Good Universities in the NYC Area for Musical Theater Majors

[Zeitoujo]

Posted: 8/31/08 at 12:21pm

Does anyone know any except Montclair and NYU?

[Little-Lotte]

Posted: 8/31/08 at 12:40pm

I'll throw my school out there, Marymount Manhattan College. We don't have an MT "major" we have a minor but combined with your Acting major it would feel like having a major. They have dance class everyday and a voice lesson once a week. There are also other classes like scene into song and fundamentals of musical theatre that you take per semester. Plus we have a showcase, which you need to audition to be in, at the end of your four years. I've seen the MT schedules and they are pretty insane so its definitely a big commitment even though its not a BFA degree or a major.

[Zeitoujo]

Posted: 8/31/08 at 12:46pm

Thanks :)

[thetinymagic2]

Posted: 8/31/08 at 1:25pm

Hofstra Univ., Uniondale, NY. Historic Drama Dept.

[blueq123]

Posted: 8/31/08 at 2:43pm

Pace University in lower Manhattan is only the second school in New York City to have a BFA Musical Theater degree program. They are somewhat new, but from what I hear, they are definitely on the rise.

[fetzles1490]

Posted: 8/31/08 at 6:14pm

I also know of Wagner on Staten Island. I don't know details of their program, but I know a few people who are MT majors there.

[feinstein9]

Posted: 8/31/08 at 9:38pm

I'm going to second Pace. I was an Acting BFA, but the MT program is very cool. It's more personal and less machine-like. I think NYU is kind of a machine, and from my experience, very impersonal. Still a good school, I guess it all depends on what you're looking for.

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 8/31/08 at 9:42pm

Hofstra's spawned Susan Sullivan, Lainie Kazan, Francis Ford Coppola, Phil Rosenthal, Monica Horan-Rosenthal, Dennis Stowe, James Barbour...

[Zeitoujo]

Posted: 8/31/08 at 10:37pm

Thank you all so much, you have no idea how much I appreciate imput! It looks like my top schools are (in order) NYU, Montclair, Hofstra, Pace.

Any other suggestions? THANKS!

Also-how's Muhlenberg's theater program? :]

[theaterdude87]

Posted: 8/31/08 at 10:48pm

A good friend of mine is in the BFA MT program at Montclair and loves it.

Updated On: 8/31/08 at 10:48 PM

[Zeitoujo]

Posted: 8/31/08 at 10:56pm

Yeah! I'm seriously considering Montclair as well! It has an AWESOME theater department!!