LAINIE KAZAN TEACHES MASTER CLASS IN ACTING AT HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY

Lainie Kazan, currently starring in the runaway hit, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, is teaching a Master Class in Acting at Hofstra University's College for Continuing Education from January 6-16, 2003. Ms. Kazan is a Hofstra alumna who wants to teach acting where she started. Students who are interested in applying to Lainie Kazan's Master Class in Acting should call (516) 463-5737.The tuition for the class is $800.

Hofstra University proudly presents an opportunity to study with Lainie Kazan, whose prolific career spans film, stage and television. Actress and singer Lainie Kazan conducts a master class, utilizing Lee Strasberg's Acting Method and exercises, including scene study and audition techniques. The business aspects of acting, such as agents, managers and publicity, are included to give students complete tools to become a working actor. This class is a wonderful opportunity for actors, drama teachers, drama therapists, college and graduate students, performers, singers who want to act and for all those who are interested in polishing their performance abilities. Class readings include An Actor Prepares by Constantine Stanislavski and works by Lee Strasberg and Sanford Meisner.

Ms. Kazan's movies include My Favorite Year (for which she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award), Beaches, The Crew, The Big Hit, What's Cooking, One from the Heart, The Cemetery Club, The Associate and Delta Force. In May 2002, she appears in Gigli with Ben Affleck, Jennifer Lopez, and Christopher Walken. Ms. Kazan has a recurring television role on Will and Grace, and appeared regularly on The Nanny and Veronica's Closet. She was nominated for an Emmy Award for her performance on St. Elsewhere. As well, she has sung on stage, in nightclubs, in concerts with the Boston and Cleveland Pops and has two CD jazz collections, In The Groove, and Body and Soul. Ms. Kazan received a Tony Award nomination for her reprisal of her original role in the musical version of My Favorite Year at Lincoln Center. Her stage credits include producer and star in various productions, including Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Orpheus Descending, Doin' What Comes Natur'lly, The Vagina Monologues, A Little Night Music, Gypsy and Hello Dolly. Ms. Kazan is an adjunct faculty member at NYU Tisch School of the Arts, and has taught master classes at UCLA, Brooklyn College and Broward University, Florida.

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