Schools for Communication/Theater with strong theater departments

[IveGottaBeME]

Posted: 10/24/06 at 9:49pm

I'm currently a Musical Theater major and have realized that although I love performing, there's much more I want to do. I'm looking for colleges in the NYC/Philadelphia areas where I can major in Communications and still minor in theater or at least take theater classes... anyone know about Marymount's communication's department?

[My Fair Lady]

Posted: 10/24/06 at 10:07pm

Northwestern

[Craig]

Posted: 10/24/06 at 10:12pm

Ithaca College

[Yankeefan007]

Posted: 10/24/06 at 10:14pm

Hofstra

[BJC899]

Posted: 10/24/06 at 10:17pm

NYU.

[mr14]

Posted: 10/24/06 at 10:19pm

Wagner

[cindy013]

Posted: 10/24/06 at 10:36pm

University at Buffalo. I'm currently a freshman theater and communication double major taking voice and dance lessons...feel free to pm me:)

[theaterdude87]

Posted: 10/24/06 at 10:40pm

what do you want to do in communication? I applied to Ithaca (for film) but did not get in. Looking back on it was not a good choice. Although, the program was strong it is not close to nyc which is a problem for internships etc. I ended up going to Drexel and we have a very strong program here plus it has a built-in internship junior year. I think sometimes you need to look past the "brand name" schools and see which one has the best to offer.

Updated On: 10/24/06 at 10:40 PM

[Jazzysuite82]

Posted: 10/24/06 at 10:59pm

Yeah I have the same question. What do you wanna do in Communications? Is it just to make your parents happy because if you want to act, act. I understand someone might want to have a practical degree to fall back on, but communications really isn't one of those. So what are your plans?

[brdlwyr]

Posted: 10/24/06 at 11:13pm

MFL, that was going to be my answer also (from reading the thread title).

[thevolleyballer]

Posted: 10/24/06 at 11:16pm

I have to agree with Northwestern. It's my number one, and for those reasons.

Having said that, please don't apply. :)

[JohnBoy2]

Posted: 10/24/06 at 11:21pm

Kind of hard to beat Temple University.

[brdlwyr]

Posted: 10/24/06 at 11:24pm

I have a B.A. in Theatre and went to law school. I am not sure if a BFA would suffice for law school.

[IveGottaBeME]

Posted: 10/25/06 at 12:53am

thank you everyone.. i'm looking into PR, promoting theater, broadcasting, etc.

[Benjamin Barker2]

Posted: 10/25/06 at 10:22am

Emerson has very strong theater and broadcasting programs.

[Benjamin Barker2]

Posted: 10/25/06 at 10:22am

Emerson has very strong theater and broadcasting programs.

[JACXR71]

Posted: 10/25/06 at 10:40am

Ditto Northwestern - I was a Communications major and worked in the theater dept, so let me know if you have any questions!

Updated On: 10/25/06 at 10:40 AM