It’s obvious we need to find better ways to teach all children to read. But I believe that literacy is not enough. We need to give children a passion for reading. Once ignited, this passion can be a fierce motivation for a young person to try to ...

Here’s some advice to directors who’d like to do Shrek.Don’t dread the thought of that heavy latex headpiece that your Shrek would wear.Do as Stephen L. Fredericks did in his production of SHREK at The Growing Stage in Netcong, New ...

MTI is thrilled to celebrate the continuous collaboration of theatrical authors Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty.  Winners of Broadway’s triple crown – the Tony Award, Drama Desk Award and Outer Critics Circle Award, as well as Grammy, Academy ...

One hundred and seventy years ago this month, Hans Christian Andersen wrote one of his most beloved stories.It was so beloved, in fact, that bookwriter-lyricist Anthony Drewe and composer George Stiles thought it would make an ideal ...

NEW YORK, N.Y. – September 25, 2013 - Leading theatrical licensor, Music Theatre International (MTI), creators of the MTI Broadway Junior Collection® (featuring 30 and 60-minute musicals designed for young performers) is launching a slate of ...

What would you do if a tree house in your neighborhood could transport you anywhere you wanted to go? While exploring one afternoon, siblings Jack and Annie discover a tree house full of books.  Jack looks through a book about dinosaurs and wishes ...

In a way, it’s The Producers and Les Miserables combined.At first glance, that may seem to be a strange way to describe Catch Me If You Can, the 2011 musical with a book by Ragtime’s Terrence McNally and a score by Hairspray's Marc Shaiman and ...

MAGIC TREE HOUSE: DINOSAURS BEFORE DARK KIDS is the newest addition to the MTI Broadway Junior Collection and we couldn't be more excited to let you know about special performances of the musical taking place at the Bronx Zoo. As part of the Zoo's ...

Kidz Theater Pilot Production of Magic Tree House: Dinosaurs Before Dark KIDSLast Friday, we talked about the marvelous 40-minute musical MAGIC TREE HOUSE: DINOSAURS BEFORE DARK KIDS that Jenny Laird, Randy Courts and Will Osborne crafted from ...

Get the inside scoop on what it was like to create Disney's PETER PAN JR. for the stage: In many ways, Never Land is a place you know already. J.M. Barrie’s creation has so fully infused our culture that it feels like a story that was discovered ...