Look up the following names on the internet: Stella Adler, Lee Strasburg, Uta Hagen, and Sanford Meisner. What types of hits do you get? Does each of these acting teachers have a website of his/her own? Are they all still alive? If so, are they still teaching? If not, do the schools or theaters they established still exist? What are they?
Visit the website http://www.newschool.edu/academic/drama/. The Actor's Studio is one of the most famous actor training schools in the United States, having trained such famous pupils as Al Pacino and Marlon Brando. Look through the site and find out what type of training they offer to prospective students, as well as the history of the school itself.
