The American Musical and Dramatic Academy, or AMDA, is a school for the performing arts located in Manhattan, New York City, New York. The school is a non-degree-granting university institution with stringent auditions for admittance. Located in the Ansonia hotel on Broadway, it heralds participation from many great performing arts specialists as instructors, and teaches two programs: integrated (dance/voice/theater) and non-integrated (theater.) Among its most famous graduates are:
- Tyne Daly (Cagney and Lacey, Judging Amy)
- Gretchen Mol (Cradle Will Rock, Spin City)
- Paul Sorvino (Bulworth, Law & Order)
- Angela Bettis (Girl, Interrupted, Bless the Child)
- Natalie Zea (Passions, Boys Don't Cry)
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