COMMITMENT TO EQUITY AND INCLUSION
Introducing Chianti Blackmon, AMDA’s Vice President of EDI. [more]
11 months ago
AMDA News
GOING OFF BOOK
Former Central Park busker Elyssa Samsel finds that art does imitate life. [more]
11 months ago
THE POWER OF REPRESENTATION
Success for Zuri Foreman isn’t just personal achievement, it’s about lifting up entire communities. [more]
11 months ago
THE BRIDGE BETWEEN HOLLYWOOD AND BROADWAY
Vasthy Mompoint is carving out a path to tell the best stories. [more]
1 year ago
WALK IN WITH YOUR CROWN ON
Zhailon Levingston directs for advocacy, community and award-winning Broadway shows. [more]
1 year ago
THE LATEST ISSUE OF THE AMDA MAGAZINE HAS ARRIVED!
The latest issue of The AMDA Magazine is now available online! [more]
1 year ago
Sound Science - PhD Student Elisa Monti Tackles Trauma and the Singer’s Voice
It’s a singer’s worst nightmare. In an AMDA New York classroom, a singer performs before their peers, the musical theatre instructor in the corner dissecting every note coming from their mouth. The music crescendos, the student belts the showstopping note — and cracks, their strained throat unable to cope with the stress placed upon it. Wincing, most onlookers choose to politely stare at their own music as the instructor corrects the mortified student. [more]
5 years ago
THE LATEST ISSUE OF THE AMDA MAGAZINE HAS ARRIVED!
The Winter 2018-19 edition of AMDA Magazine is now available online! [more]
5 years ago
Crafting Conflict: AMDA's stage combat program trains students in the art of violence
Training a machine gun platoon in the heart of Australia, AMDA stage combat instructor Charles Currier found himself face-to-face with executive producer Tom Hanks, who wished to speak to the military tech team about his vision for HBO’s Emmy-winning miniseries “The Pacific.” “If this doesn’t look like documentary footage shot in HD from 1945,” Hanks said, “I’m sending you all home. Your job is to make it look... [more]
8 years ago
Caissie Levy: From Fantine in Les Mis to Julie Nixon in First Daughter Suite
After 13 years of Broadway musicals, national tours and world premieres, Caissie Levy has landed more dream roles than most actors score in a lifetime: She’s played Maureen (Rent), Penny Pingleton (Hairspray), Elphaba (Wicked), Sheila (Hair), Molly (Ghost the Musical), and Fantine in the Broadway revival of Les Misérables. When not performing some of the greatest female roles known to Broadway, Levy’s out teaching students at AMDA New York, doing voiceovers for countless commercials or performing songs in concert from her debut solo album With You. [more]
8 years ago
Mad Love: Madeline Brewer Thrives in a "Bad Boyfriend" Industry
Sitting in AMDA’s studio with iced coffee in hand, Madeline Brewer recounts her nerve-wracking audition for Netflix mega-series “Orange is the New Black”: “I auditioned with shaking hands, staring directly into the camera—it was crazy. I left and called my mom and sobbed for 20 minutes: ‘I’m never doing that again. That was the worst audition of my life. I’m not cut out for this TV thing... I’m not doing it.’” [more]
8 years ago
HAMILTON: Christopher Jackson and Anthony Ramos Bring the Revolution to Broadway
Alexander Hamilton: 18th century politician, founding father, freestyle rapper. Wiping the dust off American history books, Lin-Manuel Miranda (In the Heights) created his new musical Hamilton, which transitioned from its sold-out Off-Broadway run to appear before Broadway audiences for the first time in August. The production stars AMDA alumni Christopher Jackson (George Washington) and Anthony Ramos (John Laurens/Philip Hamilton), both of whom originated their roles in the world premiere at New York City’s Public Theater. [more]
8 years ago
The Latest Issue of AMDA Magazine Has Arrived!
The Winter 2016 edition of AMDA Magazine is now available online! This issue features AMDA alumni who currently star in Broadway’s hit musical Hamilton. Merging hip-hop with history, Hamilton paints America’s founding figures in a modern light, offering audiences a new perspective on the men and women who... [more]
8 years ago
Audition Like You Mean It: Advice from Chandra Lee Schwartz
AMDA’s illustrious alumna Chandra Lee Schwartz has landed a starring role in a world premiere...again. [more]
8 years ago