Over the years there has been much controversy and confusion about
the true nature of The Actors Studio, a secluded workshop in New
York City that for decades has had a marked influence on the stage
and screen and yet functions like a secret society behind closed
doors. It all began when Stanislavsky's Moscow Art Theater brought
its brand of ""realism"" to the United States in 1923. The
legendary Group Theater of the 1930s followed. Then came the
creation of a studio workshop incorporating the provocative acting
and directing techniques of Eliza Kazan, and the emergence of Lee
Strasberg as Studio head following Kazan's departure. Strasberg's
background and the encounters between him and the actors he guided
are presented in detail. The lives and careers of early icons like
Marlon Brando, Montgomery Clift, Marilyn Monroe and James Dean are
examined. Also covered are a progressive trans-Atlantic view of the
subject, the Studio's short-lived efforts to form a world-class
production company in the 1960s, and a later set of transitions
leading to an altered image of the Studio and a change of venue for
the 21st century. Such luminaries as these (and many more) have
been associated with the Actors Studio: Edward Albee, Lauren
Bacall, Glenn Close, Robert DeNiro, Robert Duvall, Danny Glover,
Julie Harris, Dustin Hoffman, Dennis Hopper, Jack Lemmon, Shirley
MacLaine, Steve McQueen, Paul Newman, Mike Nichols, Al Pacino,
Julia Roberts, Eva Marie Saint, Neil Simon, Steven Spielberg,
Sylvester Stallone, Rod Steiger, Meryl Streep, Eli Wallach, and
Tennessee Williams.
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