New York Film Academy - New York

NYFA’s groundbreaking Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) Musical Theatre program offers aspiring performers real-world training and experience to pursue their creative goals in the performing arts. This four-year, eight-semester program merges the most prominent facets of the performing arts industry: the musical theatre stage and screen. With a faculty of professionals who actively work in the Broadway, dance, voiceover, television, and film industries, students receive hands-on education in all performance-based mediums. Our program is uniquely designed to give students the opportunity to hone their skills in the central hub for launching musical theatre careers – New York City. Throughout the program, students participate in a broad array of classes that focus on helping them find the actor within, expand their vocal and physical range, and guide them to learn and apply the emotional, physical, and technical work necessary for quality stage and on-camera acting. Audition and performance opportunities may include mainstage productions, readings and staged workshops of new works, open mic nights, scene presentations, masterclasses, showcases, in-class production work as well as movie musical exercises.

Kristy Cates (Wicked, Finding Neverland, Charlie and Chocolate Factory); D. Michael Heath (Starlight Express, The Most Happy Fella, They’re Playing Our Song); Michelle Potterf (Chicago, Crazy For You, Will Rogers Follies); Deidre Goodwin (Chicago, A Chorus Line, Nine, Rocky Horror, Never Gonna Dance, The Boys From Syracuse); Jennifer Swiderski (Mamma Mia, The Drowsy Chaperone); Nick Cartell (Les Miserables, Scandalous, Jesus Christ Superstar); Katie Adams (Wicked, Urinetown, Grease); James T. Lane (Kiss Me Kate, King Kong, Scottsboro Boys, Chicago); Todd Buonopane (Spelling Bee, Grease, Cinderella, Chicago); Wysandria Woolsey (Parade, Phantom of the Opera, Beauty and the Beast); David Solomon (Tootsie, Side Show, 9-5, The Mystery of Edwin Drood); Stephen Nachamie (She Loves Me); Charissa Bertels: (If/Then, A Christmas Story), Peter Marciano ( coach to TONY, SAG and GOLDEN GLOBE nominees), (TJ Mannix (BLANK! The Musical, The Second City), Elizabeth Sauter (Casting Director), Miles Plant and Kyle Branzel.