top three theater schools

In the past Syracuse had a great theater program

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How about a not so well known school named Yale?

I think it depends what category you are talking about. Acting? Singing? Triple Threats? Shakespeare? Stage Management? Costuming? Directing? Theater Management? Not every school is top three in every category.

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The top musical theater program, from what many people think is at Cincinatti Conservatory of Music. I know that they also have a great acting program. Of course Boston Conservatory, Carnegie Melon, Michigan and so on are great.But you have to look at the classes that you want to take and the chances of you actually getting in!

Julliard is not for theater????? Tell that to Patti LuPone, Mandy Patinkin, Kevin Kline, Audra McDonald, Robin Williams, Kelsey Grammer, etc.

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Robin Williams was expelled from Julliard

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For your information Christopher Sieber went to AMDA, so they obviously have one good claim to fame.

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The three that I usually hear are CCM, CMU, and FSU. Those are the top three musical theatre schools, from what I have heard. I do not know about theatre or music.

Something that I found out about AMDA is that they have a program to transfer into the New School where you can get your BFA. Does anyone have any other info on this?

Must we have this debate over and over again? Just use the search feature, it has magical powers.

i don't think people are reading my post correctly (or reading it at all?). i'm not asking about the top schools. i know what i think the top schools are, and i don't care what you think the top schools are.

my teachers have been telling me that my school is one of the top three schools and i always thought this was a known fact until being out of the city for the summer and realizing that every college theater major thinks they are in a top three school. i'm wondering who is doing this. because i only know my own point of view from my own school, i'm wondering what people from other schools have been told.

I go to UArts in Philadelphia.

we do not claim to be in the "top three" because what we're going by is that there is no "top three".

top three in what? you know?

Musical theatre wise- you are looking at what program best suits you- and because MT is like a triple major you have to know WHICH of the three is most important to you.

if you think it's this order:
1. singing
2. acting
3. dancing

you might do best at Michigan, CMU

or if you think its:
1.singing
2. dancing
3. acting

you might do best with CCM, Boston

if you think its:
1. acting
2. singing
3. dancing

you might do well with UArts, NYU

if you think its:
1. dancing
2.singing
3. acting

you might do well with Point Park, and others...


the point is... that there can be no TOP TEN since the field is so variable... right?


I know that many schools are more competitive than others... I know that we take 20-25 students in the Musical Theatre program each year out of the hundreds upon hundreds that audition... but does that make us in the "top 10" ? "top 5"? "top 3"?

in my humble opinion- I just think its what suits YOU as an ARTIST best- because its your job in those four years to acquire the skills you need to be successful in the business... every college has successful grads... you just have to find what is right for YOUR NEEDS.. and no magical listy-poo will be able to tell you that for real...


but.. who knows. maybe I'm all wrong...


*shrugs*

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related question: what about the "best" schools for composing musicals? ehhhhh?