Selected Alumni Bios

• Haviland Stillwell

  Haviland Stillwell (B.M. Music Theatre, 2003) graduated from The Paideia School in Atlanta and then, NYU Steinhardt Vocal Performance, with honors.  She made her Broadway debut in the revival of FIDDLER ON THE ROOF, and followed that with the revival of LES MISERABLES. She has done various television and film work, including ABC's “Six Degrees.”  She served as Associate Producer on the Off-Broadway production of John Cariani’s play, ALMOST, MAINE, and performed her solo concert THE REAL SECRET, which one reviewer dubbed her "arrival as a talent worth noticing.”   She's a muse to feminist photographer Layla Love, a performer on Rosie O’Donnell’s family cruises, the host of the Broadwayworld.com talk show “Flirt” and a regular character of writer Marie "Riese" Lyn Bernard's AUTOMATIC-WIN.   She now resides in Los Angeles, California.

  www.havilandstillwell.com.

• Natalie Hill
  Natalie Hill (B.M., 2004, Vocal Performance/Music Theatre), a January 2004 Grad, she was seen as "Shelly" and understudies Tracy and Velma in the 1st National Tour of Hairspay. Shortly after graduating, Natalie also starred as "Anita" in West Side Story at the Marriott Theatre in Chicago.
  
  While at NYU, Natalie appeared in a Pre-Broadway run of Frank Wildhorn's Camille Claudel (With Linda Eder and Michael Nouri) at the Goodspeed Opera House where she also appeared in Brigadoon directed by former NYU professor, Greg Ganakas(2001). She recently created the role of "Bernadette" in the World Premier of Romeo and Bernadette at the Paper Mill and Coconut Grove Playhouses. She received a 2003 Carbonell Nomination for "Best Actress in a Musical" for her role in the Coconut Grove Playhouse production of Romeo and Bernadette.
  
  Other Credits Include Footloose (Rusty, Natnl. Tour), Joseph and The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat with Liz Larsen (u/s and performed Narrator, North Shore Music Theatre--where she became a member of Actors Equity--thanks to Prof. Ganakas), Les Miserables in Concert (Eponine), and the Reading of Go Go Beach (Mindy).
  
  At NYU, Natalie appeared as a freshman as Anita in West Side Story, Our Time: Voices of the New Millenium and as a Hot Box Girl/Havana Dancer in Guys and Dolls. Natalie has also performed in Japan and filmed Blue Ridge Falls (with Amy Irving, Tom Arnold, and Chris Issak) for Sundance. Originally from Utah, she was delighted to sing the National Anthem at the 2002 Winter Olympic Torch Lighting Ceremony.
• Douglas Ullman
  Douglas Ullman, Jr. Vocal Performance 2005, studied at NYU Steinhardt with Carolann Page. Originally from Old Tappan, NJ, Doug began performing in high school in shows such as South Pacific (Cable), A Funny Thing . . . (Hero), Joseph . . ., Brigadoon (Tommy), and West Side Story (Tony), as well as participating in All-County, All-State and All-Eastern choirs. Doug also attended summer programs at the New Jersey Shakespeare Festival and at Westminster Choir College, where he was a member of the summer’s chamber ensemble. At NYU was seen in: Our Town (Dr. Gibbs), A Chorus Line (Don), Ragtime (Younger Brother), A New Brain (Minister), Street Scene (Lippo), Fiorello!, The Medicine Show (Scalawag) and Godspell. He has also been fortunate enough to perform outside of NYU in Cabaret (Cliff), Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up? (Louis), and Beguiled Again at The Theater Barn as well as at the Arundel Barn Playhouse in Godspell, Grease (Doody), and Route 66.

  In the spring of 2007, Douglas performed Matt in the Broadway revival of The Fantasticks off-Broadway at New York’s brand new Snapple Theater Center in Times Square.
  

• Eric Margiore
  Eric Margiore (B.M., Classical Vocal Performance, 2002) performed at Carnegie Hall in November 2004. In summer, Eric sings Arturo in Lucia di Lammermoor at Des Moines Metro Opera, where he will be an apprentice artist. At Des Moines he will also perform Act III of La Boheme as Rodolfo, the Act V Tomb Scene in Romeo and Juliette as Romeo, Act III in Antony and Cleopatra as Caeser, and El’Remandado in the Act II quintet of Carmen. He also sang the German Lumberjack and the Young Tree in Florida Grand Opera’s production of Paul Bunyan from December 2004 through January 2005, under the baton of Stewart Robertson.

