American Academy of Dramatic Arts
October 3, 1884: The Academy first opened its doors at The Lyceum Theatre in Manhattan. One hundred and eighteen eager students would soon become The Academy’s first graduating class and the history of acting in America was changed forever. Today, The Academy's New York campus is set in Madison Avenue’s landmark Colony Club building in Midtown Manhattan and encompasses six full stories of classrooms, rehearsal halls, dance studios, dressing rooms, costume and prop departments, a production workshop, a student lounge, and an expansive library designed to serve the specific needs of acting students. Its media studios are equipped with the latest video, lighting and editing systems—everything an actor needs for exceptional on-camera training. Another notable feature is its collection of impressive theatres that offers a variety of training and performance opportunities. The 169-seat proscenium theatre, 164-seat thrust theatre and 103-seat arena-style theatre are all used for classes, rehearsals and full-scale productions. From top to bottom, The Academy's New York campus is ideally outfitted for students to grow and succeed as a working actor.www.aada.edu
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Sep 26, 2026
Amy HessHOST
Its popularity later inspired a 1947 film and a television series.
Amy HessHOST
And I don't know, you might be surprised by this since I went to the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, but I actually really haven't seen that many Broadway shows and it's something I'd like to change.
Amy HessHOST
So let me know in the comments, what's your favorite play or musical on Broadway? And that's gonna do it for us today.
Amy HessHOST
I hope you're having a great start to your weekend.
Amy HessHOST
Its popularity later inspired a 1947 film and a television series.
Amy HessHOST
And I don't know, you might be surprised by this since I went to the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, but I actually really haven't seen that many Broadway shows and it's something I'd like to change.
Amy HessHOST
So let me know in the comments, what's your favorite play or musical on Broadway? And that's gonna do it for us today.
Amy HessHOST
I hope you're having a great start to your weekend.
Damian PelliccioneGUEST
So what's interesting and what's kind of strangely eerily ironic is I'm from Toronto, Canada, originally.
Damian PelliccioneGUEST
At 18 years old, got into theater school, American Academy of Dramatic Arts, went to New York.
Damian PelliccioneGUEST
Um, did a year and a half, kind of dropped out, just got into the business and started working.
Damian PelliccioneGUEST
Then 9-11 happened.
Daniel LobellHOST
Yeah.
Jay DavisGUEST
I could be on a show like that, you know? So I ended up getting accepted into the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, and from there, my sister ended up getting married and moved out.
Jay DavisGUEST
Within a year, she's already got a boyfriend she moved in with that she ends up marrying, and so I needed a roommate.
Jay DavisGUEST
But back then there was no computers or anything, so through the bulletin board of the school-
Ian OgilvyGUEST
You know, yes, but you're not right about people coming up to me all the time.
Ian OgilvyGUEST
For a while, I became a director at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, which is like the Los Angeles version of RADA.
Ian OgilvyGUEST
And I directed plays there.
Ian OgilvyGUEST
I didn't teach.
Craig JohnsonHOST
Countess Maria is played by Gloria Holden, a British-born actress who emigrated to the US with her parents when she was a child.
Craig JohnsonHOST
After studying at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and a brief stint working as a model, she appeared in several Broadway stage productions before she was spotted by a director called Clarence Brown and brought to California.
Craig JohnsonHOST
She was signed by Universal for the title role of Dracula's daughter in January of 1936, and this is after the original choice, Tamara Drassin, left the production, and second choice, Zita Johan, who had appeared in The Mummy, was also deemed not right for the part.
Craig JohnsonHOST
And although this film is probably the one for which Holden is now best known, she would be paid only $1,450, which would be the equivalent of roughly $35,000 today.
Alexander RodriguezHOST
Sofia began her creative journey in fashion design, subsequently transitioning to the vibrant world of creative directing.
Alexander RodriguezHOST
With a desire to further her cinematic aspirations, she attended classes at institutions like USC School of Cinematic Arts, UCLA, and the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, just little schools, you know, sharpening her directorial toolkit.
Alexander RodriguezHOST
And in 2021, she returned to Australia as a feature film director for Black Sight.
Alexander RodriguezHOST
The John Wick makers partnered to create this film with actors like Jason Clarke, Michelle Monaghan, Jay Courtney starring, and we're gonna talk about how they had to film that, by the way.
Tammie ChavezGUEST
And then I started working in these old schools that, you know, had a lot of history to them.
Tammie ChavezGUEST
So I ended up working at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, and this is a location in the heart of Hollywood where, uh, Charlie Chaplin had his bungalows.
Tim NealonHOST
Mm.
Tammie ChavezGUEST
And they still have them there.
Robin LaneHOST
You got your first job where you actually got paid for it.
Cristina FontanelliGUEST
I would say I was 20 years old because I had gone to the American Academy of Dramatic Arts.
Cristina FontanelliGUEST
I trained to be in acting and, um, So I wanted to be an actress.
Cristina FontanelliGUEST
And then they would tell me, you have to lose 15 pounds, you have to lose 20 pounds.
Harriet KemsleyGUEST
And, um, then he, he, like, worked at LAMDA.
Harriet KemsleyGUEST
He was, like, head of LAMDA for a bit, and then he went over to New York and he was head of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts.
Emily DeanHOST
Oh.
Harriet KemsleyGUEST
And so I couldn't get into...
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