<p>I admit that I am guilty of calling it that from time to time. Here's the thing...CAP accepts 80 people in a class. Now some other programs accept around 20 so they have a very high professional placement rate. However, it's all about the individual, not their school. Becuase of a higher number of students, they are likely to have less people "of note" IN COMPARISON to the number of students in a class. Remember, your professional success comes from YOU! </p>
<p>Here is what I'll say: I know or have seen a few people at NYU. One is a perfect chorus member, absolutely...no stage presence, mediocre singing voice, okay acting ability. However I know a girl who goes there who knocks Idina Menzel out of the water with her incredible voice, I know a guy there who is barely going to be able to finish school because there are casting agents breathing down his neck, and have seen a guy perform who has a very bright future from what I can tell, and is very much a leading personality.</p>
<p>If you have the stage presence of a chorus member, you'll be a chorus member no matter where you go to school. if you have the stage presence of a leading actor, you'll be a leading actor. It's all about the performer, school just helps!</p>
<p>What i meant is if you take 4 schools, three of wich graduate 20 and one which graduates sixty and 10 people from each school get great work, the other schools have 50% out there and one school only has around 16%. But the school didn't give them their career, they did</p>
<p>Ummmm ... Matt,<br>
Maybe I'm misreading you, but I think you might want to examine your attitude about chorus members because it comes off a little prematurely divaesque to me. Remember that there are literally thousands of amazing performers for every spot in a professional production and I assure you that those who legitimately get those roles - even in the "lowly chorus" - are very much professionals and should be respected as such. They often might be able to totally school the leads, but don't have the name recognition or the right look to get the role. I don't think you'll find the choruses in major Broadway productions to be populated with those who have "no stage presence, mediocre singing voice, okay acting ability." You could probably learn a lot from most of them. Then again, I hope I'm misreading you. Just as another note, the last touring musical I saw had chorus members from Tisch and CCM and the leads came from places I'd never heard of.</p>
<p>Well ... If you can somehow afford NYU and not BoCo, go to NYU. They're both great ... if you can afford either without graduating with beaucoup dept that might force you to take a lowly chorus role. ;)</p>
<p>You are misreading me, indeed, and it's obnoxious. I happen to know someone who is one of the most in demand chorus performers (Gypsy Robe winner) on Broadway and I respect her greatly. You are just looking for reasons to criticize, and that's immature.</p>
<p>Secondly, we are here to talk about the program, not chorus members. And I posted that message to dispel the rumor that NYU, or any school for that matter is a "chorus member factory"</p>
<p>Secondly, i forgot to mention that the person i talked about was a phenomenal dancer, and i should have said chorus dancer. But again, this is not a forum for discussing me and my attitude towards chorus members, it's for discussing a school, so let's get back to that shall we?</p>
<p>Sorry if you misread me as just looking for reasons to criticize, but I'm glad I was misreading you. I've seen too many kids that carry that attitude about chorus members and they tend to have rude awakenings ... and don't call your elders immature, young man! :)</p>
<p>As Fishbowlfreshmen noted, that sounds more than a little bit as if you are looking down your nose at chorus members. :) What you basically implied (whether you meant to, or not) is that the person you know who is a chorus member is a "perfect" one for that lowly position because he/she has "no stage presence, mediocre singing voice, OK acting ability." </p>
<p>The reality of the MT business is that most people going into college BFA programs now (and I don't care whether they are going into some of the best known programs or programs at lesser known institutions) will be darned lucky to get a spot in the chorus of most Broadway or other professional shows when they graduate, or a few years after! Most performers would give their eyeteeth to get into the chorus of a good, professional show, because they realize that that is a huge accomplishment in and of itself. And it is. I think that if you stop and think about that, you will acknowledge that that is true. </p>
<p>I understand, thank you for helping me clear that up. While I will say that roles in the chorus is not my goal, I too will be very glad to get into any Broadway show! :-D NOW really back to the disicussion on NYU. Does anyone know if they ahve a senior showcase so we can answer actrs question?</p>
<p>I think that NYU/Tisch's CAP21 program does, indeed, have a senior showcase. But the person who can probably best answer this, soozievt, doesn't seem to be around. Soozievt? Where are you? Perhaps she will be online later. And Matt, thanks for being so gracious about your response. You are clearly a very smart and accomplished young man who is very enthusiastic, and that's great. I hope your dreams come true. Keep working hard.</p>
<p>See the thing that makes me unsure is that your degree isn't from CAP, it's from the NYU Tisch School of The Arts, and the way the program is structured, you are done with your studio training after three years and then pursue another studio/course of study. Which brings me to my point that if there were a showcase it would have to be through the drama dept.</p>
<p>Cap 21 does have a senior showcase. Every Cap student is invited to perform, assuming they take the "Cap program" senior year. Only a select number of the drama students are "invited" to perform in a senior showcase.</p>
<p>im in strasberg.... WHAT???? im so confused.. i never even touched on strasberg! but the more i look for it, the more i see that it is right for me with the singing and musical theatre opportunities.. im very happy.. although im a little worried about the size... is strasberg the largest studio??</p>