B.F.A. in Musical Theatre- Page 2

[iheartamc10]

Posted: 5/22/06 at 11:37pm

Hey-
Let's remember our manners. I am certainly no expert, but the guy/girl asked for advice. If you have real talent, it doesn't matter if or where you go to a BFA program. However, anyone with eyes can take a look at the bios on Broadway to see a lot of names from CCM, CMU, Michigan, NYU, BostonCo. and also Northwestern (sorry I left that one out), Syracuse and Ithaca (sorry I misspelled that earlier.) Oh and whoever mention Oklahoma City is right too, good program!

[Unknown User]

Posted: 5/22/06 at 11:44pm

Coming from someone who was a playwriting major at Tisch and settled for a BA in Theatre Marketing at a state school:

First a musical theatre degree will not make you a star any more than a playwriting degree will guarantee me a Pulitzer. But will the training and connections you receieve help? Yes, if you know how to use them.

Second - you'll have more time to audition and such if you aren't spending all of your energy working to pay off that obscene amount of money you paid to go to some of those schools.
Updated On: 5/23/06 at 11:44 PM

[JC14]

Posted: 5/22/06 at 11:45pm

Northwestern is not a conservatory and therefore, does not offer a BFA Degree.

[WhenURScrap]

Posted: 5/22/06 at 11:50pm

It's Pulitzer ... unless you're talking about a different award. But you don't even need a degree to be a great actor. You just gotta get a gimmic!

[Phantom487]

Posted: 5/23/06 at 1:45am

ACTlete676 - Pace's BFA in Musical Theatre program is ready NOW!

[kalfonso]

Posted: 1/5/09 at 4:16pm

Do you know anymore about it? I'm trying to decide if I want to apply to there.

[Auggie27]

Posted: 1/5/09 at 7:17pm

A lot of people opt for vocal performance over musical theater, because they can still take theater courses for a declared/undeclared minor. I know two such students. Increasingly, it's about the type of training sought, not "connections" and prestige per se.

[Elphie3]

Posted: 1/5/09 at 7:31pm

NYU all the way.

And keep in mind, many of the studios offer musical theater training - not just CAP-21 (Playwrights, Adler, and Strausberg for sure)

[beltingbaritone]

Posted: 1/5/09 at 7:38pm

AMDA is a fine school. Most people who go there and graduate love it. My personal theory is you can't really comment accurately on a school unless you go there. There's no better opinion than a current student.