<p>There are successful musical performers whose degree was straight acting. Darren Criss from Glee comes to mind. He was an acting major at Michigan, not MT. I know there are many other examples. If she really loves musicals, pick a program where she can still audition for musicals. Pick one where maybe she can take voice lessons. Check and see if these would be an additional cost. Coastal Carolina is a program where the various majors work very closely together. I’m not sure about voice lessons for acting majors but AlexaMT could probably tell you. And I’m sure there other schools where this is the case also. I don’t think being an acting major rules out musicals in your future. There is a recent OCU acting major who is the lead in the national tour of Ghost the Musical. And I’m sure there are examples at other schools too. If your D becomes skilled at stage, film, Tv and musicals she actually is more marketable than someone who can just do musicals. </p>