   

  Eric was a 2004 Metropolitan Opera National Council semifinalist, as winner of the New York Districts and First Place winner in the Eastern Regionals. Eric was a finalist in the 2003 Houston Grand Opera Eleanor McCollum Competition for Young Singers (Concert of Arias), a competition in which he was invited to return and compete in the 2004 semifinals. Eric was also a member of the 2003 Glimmerglass Opera Young American Artist Program, and returned to Glimmerglass Opera as a Young American Artist for the 2004 season. At Glimmerglass Opera, Eric covered numerous roles, including the guest artist role of Count Oscar, in Offenbach’s Bluebeard, in 2004 he performed the role of Bello in La Fanciulla del West, and covered the guest artist role of Colonel Calverley in Patience.

   

  Eric, in November 2004, again sang the role of Bello, this time, in the Opera Orchestra of New York’s performance of La Fanciulla del West, under the baton of Eve Queler. Eric has also been seen in a 2004 masterclass at Zankel Hall with Thomas Hampson, under the auspices of the Marilyn Horne Foundation. Eric has recently received a study grant from the Anna Sosenko trust fund, and was a selected singer for the 2004 and 2005 Sara Tucker Study Grant auditions. Eric has received Encouragement Awards from the Licia Albanese-Puccini 2003 Foundation Competition, the Opera Index 2003 Vocal Competition, and the Fritz and Lavinia Jensen 2003 Foundation Competition. He has also been a finalist in other prestigious national vocal competitions including the George London Foundation Competition and the MacAllister Awards Vocal Competition.

   

  Eric is under Zemsky/Green Artist Management. He was a student of Dr. Robert C. White Jr. at NYU. Eric began his college studies as a pre-med student at Duke University and then transferred to New York University, graduating cum laude with a B.M. in classical voice and a minor in philosophy in May 2002.

• Michael Craig

  Michael Craig (B.M. 2007, Vocal Performance, Music Theatre)

  Beginning March 31, 2008, Michael will be starring as Matthew in the Off-Broadway production of ALTAR BOYZ, after playing the role in the St. Louis Rep and Cincinnati Playhouse productions. NYC: Lincoln Center in ONLY CHILDREN (Alistair Richards), Bound for Broadway opposite Jerry Dixon and Donna Vivino and THINGS TO RUIN: THE SONGS OF JOE ICONIS at Joe's Pub. Regional: EDGES (Man 1) at Music Theatre of Connecticut, HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL (Jack Scott) at North Shore Music Theatre, THE SIXTIES PROJECT at Goodspeed (Colonel Steele) directed by Richard Maltby, Jr., Jonathan in TICK..TICK..BOOM! and Jesus in JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR. NYU Steinhardt Vocal Performance Program credits: 29 (Man 1), URINETOWN (Bobby), RAGTIME, A CHORUS LINE (Al), PARADE (Brit Craig), PIRATES OF PENZANCE (Pirate King) and INTO THE WOODS (Cinderella's Prince). Recordings: The Thief and The Gondoliers music directed by Joseph Church, and a demo in conjunction with JIVE Records. In 2003, Michael was seen on American Idol 2 as a Hollywood Finalist. www.michaelkadincraig.com

• Dr. Ulrich Hartung
  Dr. Ulrich (Rick) Hartung (Ph.D., 1994, Vocal Performance), has established his own artists management company called Hartung Artists Management which is one of the pioneering agencies to use the Web to present the talent. His web-site reflects his interests, and he is also deeply involved with the Zurich International Opera Center. His dissertation was on Schubert's Winterreise , and you can find a brief discussion of his research at his site as well. He has recently begun to conduct opera to resounding acclaim from the critics. He has formed a company which presents operas in concert form with full orchestra and are semi-staged. This approach holds the costs down while providing opera for many locations which might not otherwise be able to afford the costs of a full production. His company is The Metro Concert Opera Orchestra
• Elena Shaddow
  

  ELENA SHADDOW, B.M., Vocal Performance/Music Theatre, 2002.  Elena Shaddow landed a part as Cosette in the Broadway production of Les Miserables during her senior year at NYU Steinhardt Music.  Right after gaduation she was cast as Abigail Barclay and understudy to Susan in Sweet Smell of Success.  Additional Broadway credits include Laura Fairlie in Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Woman in White, and Hodel in Fiddler on the Roof, and Claudia in Nine with Antonio Banderas.  

  In London's own Broadway, West End, Elena was cast as Magnolia in Show Boat at the Royal Albert Hall.  Elena was also cast Clara Johnson in the National Tour of The Light in the Piazza for which she was nominated for the 2007 Helen Hayes Outstanding Lead Actress Award. 

  Elena's regional theatre credits include Lili in Carnival! (Paper Mill Playhouse), Cecily in The Importance of Being Earnest (Shakespeare Theatre of NJ), Viola in Illyria (Shakespeare Theatre of NJ) and Lupita in Senior Discretion Himself (The Arena Stage), for which she was nominated for the 2005 Helen Hayes Outstanding Lead Actress Award. 

  Elena is married to director/choreographer, and NYU Steinhardt Music Theatre alumnus, Michael Harrington.