A schools audition process doesn't determine how great a school is. I don't know much about AMDA, only stuff about Circle since I went there this summer, so I'll tell you all I know about CITS. Circle in the Square is (probobly) better because they only take something like 25 people for acting and 25 people for musical theatre, as a opposed to AMDA which I heard takes about 80% of auditioners. Circle's class sizes are small. The school is also right in the basement of a Broadway theatre. They share faculty with Juilliard. It used to be a Studio with NYU Tisch School of the Arts. There's a very large emphasis on acting, as opposed to singing or dancing. I believe acting is the most important because when you're singing you're acting, when you're dancing you're acting, and when you're onstage not saying any lines you're acting. Much of the faculty has been on Broadway, and every Monday there is a seminar with a proffessional in the theatre industry (seasoned actors, directors,casting directors, authors of various acting books, alumni of the school etc.) Also, the musical theatre auditioners may not audition with a piano but they do audition in front of a two time Tony Award Winner, who practicly founded Off-Broadway and helps run the school.
Just keep in mind, it's hard to deem one school better than the other. Different things work for different people. Some might find AMDA's training better for them than Circle's and vice versa.
(Anyone feel free to correct me if this information is wrong.)
Updated On: 12/6/07 at 04:51 PM
