the Actors Studio
/ði ˌæktəz ˈstjuːdiəʊ/
/ði ˌæktərz ˈstuːdiəʊ/
- a school in New York for professional actors. It was begun in 1947 by Elia Kazan, Robert Lewis, and Cheryl Crawford. It became the centre of method acting under its artistic director Lee Strasberg, and its many famous students included Marlon Brando and Rod Steiger.