Professional Children's School

Professional Children's School is an independent day school enrolling 210 students in grades 6-12. Located in Manhattan, a few blocks from Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, the school provides a college-preparatory education to young people preparing for, or already pursuing, careers in the performing arts, competitive sports and other pursuits requiring the flexibility and individual attention that the school provides. Founded in 1914, the school's graduates include many of the most accomplished names in the performing arts and entertainment, but also doctors, attorneys, educators, authors and scientists.

Notable alumni

Actors/actresses

*Brooke Adams *Trini Alvarado *Adam Arkin *Mischa Barton *Bonnie Bedelia *Milton Berle *Peter Billingsley *Tempestt Bledsoe *Joan Blondell *Jordana Brewster *Eric Brown *Irene Cara *Phoebe Cates *Holly Marie Combs *Ashton Chen *Kieran Culkin *Macaulay Culkin *Rory Culkin

*Sandra Dee *Donald Faison *Carrie Fisher *Helen Gallagher *Sarah Michelle Gellar *Jaime Gleicher *Elliot Gould *Todd Graff *Anthony Michael Hall *Ally Hilfiger *Gaby Hoffmann *Amy Irving *Scarlett Johansson *Brad Kane *Carol Kane *Ruby Keeler *Jane Krakowski

*Ricki Lake *Peggy Lipton [Berkvist, Robert. [http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F00913F83C59107A93CBA81788D85F468785F9 "'Bored? Creatively I'm Bored, But...'"] , "The New York Times", March 19, 1972. Accessed September 15, 2008.] *Lorna Luft *Sidney Lumet *Jena Malone *Daniel Mann [Honan, William H. [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0CEED9113CF930A15752C1A967958260 "Daniel Mann, 79, the Director Of Successful Plays and Films"] , "The New York Times", November 23, 1991. Accessed December 13, 2007. "Mr. Mann was born in Brooklyn, the youngest of five children of a lawyer named Samuel Chugermann. He attended Erasmus Hall High School, but quit after an argument with a physics teacher and completed his education at the Children's Professional School."] *Rose Marie Mazetta *Melissa Michaelsen *Jerry O'Connell *Donald O'Connor *Jennifer O'Neill *Sarah Jessica Parker *Dick Van Patten *Martha Plimpton [Ryzik, Melena. [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/25/theater/25ryzi.html "So Odd, but Lately in Classic Fashion"] , "The New York Times", November 25, 2007. Accessed November 25, 2007. "ON a break from rehearsals for “Cymbeline” at Lincoln Center Martha Plimpton dashed outside for a cigarette and immediately ran into a classmate from her alma mater, the nearby Professional Children’s School."] *Tara Reid *Christina Ricci *Eden Riegel

*Sam Riegel *Jonathan Silverman *Christian Slater *John Spencer *Julia Stiles *Susan Strasberg *Uma Thurman *Rachel Ticotin *Ashley Tisdale *Janine Turner *Leslie Uggams *Christopher Walken *Nancy Walker *Malcolm-Jamal Warner *Tuesday Weld

Dance

*Fernando Bujones
*Charlotte d'Amboise
*Suzanne Farrell
*Eliot Feld
*Gelsey Kirkland
*Darci Kistler

Music

* Anastacia
*Emanuel Ax
*Vanessa Carlton
*Marvin Hamlisch
*Cho-Liang Lin
*Yo-Yo Ma
*Midori Goto
*Buddy Rich
*Beverly Sills [Tommasini, Anthony. [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A06E4D7153EF937A35754C0A9619C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=2 "Beverly Sills, All-American Diva With Brooklyn Roots, Is Dead at 78"] , "The New York Times", July 4, 2007. Accessed November 6, 2007. "But her father put an end to her child-star career when she was 12 so that she could concentrate on her education at Erasmus Hall High School in Brooklyn and the Professional Children's School in Manhattan."]
*Pinchas Zuckerman
*Hahn-Bin
*Jessie Baylin

ports

*Carol Heiss
*Josh Waitzkin

References

ee also

*Professional Performing Arts School
*Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts

External links

* [http://www.pcs-nyc.org/ Official site]