Sanjate o Broadwayski slavi? Zelo verjetno boste potrebovali nekaj po srednješolskem usposabljanju. Čeprav so številne glasbene zvezde z velikimi imeni uspele brez diplome (glej spodaj), je vse večja Število najboljših imen v glasbenem gledališču je prišlo prek peščice vrhunskih dodiplomskih in diplomantov programi.
Zdaj skoraj ne morem trditi, da sem nepristranski opazovalec: poučujem na Bostonskem konservatoriju, ki se uvršča med najboljše od teh programov. (bi rekel the najboljši, vendar ne želim biti neskromen.) Torej imam nekaj notranjih informacij o tem, kaj je dober program. V bistvu gre za dve stvari: odlični učenci in odlični učitelji. Vendar je povezano tudi s širino in globino ponujenega usposabljanja.
Šole se lahko razlikujejo glede na posamezne učne načrte in glede na to, ali imajo ogromno sredstev, ki jim omogočajo vlaganje v bleščeča gledališča in najsodobnejše prostore za vaje. Nekateri od teh programov temeljijo na modelu konservatorija, s primarnim poudarkom na strokovnem usposabljanju, skupaj s trdnimi temelji na svobodni umetnosti. Drugi se bolj neposredno osredotočajo na akademike, hkrati pa zagotavljajo tudi močno strokovno usposabljanje.
Kateri bi bil boljši za vas? Res je odvisno od osebnih preferenc. Ste pripravljeni biti na Broadwayu? Je strokovno usposabljanje vaš primarni cilj? Potem bi vam program konservatorija lahko bolje deloval (npr. Carnegie-Mellon, U. Michigan, CCM). Želite čim močnejšo akademsko izobrazbo? Potem bi vam bilo morda bolje na tradicionalni univerzi za liberalne umetnosti s poudarkom na spretnostih izvajanja (npr. NYU, Yale, Northwestern).
Ameriška glasbena in dramska akademija (AMDA) - Tyne Daly, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Christopher Jackson. Caissie Levy, Emily Padgett, Anthony Ramos, Christopher Sieber, Sarah Stiles, Marissa Jaret Winokur.
American Conservatory Theatre - Christopher Fitzgerald (MZZ), Anika Noni Rose (MZZ), Annette Bening (MZZ), Denzel Washington (MZZ)
Univerza Baldwin-Wallace- Steel Burkhart, Jill Paice, Kyle Jean-Baptiste.
Bennington College - Brooks Ashmanskas, Carol Channing, Tim Daly, Holland Taylor.
Bostonski konservatorij - Nick Adams, Eddie Korbich, Erin Davie, Josh Grisetti, Chad Kimball, Austin Lesch, Constantine Maroulis, Anne L. Nathan, Noah Racey, Jennifer Simard, Chelsea Morgan Stock, Alysha Umphress, Bud Weber.
Bostonska univerza - Jason Alexander, Dan Fogler, Brad Oscar, Julianne Moore, Rosie O'Donnell, Alfre Woodard.
Univerza Brown - Kate Burton, Daveed Diggs, Laura Linney, James Naughton, John Lloyd Young.
Univerza Carnegie-Mellon (CMU) - Christian Borle, Corey Cott, Josh Gad, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Megan Hilty, Chris Hoch, Telly Leung, Erin Mackey, Patina Miller, Christiane Noll, Rory O'Malley, Leslie Odom Jr., Billy Porter, Patrick Wilson.
College-Conservatory of Music, University of Cincinnati (CCM) - Matt Bogart, Nikki Renèe Daniels, Lisa Howard, Leslie Kritzer, Karen Olivo, Faith Prince, Betsy Wolfe, Tony Yazbeck.
Univerza Duke - Aaron Lazar, Heidi Blickenstaff, Kerry O'Malley.
Univerza Elon - Matt Shingledecker, Taylor Trensch, Barrett Wilbert Weed.
Emerson College - Mario Cantone, Jennifer Coolidge, Andrea Martin, Henry Winkler.
Državna univerza Florida - Davis Gaines, Montego Glover, Christian Delcroix, D.B. Obveznice.
Univerza Fordham - Alan Alda, Patricia Clarkson, Julie White, Robert Sean Leonard, John Benjamin Hickey, Denzel Washington.
Šola Hartt (Univerza v Hartfordu) - Phillip Boykin, Marin Ireland.
Harvard-Radcliffe - Stockard Channing, Lindsay Crouse, John Lithgow.
Univerza Hofstra - James Barbour, Peter Friedman, Julie Halston, Lainie Kazan, Tom McGowan, Christopher Walken.
Univerza Indiana Bloomington - Colin Donnell, Charles Kimbrough, Kevin Kline, Nicole Parker, Elizabeth Stanley.
Ithaca College - Kerry Butler, Matt Cavenaugh, Michelle Federer, Jeremy Jordan, Aaron Tveit.
Šola Juilliard - Michael Arden, Daniel Breaker, Steven Boyd, Boyd Gaines, Kelsey Grammer, Harriet Harris, Gregory Jbara, Kevin Kline, Patti Lupone, Audra McDonald, Nancy Opel, Mandy Patinkin, Alex Sharp, Phillipa Soo, Benjamin Walker.
Manhattan School of Music - Harry Connick Jr., Shuler Hensley.
