The New School Starts A New Drama School

The New School’s 11-year association with the Actors Studio comes to an end as the school announces it is starting a new graduatee drama school. The decision to break with the Actors Studio is “a simple move toward more oversight and control over the program’s curriculum and staffing. The new acting program will be headed by Robert LuPone, who was nominated for a Tony Award as an actor in “A Chorus Line” on Broadway and was a producer of last year’s Tony-nominated play “Frozen.” He’ll be joined by Arthur Penn, the director of the original 1959 Broadway production of “The Miracle Worker” and of the 1962 film version, who will act as the school’s artistic adviser.