A Year of Sondheim Milestones

We'd like to propose a toast to these six Sondheim titles!

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License The Prince of Egypt!

The epic musical adapted from the beloved DreamWorks Animation film is available for your stage.

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MTI Acquires & Juliet, The Larger Than Life Musical!

Audiences "Can't Stop The Feeling" with this high-energy hit!

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Filichia Features: Junior Theater Festival ’13 Concludes

By Peter Filichia on February 15, 2013

in Education and Arts Advocacy, Making Theater, Show/Author Spotlight | Tags: Filichia Features, Jekyll & Hyde, Junior Theater Festival 2013

There’ll be a grand finale on the final day of the Junior Theater Festival ’13 in Atlanta. But before the big display of entertainment, the teachers repair to classrooms to learn a little more about theater crafts. Ken Billington, the ...

Brisa’s Pieces: Broadway Spring Preview

By Brisa Trinchero on February 14, 2013

in Show/Author Spotlight | Tags: Bring It On, Disney's Little Mermaid, Godspell, Jekyll & Hyde, Pippin, Brisa's Pieces

Despite the winter chill that still hangs in the air in many parts of the country, the Spring musical theater season is already heating up Broadway! It’s my favorite time of year - a Broadway show goes into previews or opens nearly every week from ...

GODSPELL (2012) Now Available for Licensing!

By Whitney Urish on February 14, 2013

in Announcements, Show/Author Spotlight | Tags: Godspell, New Shows

A mega-hit on Broadway, Off-Broadway, and around the world, GODSPELL was radiantly revisited and revived in 2012 by its composer, Stephen Schwartz, and the visionary director, Daniel Goldstein. With crisp, new arrangements and an injection of ...

Filichia Features: Alan Menken at the Junior Theater Festival

By Peter Filichia on February 08, 2013

in Announcements, Making Theater, Show/Author Spotlight | Tags: Disney's Beauty and the Beast, Filichia Features, General MTI News

While Alan Menken and I were having dinner the night before Junior Theater Festival ’13 was to begin, he said to me, “You know, when I was a kid, what I really wanted to be was a rock star.”“You’ll feel like a rock start tomorrow ...

Brisa’s Pieces: How The Regional Theater Tony Award Could Be Yours

By Brisa Trinchero on February 07, 2013

in Show/Author Spotlight | Tags: Brisa's Pieces

Theater companies around the country often ask me: how does a theater company get awarded the Regional Tony Award? Well, I did some sleuthing and here's how it works. Unlike the rest of the Tony Awards, which are given out annually by the American ...

Smashing Connections - MTI Authors and Actors Appear in NBC's Musical Drama

By Jason Cocovinis on February 05, 2013

in Show/Author Spotlight, Education and Arts Advocacy | Tags: Andrew Lippa's Wild Party, Avenue Q, Disney's Beauty and the Beast, NBC's 'SMASH' Make a Musical, Rent

The Season 1 finale of NBC’s Smash featured the first Boston preview of Bombshell with Karen stepping into the leading role at the last minute. The episode ended with Karen giving the preview of Bombshell and a fantastic ending with “Don’t ...

No Strings Attached - MY SON PINOCCHIO JR Available for Licensing

By Jason Cocovinis on February 04, 2013

in Show/Author Spotlight, Education and Arts Advocacy, Announcements | Tags: MTI Broadway Junior Collection, New Shows

Pinocchio must prove himself brave, truthful and unselfish, but what about the toymaker? Raising a perfect child might not be as easy as it looks. The Blue Fairy and her Fairies in Training lead Gepetto on a hilarious journey through this ...

Filichia Features: Junior Theater Festival ’13 Continues!

By Peter Filichia on February 01, 2013

in Education and Arts Advocacy, Making Theater, Show/Author Spotlight | Tags: Filichia Features, Junior Theater Festival 2013

Live! From Atlanta! It’s Saturday afternoon!At Junior Theater Festival ’13, Saturday morning saw 4,200 students head to 11 pods where they performed 15-minute excerpts from their musicals. And now that the teachers have congratulated their ...

Brisa's Pieces: Up With Populism, Down With Pretension

By Brisa Trinchero on January 30, 2013

in Show/Author Spotlight | Tags: Brisa's Pieces

I attended the annual TEDxBroadway conference this week in New York City. It’s a gathering of industry insiders and theater fans who come together for one day to dream big about “The Best That Broadway Can Be.” One of the highlights was a ...

Brisa's Pieces: Breaking News From Fiorello

By Brisa Trinchero on January 24, 2013

in Show/Author Spotlight | Tags: Fiorello!, Brisa's Pieces

It must be FIORELLO! week here on the MTI blog. This wonderful show is in the public eye again because it is receiving a star studded revival as part of New York City Center’s Encores Series. In fact, it is the first show the Encore Series has ever ...