard School
Tonya Pinkins (Play On!) – BFA Musical Theatre, Carnegie Mellon University
Karen Ziemba (Steel Pier) - Studied dance at University of Akron</p>

<p>*ACTOR (FEATURED ROLE-MUSICAL) *
Joel Blum (Steel Pier) - ???
Chuck Cooper (The Life) – BFA Theatre, Ohio University
Andre De Shields (Play On!) – BA, University of Wisconsin – Madison; MA, NYU/ Gallatin School of Individualized Study
Sam Harris (The Life) – BA Drama, UCLA</p>

<p>*ACTRESS (FEATURED ROLE-MUSICAL) *
Marcia Lewis (Chicago) - ???
Andrea Martin (Candide) - BS Speech and Theatre, Emerson College
Debra Monk (Steel Pier) - Frostburg State University
Lillias White (The Life) - ???</p>