With the release of License to Wed,
How To Deal, and A Walk To Remember,
Mandy Moore established herself as one
of Hollywood’s favorite young actresses.
Moore has released 7 best-selling albums,
including her latest, Wild Hope.
Film star? Music star? TV star? Who says you
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A Golden-Globe® winner for her performance in
Closer, Portman’s career skyrocketed
following her breakout film performance
in The Professional. While Portman is perhaps best known as
Queen Amidala in the Star Wars trilogy and as the star of V for Vendetta,
one of our favorite performances is her star turn in Garden State with
Stagedoor-pal Zach Braff. |
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Forever linked to his breakout film role as
Ducky in Pretty in Pink, Cryer is now
best recognized as the Emmy®-nominated star of the CBS
hit sitcom Two and a Half Men. Equal
parts actor and writer, Cryer’s film
writing/producing credits include The Pompatus
of Love. He made his Broadway debut opposite
Harvey Feirstein in Torch Song Trilogy.
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Currently starring as Tony Stark in the blockbuster film Iron Man, Downey was
Oscar®-nominated for his role as Charlie
Chaplin in Richard Attenborough’s Chaplin.
Downey is equally comfortable on the small
screen, having starred on TV's Ally McBeal. Downey’s
range as a performer is also on showcase in
The Singing Detective and on his solo album. |
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Recognized as one of Broadway’s most-important
composers for her brilliant work on Caroline,
or Change, this multiple Tony®-award-nominated
composer wrote the new music for Thoroughly
Modern Millie and is bringing Shrek to Broadway this year.
As a returning guest to
Stagedoor, Tesori watched students rehearse
Violet, her acclaimed musical. |
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This accomplished Baltimore native is comfortable as
both a romantic leading man and as a villain.
Charles but broke out as Knox
Overstreet in Peter Weir’s Dead Poet’s
Society, opposite Robin Williams. Recent
starring roles include anchor Dan Rydell on
ABC-TV’s SportsNight, T.J. McCabe in S.W.A.T., and Detective Fowler in Four Brothers. His new HBO series In Treatment, premiered in January. |
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One of Hollywood’s most sought-after and successful
film directors and producers, Levy has already accomplished
what many filmmakers only dream of: His first FIVE feature
films – Big Fat Liar, Just
Married, Cheaper by the Dozen, The Pink Panther, and Night at the Museum
– all opened at #1. |
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Nominated for a Tony® award for his work
as a composer on Urban Cowboy, Blumenkrantz
is one of the most sought-after songwriters in theatre. As an actor,
his Broadway appearances include A Class Act, Into the Woods,
How To Succeed…, and Damn Yankees. |
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One of the most sought-after musical directors and conductors in the industry, Grigsby's Broadway credits include Spring Awakening, the revival of Grease!, The Light in the Piazza, Caroline, or Change,
The Full Monty, You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown, and Twelfth Night. She returns to Stagedoor to hold Master Classes almost every summer. |
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Widely recognized for his role as Phil on the NBC series ED and as the absurd pitchman for Sierra Mist, Black is the co-founder of
The State and STELLA. His latest comedy album, Sandwiches & Cats, is among iTunes most popular downloads. |
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Rena was seen on Broadway and across the country
as Cosette and the Hair Hag in Les Miserables.
Her extensive Off-Broadway credits include My Life with Albertine
(Playwright's Horizon) and her one-woman show Spaghetti & Matzoh Balls!
Other credits include Tonya in Des McAnuff's Zhivago and Billy Smith in Babes In Arms (Goodspeed). |
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Her third film – M. Night Shymalan's The Village – placed Bryce on the short list of Hollywood's most talented
young actresses. Her next, Shymalan's The Lady in the Water, was followed by her portrayal of Gwen Stacy in Spider-Man 3
and Roselind in Kenneth Branagh's As You Like It. |
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While multiple Golden Globe® and Emmy®-nominee Braff is best known for his roles as Dr. John (JD) Dorian
on the hit NBC series, Scrubs, and as the voice of Disney's Chicken Little, Braff
is also an accomplished writer and filmmaker.
He wrote, directed, and starred in the hit film
Garden State (with fellow Stagedoor alum,
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Amy Ryan's breakout role in Gone, Baby, Gone earned her numerous "Best Supporting Actress" awards, and a recent nomination for an Academy-Award®.
A two-time Tony® nominee for her work in A Streetcar Named Desire and Uncle Vanya, Ryan is well-known to TV audiences for her work on HBO's The Wire, and Law & Order.
Her next projects: The Changeling (with Angelina Jolie) and Green Zone (with Matt Damon).
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Known to his millions of fans as the bumbling,
naïve speechwriter, James Hobert, on
the hit ABC-series Spin City, Chaplin
is also an accomplished stage and film actor.
He also starred in Comic Potential,
the Alan Ayckbourn comedy, at the Manhattan
Theater Club. |
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Federer made her Broadway debut as Nessarose
in the original cast of Wicked. A BFA Musical
Theater graduate of Ithaca College, Federer’ stage
credits include Lincoln Center’s A
Man of No Importance and the 50th Anniversary
production of The Trip to Bountiful. |
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Arias is known to TV audiences around the world as
the star of NBC’s Kingpin and
for his role as Emilio on One Life To Live.
Arias’s Broadway credits include
Miss Saigon and creating the role of
"Black" in the Public Theater’s
production of The Wild Party. |
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This Golden Globe®-nominated actress is
a true chameleon, having starred in such diverse
roles as Stacy Hamilton in Fast Times at
Ridgemont High to Tralala in Last Exit
to Brooklyn to Annie Sullivan in The
Road to Perdition. She also starred
in her feature film writing and directorial
debut, The Anniversary Party. |
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A quintuple threat (actor, singer, composer, writer,
director), Graff paid homage to Stagedoor
Manor in his feature film directorial debut,
CAMP, which was nominated for the Grand
Jury prize at Sundance in 2003. A Tony®-nominated
actor for creating the role of Danny in Baby,
Graff has acted in a variety of films, including
The Abyss, Dominick and Eugene,
and Five Corners. His film writing
credits include The Vanishing and Used
People. |
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One of New York’s most-popular voiceover
and television actresses, Murney is best known
for creating the roles of Queenie in Andrew
Lippa’s The Wild Party and Felicia
in A Class Act. Murney made her Broadway
debut in Lennon and then starred as Elpheba
in the Broadway company of Wicked. Murney was one of only
15 female performers selected to appear on
the RCA album, Broadway Divas-100 Years
of Music. |
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Jonathan Marc Sherman's plays include the recent off-Broadway hit Things We Want,
directed by Ethan Hawke. Sherman's breakout play, Women and
Wallace, won the Young Playwrights
Festival at Playwrights Horizons and was televised on American Playhouse.
His other works include Veins and Thumbtacks,
Sophistry, Sons and
Fathers (starring Ethan Hawke, Calista
Flockhart, Peter Frechette & Josh Hamilton
at Malaparte theater company, which he co-founded),
Wonderful Time (WPA Theater), and Evolution.
He also acts on occasion to remind himself why he became
a playwright. |
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