NEW
YORK, Sept. 10, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- AMDA
College of the Performing Arts has once again earned a top spot on
Playbill's annual list of colleges with the most graduates
appearing on Broadway in the 2023-2024 Season. Playbill's Big
10 List of the Most Represented Colleges on Broadway is
published each year with this year's list looking at all actors who
performed in a Broadway show from April 28,
2023 to April 25, 2024. Since
2019, AMDA has consistently earned a spot in the top 5.
This achievement honors and acknowledges the hard work of a
diverse and multi-talented group of AMDA graduates who have turned
in show stopping performances on Broadway during the 2023-2024
season including Joey Auzenne
(The Sign in Sidney Brustein's
Window), Alexa De Barr
(Moulin Rouge! The Musical), Sean
Bell (Harmony), Netanel Bellaishe (Aladdin),
María Bilbao (Sweeney
Todd), Maria Briggs
(Spamalot), Krystal Joy Brown
(Merrily We Roll Along), Colin
Cunliffe (Cabaret, Shucked), Kevin Curtis (Back To The Future),
Charity Angél Dawson (& Juliet, Chicago), Karli
Dinardo (Hamilton,
Dancin'), Josh Drake (Bad
Cinderella), John Edwards (MJ
The Musical), Leandra
Ellis-Gaston (SIX: The Musical), Amelia Fei (How to Dance in Ohio), Alexander
Ferguson (Hamilton),
Carissa Fiorillo (Aladdin),
Roy Flores (Here Lies Love),
Kyle Ramar Freeman (The Wiz),
Samantha Gershman (Water For
Elephants, A Beautiful Noise: The Neil Diamond Musical),
J. Harrison Ghee (Some Like It
Hot), Michael Harmon (MJ The
Musical), Jennie Harney-Fleming
(Hamilton), Jon Hoche (Life of Pi), Kristen Jeter (The Book of Mormon),
Jarvis B. Manning Jr. (Some Like
It Hot), Matthew Sims Jr.
(The Wiz), Katie LaDuca
(Back To The Future), Sky Lakota-Lynch (The
Outsiders), Anastaćia McCleskey (Suffs), Geena Quintos (Here Lies Love),
Gabrielle Reid (Harry Potter and the Cursed Child),
Jacqueline René (The Lion King), Didi Romero (SIX: The Musical),
Marissa Rosen (Water For
Elephants), Kyle Scatliffe
(Hamilton), CoCo Smith
(The Book of Mormon), Ayla
Stackhouse (The Book of Mormon), Housso Sémon
(Suffs), Jake Trammel (The
Great Gatsby), Jena VanElslander
(Life of Pi), Brittany Nicole
Williams (Aladdin), Joy
Woods (The Notebook), and Neka Zang (Dancin').
Additionally, two AMDA graduates on this year's list made
history with recognition at the 2023 and 2024 Tony Awards. AMDA
graduate J. Harrison Ghee made
history at the 2023 Tony Awards as the first out non-binary actor
to win a Tony Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading
Role in a Musical for their portrayal of Jerry and Daphne in
Broadway's Some Like It Hot. Sky Lakota-Lynch, another
distinguished AMDA graduate, originated the role of Johnny Cade in The Outsiders on Broadway
and received a 2024 Tony nomination for Best Performance by an
Actor in a Featured Role in a Musical. Lakota-Lynch has joined a
small group of Native American actors nominated for Tony Awards,
including Lou Diamond Phillips and
the late James Earl Jones.
About AMDA
AMDA College of the Performing Arts has campuses in the two
entertainment capitals of the world: New
York City and Hollywood.
Founded in 1964, AMDA has been training emerging performing artists
in musical theatre, acting, and dance for over 60 years and AMDA's
training has been adopted as the gold standard of performing arts
education by colleges and universities throughout the country, and
indeed throughout the world. Notable AMDA graduates include
Anthony Ramos (Broadway's
Hamilton, In the
Heights musical film adaptation, Twisters), Jesse Tyler Ferguson (Modern Family, Tony
Award Winner for Broadway's Take Me Out), Ray Fisher (Batman v Superman: Dawn of
Justice and Justice
League), Rizwan Manji
(Schitt's Creek), Madeline
Brewer (The Handmaid's Tale, Orange is the New
Black), Tyne Daly (Cagney
& Lacey, Judging Amy).
For more information about AMDA Graduates, visit the AMDA
website: https://www.amda.edu/alumni
Instagram & TikTok: @AMDAOfficial
You can view Playbill's Big 10 List of the Most Represented
Colleges on Broadway list
here: https://playbill.com/article/where-did-the-actors-of-the-2023-24-broadway-season-go-to-school
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