Drømmer du om Broadway-berømmelse? Du har meget sandsynligvis brug for noget efteruddannelse. Selvom en række store navne-stjerner har gjort det uden en grad (se nedenfor), kom et stadig større antal af de øverste navne i musikkteatret op gennem en håndfuld top-notch-kandidat- og kandidatprogrammer.

Nu kan jeg næppe påstå at jeg er en upartisk observatør her: Jeg underviser på The Boston Conservatory, som er blandt de bedste af disse programmer. (Jeg siger det bedst, men jeg vil ikke fremstå som umådeligt.) Så jeg har lidt indvendig info om, hvad der gør et godt program. I det væsentlige kommer det ned på to ting: store studerende og gode lærere. Men det har også at gøre med bredden og dybden af ​​den tilbudte træning.

Skoler kan variere med hensyn til deres individuelle læseplaner, og om de har en enorm begavelse, der giver dem mulighed for at investere i prangende teatre og avancerede øvelsesfaciliteter. Nogle af disse programmer er baseret på en vinterhavemodel med et primært fokus på professionel uddannelse sammen med et solidt fundament i den liberale kunst. Andre fokuserer mere direkte på akademikere, mens de også leverer stærk faglig uddannelse.

Hvilket ville fungere bedre for dig? Det kommer virkelig ned på personlig præference. Er du klar til at være på Broadway? Er professionel træning dit primære mål? Så fungerer et udestue muligvis bedre for dig (f.eks. Carnegie-Mellon, U. Michigan, CCM). Vil du have den stærkest mulige akademiske uddannelse? Derefter er du måske bedre stillet på et traditionelt liberalkunstuniversitet eller universitet med vægt på præstationsevner (f.eks. NYU, Yale, Northwestern).

American Musical and Dramatic Academy (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 (MFA), Anika Noni Rose (MFA), Annette Bening (MFA), Denzel Washington (MFA)

Baldwin-Wallace University - Steel Burkhart, Jill Paice, Kyle Jean-Baptiste

Bennington College - Brooks Ashmanskas, Carol Channing, Tim Daly, Holland Taylor

Boston Conservatory - 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

Boston University - Jason Alexander, Dan Fogler, Brad Oscar, Julianne Moore, Rosie O'Donnell, Alfre Woodard

Brown University - Kate Burton, Daveed Diggs, Laura Linney, James Naughton, John Lloyd Young

Carnegie-Mellon University (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

Duke University - Aaron Lazar, Heidi Blickenstaff, Kerry O'Malley

Elon University - Matt Shingledecker, Taylor Trensch, Barrett Wilbert Weed

Emerson College - Mario Cantone, Jennifer Coolidge, Andrea Martin, Henry Winkler

Florida State University - Davis Gaines, Montego Glover, Christian Delcroix, DB Bonds

Fordham University - Alan Alda, Patricia Clarkson, Julie White, Robert Sean Leonard, John Benjamin Hickey, Denzel Washington

The Hartt School (University of Hartford) - Phillip Boykin, Marin Irland

Harvard-Radcliffe - Stockard Channing, Lindsay Crouse, John Lithgow

Hofstra University - James Barbour, Peter Friedman, Julie Halston, Lainie Kazan, Tom McGowan, Christopher Walken

Indiana University Bloomington - Colin Donnell, Charles Kimbrough, Kevin Kline, Nicole Parker, Elizabeth Stanley

Ithaca College - Kerry Butler, Matt Cavenaugh, Michelle Federer, Jeremy Jordan, Aaron Tveit

The Juilliard School - 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

New York University - Nina Arianda, Billy Crudup (MFA), Raul Esparza, Michael C. Hall (MFA), Marcia Gay Harden (MFA), Jackie Hoffman, Adam Jacobs, Nikki M. James, Jay Armstrong Johnson, Steve Kazee (MFA)), Idina Menzel, Debra Messing (MFA), Ruthie Ann Miles, Josh Radnor (MFA), 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

Oklahoma City University - Kristin Chenoweth, Kelli O'Hara, Ron Raines

Pace University - Bradley Cooper, Eisa Davis

Point Park University - E. Clayton Cornelius, Megan Sikora, Marcus Stevens

Princeton University - Steven Bogardus, Jarrod Spector, Brooke Shields

Rutgers University - Roger Bart, Kevin Chamberlin, Michael Esper, Okieriete Onaodowan, Sheryl Lee Ralph

SUNY-køb - Ron Eldard, Edie Falco, Liz Larsen, Micah Stock, Stanley Tucci, Steven Weber, William Youmans

San Diego State University - Kathy Najimy, Raquel Welch

Syracuse University - Jessie Mueller, Josh Young, Taye Diggs, Vanessa Williams

Towson University - Charles S. Dutton, John Glover, Andy Karl

Tufts University - Hank Azaria, Peter Gallagher, Joel Perez, Oliver Platt

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill - Billy Crudup, Max von Essen, Michael Cumpsty

University of North Carolina School of the Arts - 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

University of Michigan - 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, AJ Shively, Jennifer Laura Thompson

University of Minnesota - Susan Blackwell, Tovah Feldshuh, Santino Fontana, TR Knight, Jessica Lange, Lenny Wolpe

University of California, Irvine - Jenn Collela, Bob Gunton, Beth Malone, Andrew Samonsky, Teal Wicks

University of California, San Diego - Danny Burstein (MFA), Jefferson Mays (MFA)

University of Southern California - 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

Webster University - Hunter Bell, Norbert Leo Butz, Michael James Scott

Wesleyan University - Lin-Manuel Miranda, Bradley Whitford, Frank Wood

Yale University - Mark Linn-Baker (MFA), Michael Cerveris, Victoria Clark, Stephen DeRosa (MFA), Malcolm Gets, Anika Larsen, Jefferson Mays, Kristine Nielsen (MFA), David Hyde Pierce, Bryce Pinkham (MFA)

Andre skoler - John Cariani (Amherst College), Carolee Carmello (SUNY Albany), LaChanze (University of the Arts), Christine Ebersole (MacMurray College), James Monroe Iglehart (CalState - Hayward), Jim Parsons (MFA, University of San Diego)), Will Swenson (Brigham Young University)

Uddannet ikke - Laura Benanti (NYU), Melissa Errico (Yale), Sutton Foster (Carnegie-Mellon), Marin Mazzie (Western Michigan University), Mike McGrath (Boston Conservatory), Cristin Milioti (NYU), Matthew Morrison (NYU)), Donna Murphy (NYU), Jason Danieley (Sydlige Illinois-universitet, University of Missouri), Laura Osnes (University of Wisconsin), Andrew Rannells (Marymount Manhattan College), Anthony Rapp (NYU)

Deltog ikke på college - 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