Professional Performing Arts School
The Professional Performing Arts School, colloquially known as PPAS, is a public middle and high school in Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan, New York City.[5]
| Professional Performing Arts School PPAS  | |
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328 West 48th St. United States  | |
| Coordinates | 40°45′42″N 73°59′19″W | 
| Information | |
| Type | Public[1] | 
| Established | 1990[1] | 
| School district | 10036 | 
| Principal | Keith Ryan[2] | 
| Teaching staff | 30 academic teachers[3] | 
| Grades | 6–12[4] | 
| Enrollment | 485[4] | 
| Campus | Urban | 
| Yearbook | 2009 | 
| Website | http://www.ppasnyc.org/ | 
History
    
PPAS was created in 1990 to meet the needs of two groups of students: those who wanted to pursue professional work in the arts as they earned a junior/senior high school diploma and those who wanted to study the arts as an avocation.[6]
Notable alumni
    
- Eddie Alderson, actor (Daytime Emmy Award nominee for One Life to Live)
 - Kristen Alderson, actress (Daytime Emmy Award winner for One Life to Live)
 - Nadia Azzi, pianist
 - Morena Baccarin, actress (Firefly, Primetime Emmy Award nominee for Homeland)
 - Andrea Bowen, actress (Desperate Housewives, Les Misérables)
 - Tru Collins, singer and actor (Trans-Siberian Orchestra)
 - Lana Condor, actress (To All the Boys I've Loved Before)
 - Monét X Change, drag queen, singer (Rupaul's Drag Race, RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars)
 - Billy Crawford, singer, actor and television Host (It's Showtime)
 - Julia Cumming, singer, songwriter, bassist (Sunflower Bean), model and activist
 - Claire Danes, actress (My So-Called Life, Primetime Emmy Award winner for Homeland)
 - Melonie Diaz, actress (Raising Victor Vargas, Fruitvale Station)
 - Max Ehrich, actor and dancer (Daytime Emmy Award nominee for The Young and the Restless)
 - Jesse Eisenberg, actor (Academy Award nominee for The Social Network)
 - Jessica Lee Goldyn, actress and dancer (A Chorus Line)
 - Sarah Hyland, actress (Modern Family, Lipstick Jungle)
 - Paul Iacono, actor and director (The Hard Times of RJ Berger, Fame)
 - Mark Indelicato, actor (Ugly Betty, White Bird in a Blizzard)
 - Alicia Keys, actress, singer and pianist (multiple Grammy Award winner)
 - Christy Knowings, actor, musician, writer and dancer (All That, Sesame Street)
 - Jake Lucas, actor (Broadway production of Newsies, Peter Pan Live!, the 2015 Broadway revival of The King and I)
 - Gregori Lukas, singer and dancer (Recording Artist, The Nutcracker, New York City Ballet)
 - Paul McGill, actor and dancer (Bullets Over Broadway, Fame)
 - Taylor Momsen, actress and singer (Gossip Girl, The Pretty Reckless)
 - Asher Monroe, actor, dancer and singer (V Factory, Fame)
 - Christian Navarro, actor (Vinyl, 13 Reasons Why)
 - Eric Nelsen, actor and dancer (All My Children, 13: The Musical)
 - Connor Paolo, actor (Gossip Girl, Revenge)
 - Karina Pasian, singer and pianist (Grammy Award nominee for First Love)
 - Josh Peck, actor and comedian (Drake & Josh, The Amanda Show)
 - Justin Peck, dancer and choreographer (New York City Ballet)
 - Danielle Polanco, dancer and choreographer (Step Up film series)
 - Victor Rasuk, actor (How to Make it in America, Fifty Shades film series)
 - Alisa Reyes, actress (All That, The Proud Family)
 - Elena Satine, actress and singer (Magic City, Revenge)
 - Max Schneider, singer and actor (How To Rock, Rags)
 - Britney Spears, singer and dancer (Grammy Award winner)
 - Rebecca Harrell Tickell, actress, producer and director (Prancer, FUEL, The Big Fix)
 - Addison Timlin, actress (Derailed, Zero Hour)
 - Louie Torrellas, actor and comedian (Sponk!, Jumper)
 - Chris Trousdale, actor and singer (The Biggest Fan, Dream Street)
 - Daniel Ulbricht, dancer (New York City Ballet)
 - Jamila Velazquez, actor (Empire, Twisted)
 - Malina Weissman, actress (A Series of Unfortunate Events)
 - Jeremy Allen White, actor (Shameless, Twelve)
 - Lee Thompson Young, actor (The Famous Jett Jackson)
 - Aubrey Joseph, actor (Cloak and Dagger)
 - Ben Cook, Broadway actor
 - Dominique Thorne, actress (If Beale Street Could Talk, Judas and the Black Messiah)
 
References
    
- Official site
 - Archived 2010-04-20 at the Wayback Machine
 - Archived 2010-04-20 at the Wayback Machine
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