Editing Paul Newman (section)

=== Education ===
After the war, Newman completed a [[Bachelor of Arts]] in [[drama]] and [[economics]] at [[Kenyon College]] in [[Gambier, Ohio]], in 1949.<ref>{{Cite news|date=June 2, 2007|title=Newman gives $10M to Ohio alma mater|work=[[USA Today]]|url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/movies/2007-06-02-1290486787_x.htm|url-status=live|access-date=September 19, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313015824/http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/movies/2007-06-02-1290486787_x.htm|archive-date=March 13, 2016}}</ref> Shortly after earning his degree, he joined summer stock companies, including the [[Belfry Players]] in [[Wisconsin]]<ref>Franzene, Jessica, "Theologians & Thespians", in Welcome Home, a realtors' guide to property history in the Lake Geneva region, August 2012</ref> and the Woodstock Players in Woodstock, [[Illinois]]. He toured with them for three months and developed his talents.<ref name="tiscali" /><ref>{{Cite book|last1=Borden|first1=Marian Edelman|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AfgbEC0LrFMC&pg=PA11|title=Paul Newman: A Biography|date=2010|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-0-313-38310-6|page=11|access-date=November 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210417190305/https://books.google.com/books?id=AfgbEC0LrFMC&pg=PA11|archive-date=April 17, 2021|url-status=live}}</ref> He later attended the [[Yale School of Drama]] for one year before moving to New York City to study under [[Lee Strasberg]] at the [[Actors Studio]].<ref name="tiscali" /> [[Oscar Levant]] wrote that Newman initially was hesitant to leave New York for Hollywood, and that Newman had said, "Too close to the cake. Also, no place to study."<ref>[[Oscar Levant|Levant, Oscar]] (1969). ''[[The Unimportance of Being Oscar]]''. Pocket Books. p. 56; {{ISBN|0-671-77104-3}}.</ref> Newman arrived in New York City in 1951 with his first wife Jackie Witte, taking up residence in the [[St. George, Staten Island|St. George]] section of [[Staten Island]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.silive.com/news/index.ssf/2008/09/actor_paul_newmans_dramatic_ro.html|title=Actor Paul Newman's dramatic roots were sprouted on Staten Island|website=SILive.com|publisher=[[Staten Island Advance]]|access-date=September 2, 2015|date=September 27, 2008|archive-date=March 3, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180303035132/http://www.silive.com/news/index.ssf/2008/09/actor_paul_newmans_dramatic_ro.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://forgotten-ny.com/NEIGHBORHOODS/cynthiatour/st.george.html|title=Forgotten-NY Neighborhoods: St. George: Staten Island's Wonderland|access-date=July 13, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090213101046/http://forgotten-ny.com/NEIGHBORHOODS/cynthiatour/st.george.html|archive-date=February 13, 2009}}</ref>