A real-world musical theatre training experience that only New York City can provide, taught by Broadway performers and creators.
Degrees Offered
- Bachelor of Music (BM)
Program Details
Manhattan School of Music’s prestigious Musical Theatre Program is the only stand-alone conservatory program in New York City. Our program attracts professional artist-teacher faculty and guest artists many of whom have created and performed in some of Broadway’s greatest shows such as Les Miserables, The Phantom of the Opera, Ragtime, Chicago, and countless others. Students receive comprehensive training in musical theatre culminating in a fully-accredited Bachelor’s degree.
MSM Musical Theatre students have many yearly performance opportunities including: Four fully-produced book musicals, one musical in development, Freshman Hello! and Senior Showcase. All MSM productions are directed, choreographed and designed by professional, working theatre artists. In addition we offer professional musical theatre writers the opportunity to workshop material with our students and we encourage students to produce independent performance projects.
MSM Musical Theatre Program Details:
Audition & Prescreening Information
Prescreening & Audition Procedures
Handbook for Current Students
Plan of Study & Course Descriptions
Musical Theatre Lab Series
“We train musical theatre artists excelling in acting, singing, and dancing to thrive in a field where they need to be more than performers: Successful artists today are also creative contributors to project development, skilled at digital media, entrepreneurial and self-producing.”
Dean and Chair of Musical Theatre
MSM Musical Theatre Senior Showcase 2025
MAY 8 | THURS
4:30 PM & 7:30 PM
Invite Only
MSM Musical Theatre Class of 2025
Learn what’s new at MSM Musical Theatre (including videos and features)
A sampling of rave reviews from audiences who saw MSM’s recent production of the musical The Pajama Game :
Musicals at the Manhattan School of music are always rewarding. Period musicals of the time period often have a story that is trite but the cast and director made major efforts to give this love story more spunk. The 2 leads have great voices and the large orchestra is a joy to experience as it is larger than any show on Broadway. A fun afternoon!
Beyond fabulous. The music, actors, costumes, songs & the singing. Absolute delight! Tomorrow’s stars of stage, screen — total best. Humming songs on way home.
Fabulous production as always by the Manhattan School of Music. The orchestra was superb, professional. Cast had star quality performances by leads, diverse members and terrific choreography. A real joy to hear favorite songs in the original context. Sets and costumes were quite originally developed.
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2024/2025 Season Productions
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2023/2024 Season Productions
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2022/2023 Season Productions
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2021/2022 Season Productions
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2020/2021 Season Productions
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2019/2020 Season Productions
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MSM Musical Theatre Administration
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MSM Musical Theatre Artistic Advisory Committee
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MSM Musical Theatre Master Classes
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MSM Musical Theatre program in the press
MSM Musical Theatre faculty in Sakura Park
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Watch all seven videos from Missed: Connections from Oct 30 & 31, 2022
Success Stories
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AlumniTwo MSM Musical Theatre alumni perform in the ensemble of the Book of Mormon national tour -
AlumniMSM Musical Theatre alumna Sarah Thorn is cast in the Broadway production of Othello -
AlumniMSM Musical Theatre alumnus Galvin Yuan has national touring debut in Elf: The Musical
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Former MSM Musical Theatre student Jasmine Amy Rogers is playing Betty Boop on Broadway
Former MSM Musical Theatre student Jasmine Amy Rogers stars as Betty Boop in the new Broadway Musical BOOP! The Betty Boop Musical, directed and choreographed by Tony winner Jerry Mitchell, with music by Grammy-winning composer David Foster. Read more here!
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Recent MSM graduate Alysia Velez (BM '22) makes Broadway debut in Sondheim's Into the Woods
Recent MSM Musical Theatre graduate Alysia Velez (BM ’22) made her Broadway debut as Rapunzel in the critically acclaimed, star-studded revival of Into the Woods. The hit production of Stephen Sondheim’s and James Lapine’s beloved musical opened on July 10, 2022. The cast included Sara Bareilles, Gavin Creel, Joshua Henry, Bryan d’Arcy James, Patina Miller, and Phillipa Soo.
Sample Schedule for Bachelor of Music / Musical Theatre Major
Total Curriculum Credits: 132
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Acting 1 & 2 (MT 0001-0002)6 cr
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Musical Theatre Performance Technique 1 & 2 (MT 0010-0011)4 cr
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Music Theory (MT 0550-0551)6 cr
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Humanities Core (HU 0001-0002)6 cr
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Musical Theatre Dance (MT 01102 cr
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Ballet (MT 0100)2 cr
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Freshman Seminar (MT 0200)1 cr
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Intro to Theatrical Design (MT 0201)1 cr
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Studio Lessons (MT 4000)2 cr
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Rehearsal and Performance (MT 1500)0 cr
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Ensemble Voice (MT 0350-0351)2 cr
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Concert Attendance (CA 0100)0 cr
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Acting 3 (MT 0003)3 cr
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Acting 4 - Devised Theatre Practice (MT 0004)2 cr
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Acting the Song 1 & 2 (MT 0012-0013)6 cr
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MT Exploring the Art Form 1 & 2 (MT 0500-0501)6 cr
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Humanties Core (HU 0003-0004)6 cr
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Required Piano (RP 0111-0112)2 cr
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Musical Theatre Dance (MT 0111)2 cr
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Ballet (MT 0101)2 cr
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Script Analysis (MT 0211)2 cr
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Speech (MT 0300-0301)4 cr
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Studio Lessons (MT 4001)2 cr
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Rehearsal and Performance (MT 1500)0 cr
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Concert Attendance (CA 0100)0 cr
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Acting 5 - Scene Study & Repertory (MT 0005)3 cr
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Acting 6 - Scene Study & Monologue (MT 0006)3 cr
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Scene to Song (MT 0014)3 cr
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Audition Techniques (MT 0015)3 cr
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Humanities Elective (HU)6 cr
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Musical Theatre Dance (MT 0112)2 cr
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Tap (MT 0120)2 cr
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General Electives4 cr
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Studio Lessons (MT 4002)4 cr
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Rehearsal and Performance (MT 1500)0 cr
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Concert Attendance (CA 0100)0 cr
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Acting 7 - Advanced Acting (MT 0007)3 cr
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Musical Theatre Lab (MT 0016)3 cr
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Musical Theatre Dance (MT 0113)2 cr
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Tap (MT 0121)1 cr
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General Electives8 cr
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Studio Lessons (MT 4003)6 cr
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Rehearsal and Performance (MT 1500)0 cr
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Setting the Stage Workshops - 5 (ME 1000)0 cr
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Senior Showcase (MT 1505)3 cr
NOTE: Curriculum is subject to change. In case of a discrepancy, the MSM Academic Catalog is the authoritative source of requirements. View the Course Catalog here.
