New York University has two musical theater programs. The program at the Tisch School of the Arts emphasizes the writing of musicals, and has led to the creation of some 60 original musicals. The school has also established master teaching and guest ar tist programs that have brought such figures as Hal Prince, Arthur Laurents, and Sheldon Harnick to the classroom. At NYU's School of Education, the emphasis is on performance. Its Department of Music and Performing Arts Professions has a curriculum that includes professional training in voice, acting, and dance for the musical stage provided by professors and prof essional Broadway artists.
Students perform in fully staged productions, as well as cabarets and reviews.
Past inductees of the Musical Theatre Hall of Fame include Leonard Bernstein, Eubie Blake, George and Ira Gershwin, Oscar Hammerstein II, Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe, Mary Martin, Cole Proter, and Richard Rogers, among others.