Musical Theater Colleges — Page 4

so i bet the people that told sutton she'd only be chorus feel stupid now...hahaha

haven't posted in a bit... drama.

the university of michigan is amazing. the talent there is unbelievable. ive seen a few productions there and they are without a doubt better then all the equity national tours that i have seen. the one that sticks out the most in my mind is their production of jason robert brown's parade. that production left me breathless. it was phenomenal. my voice teacher has her masters degree in voice from u of m and she has an amazing voice and is a bottomless pit of information.

i saw audra mcdonald in concert this past april and she raved about the school. she did a residency there a few years ago and was shocked with both the staff and students. she said that whenever anyone comes up to her and says something along the lines of "oh i love you i want to go to julliard and be just like you! your voice is wonderful!" she says to them, "wait a minute, wait a minute. you need to check out these people in ann arbor michigan. because i would highly recommend you go there instead."

i dont know of any "stars" that has graduated from u of m besides gavin creel (and im sure most dont really consider him a star). another person who graduated from there is celia keenan-bolger, who some of you might have seen in little fish off-broadway earlier this year, summer of 42, and is currently in the new adam guettel musical that premiered in seattle this summer and is playing at the goodman theatre in chicago this january.

anyway, i hope some of this helps ... i think its definitely worth looking into.

Thanks for the suggestions and crticism, it will be very helpful in my college search! I am strongly looking in to the Joope Van Den Ende Academy in Hamburg, Germany. I am also looking into New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, Manhattan School of Music, and The Julliard School.

Phantom05

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sorry, i dont go to u of m or work there. that is pretty ****ty though. stupid colleges.

hunter might have went there ... im not sure. it wouldnt surprise me.

Since I work in the business, I thought I would give you a run down of the names of musical theater colleges that seem to keep coming up with people I work with or from the production end:

University of Michigan (probably the best in the US right now)
CCM (exsisting on past rep? It is looked at as a "chorus school")
NYU Tisch (haven'r run into a lot of Steinhardt people)
CMU
Indiana U
Oklahoma City University
Boston Conservatory (but I've worked with some real jerks who went there so..............)
Emmerson

Those are the names that seem to come up frequently. Also..make sure you know that you want a conservatory or a college program. I would go with the college based one that gives you a real degree. Make sure you look into all kinds of different schools. Research everyone! You never know what's out there till you look for it.

Good luck.

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I would shoot for The University of Michigan, and if not there try Western Michigan University ... while a smaller program, its still amazing - lots of talented kids. Just saw the Marin Mazzie/Barbara Marineau reunion concert there. I also might be biased because I live here and they are all my friends, lol.

OKLAHOMA UNIVERSITY!!! #2 on my list! i've talked to their musical theatre chair...dr. kunish, and was very impressed with the dept. we hung out all day and sat in on dance classes and a voice lesson (*sigh* amazing) it seems to be a pretty good program...:)

I currently go to a film acting school and absolutly hate it. To much bad to get into but anyway I am going to Circle In The Square next Sept. for Musical Theatre where I belong...:

true, ou is sorta stuck up... i could tell that by sitting in on some of the classes, but i think they're really trying to build up their program. they described the auditons and how the scout, so i think they're trying...i know alot of people who have really mixed feelings about that school, but i'm still watching it. i have a friend who is a frosh there, so as soon as sweet charity is over, maybe i'll be able to interrogate! OCU is still top, for SEVERAL reasons, but we'll just have to wait and see. woo hooo!

kidding? that's sad!non of those fun ocu kids wanna go to norman? lol funny. i'm going sunday after reh...gonna try to make it! i have a friend in it...and a guy i luv is in it ... shhh. haha. i'm pretty excited since i haven't seen a show there in a long time...it should be a fun time..hopefully...

saw sweet charity. pretty good, ok. i was surprised at the size... ocu's still top. kinda bitter i missed the special college whatever day today. ah well.

and seriously, anyone know ANYTHING about college of santa fe's musical theater program? i just had about 10 friends get offers...!!!!

The University of Miami has a magnificent musical theater department. Even though she is freshman, a certain Ms. Luckinbill (Lucille Ball' granddaughter) is creating great buzz as a musical theater star ready to explode.

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steve, you talking about little miss Palermo?

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