Marymount Manhattan College - Adam Chanler-Berat, Annaleigh Ashford.
Univerza v New Yorku - Nina Arianda, Billy Crudup (MZZ), Raul Esparza, Michael C. Hall (MZZ), Marcia Gay Harden (MZZ), Jackie Hoffman, Adam Jacobs, Nikki M. James, Jay Armstrong Johnson, Steve Kazee (MZZ), Idina Menzel, Debra Messing (MZZ), Ruthie Ann Miles, Josh Radnor (MZZ), Josh Segarra, Jeremy Shamos, Bobby Steggert, Jason Tam.
Northwestern University - Kate Baldwin, Craig Bierko, Jeff Blumencrantz, Zach Braff, Gregg Edelman, Brian d'Arcy James, Adam Kantor, John Cameron Mitchell, Megan Mullally, Kristine Nielsen.
Oberlin College - Will Chase, Judy Kuhn, Seth Rudetsky.
Univerza Oklahoma City - Kristin Chenoweth, Kelli O'Hara, Ron Raines.
Univerza Pace - Bradley Cooper, Eisa Davis.
Univerza Point Park - E. Clayton Cornelius, Megan Sikora, Marcus Stevens.
Univerza Princeton - Steven Bogardus, Jarrod Spector, Brooke Shields.
Univerza Rutgers - Roger Bart, Kevin Chamberlin, Michael Esper, Okieriete Onaodowan, Sheryl Lee Ralph.
SUNY Nakup - Ron Eldard, Edie Falco, Liz Larsen, Micah Stock, Stanley Tucci, Steven Weber, William Youmans.
Državna univerza San Diego - Kathy Najimy, Raquel Welch.
Univerza v Sirakuzi - Jessie Mueller, Josh Young, Taye Diggs, Vanessa Williams.
Univerza Towson - Charles S. Dutton, John Glover, Andy Karl.
Univerza Tufts - Hank Azaria, Peter Gallagher, Joel Perez, Oliver Platt.
Univerza Severne Karoline, Chapel Hill - Billy Crudup, Max von Essen, Michael Cumpsty.
Šola za umetnost Univerze v Severni Karolini - Gary Beach, Jennifer Ehle, K. Todd Freeman, Tom Hulce, Rebecca Naomi Jones, Billy Magnussen, Terrence Mann, Joe Mantello, Mary-Louise Parker, Wesley Taylor, Lauren Ward.
Univerza v Michiganu - Stanley Bahorek, Jenni Barber, Nick Blaemire, David Burtka, Gavin Creel, Erin Dilly, Barrett Foa, Hunter Foster, Alexander Gemignani, James Earl Jones, Celia Keenan-Bolger, Andrew Keenan-Bolger, Andy Mientus, Lauren Molina, A.J. Shively, Jennifer Laura Thompson.
Univerza v Minnesoti - Susan Blackwell, Tovah Feldshuh, Santino Fontana, T.R. Knight, Jessica Lange, Lenny Wolpe.
Univerza v Kaliforniji, Irvine - Jenn Collela, Bob Gunton, Beth Malone, Andrew Samonsky, Teal Wicks.
Univerza v Kaliforniji, San Diego - Danny Burstein (MZZ), Jefferson Mays (MZZ)
Univerza v južni Kaliforniji - Swoosie Kurtz, Kevin Mambo, Stark Sands, James Snyder.
Vassar College - Jane Fonda, Grace Gummer, Anne Hathaway, Justin Long, Frances Sternhagen, Meryl Streep.
Wagner College - Betsy Joslyn, Michelle Pawk, Janine LaManna, Randy Graff.
Univerza Webster - Hunter Bell, Norbert Leo Butz, Michael James Scott.
Univerza Wesleyan - Lin-Manuel Miranda, Bradley Whitford, Frank Wood.
Univerza Yale - Mark Linn-Baker (MZZ), Michael Cerveris, Victoria Clark, Stephen DeRosa (MZZ), Malcolm Gets, Anika Larsen, Jefferson Mays, Kristine Nielsen (MZZ), David Hyde Pierce, Bryce Pinkham (MZZ)
Druge šole - John Cariani (Amherst College), Carolee Carmello (SUNY Albany), LaChanze (Univerza za umetnost), Christine Ebersole (MacMurray College), James Monroe Iglehart (CalState - Hayward), Jim Parsons (MZZ, Univerza v San Diegu), Will Swenson (Brigham Young univerza)
Ni diplomiral - Laura Benanti (NYU), Melissa Errico (Yale), Sutton Foster (Carnegie-Mellon), Marin Mazzie (Univerza Western Michigan), Mike McGrath (Bostonski konservatorij), Cristin Milioti (NYU), Matthew Morrison (NYU), Donna Murphy (NYU), Jason Danieley (Južni Illinois Univerza, Univerza v Missouriju), Laura Osnes (Univerza v Wisconsinu), Andrew Rannells (Marymount Manhattan College), Anthony Rapp (NYU)
Ni obiskoval fakultete - Stephanie J. Block, Matthew Broderick, Laura Bell Bundy, Charlotte D'Amboise, Jonathan Groff, Neil Patrick Harris, Cheyenne Jackson, Nathan Lane, Norm Lewis, Lea Michele, Brian Stokes Mitchell, Sarah Jessica Parker, Bernadette Peters, Chita Rivera, Sherie Rene Scott.
