Stage Door New York

New York Dressing Room, NYPL Digital Collections. (Colorized.)

Mary Pickford. Marlon Brando. Bette Davis. James Cagney. Edward G. Robinson. Shelley Winters – Just a few of the actors who launched their careers in New York City.

This site is dedicated to exploring the histories of the many actors who stepped onto the stage in NYC. It’s a look at the culture, the histories, and the popular representations of the theatrical experiences of performers in New York.

It’s classic. It’s contemporary. The stories are real.

Ready for some multi-layered geographical biographies of actors rooted in the Big Apple and designed to shed light on the American narrative?

Here we go. Next stop, Stage Door New York!