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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Brisa's Pieces: 3 Reasons to "Bring It" to Your Theater

By Brisa Trinchero on December 05, 2012

in Show/Author Spotlight | Tags: Bring It On, Avenue Q, Brisa's Pieces

I’m thrilled that Bring It On will soon be made available for licensing to theaters around the country. Though I was never a cheerleader myself (sports? what?), this show has a lot to cheer about. In case you haven't had a chance to see it on tour ...

Berry Berry Good: FRECKLEFACE STRAWBERRY at the Circa 21 Dinner Playhouse

By Jason Cocovinis on November 30, 2012

in Show/Author Spotlight | Tags: Show Spotlight

The following is a review of a production of FRECKLEFACE STRAWBERRY THE MUSICAL which took place in November at the Circa 21 Dinner Playhouse in Illinois written by Thom White for the River City Reader. Here's an excerpt: The Circa '21 Dinner ...

Filichia Features: Merrily Does Roll Along

By Peter Filichia on November 30, 2012

in Making Theater, Show/Author Spotlight | Tags: Filichia Features

Thirty-one years ago this week, Broadway saw the last of MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG.Granted, the then-new 1981 Stephen Sondheim musical had a hard act to follow: SWEENEY TODD, the 1979 musical (or opera, if you insist) that most everyone agrees is the ...

Filichia Features: Assassins: The World’s Most Controversial Musical

By Peter Filichia on November 23, 2012

in Making Theater, Show/Author Spotlight | Tags: Filichia Features, Lee Harvey Oswald, peter filichia Features

“Fifty years from now, they'll still be arguing about the grassy knoll, the Mafia, some Cuban crouched behind a stockade fence.”So says Lee Harvey Oswald's role model in Assassins. And as of this week, the 49th anniversary of the assassination ...

Brisa's Pieces: Getting Creative With Win-Win Corporate Partnerships

By Brisa Trinchero on November 21, 2012

in Show/Author Spotlight | Tags: Macy's Yes Virginia, Annie, Brisa's Pieces, Damn Yankees, The Wedding Singer

Tis the season for shopping and holiday musicals. Or, in the case of YES, VIRGINIA THE MUSICAL... the combination of the two! In case you missed it, YES, VIRGINIA is a brand new musical that Macy’s created to build their holiday brand ...

Brisa's Pieces: Broadway's version of "bring your child to work day!"

By Brisa Trinchero on November 15, 2012

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

The singing, dancing, ever optimistic red head is back on Broadway. A new revival of ANNIE opened last Thursday night and I was on hand for the opening night festivities! In a lot of ways, ANNIE's opening night was your standard star-studded ...

Filichia Features: Start a Starting Here, Starting Now Production

By Peter Filichia on November 09, 2012

in Making Theater, Show/Author Spotlight | Tags: Filichia Features

At the York Theatre Company, Closer Than Ever closed last week, but after a much longer-than-ever expected run.The revival of the 1989 Richard Maltby, Jr.-David Shire revue that had opened on June 20 was originally scheduled to run merely through ...

Are you ready for a rainy day? Budgeting for the new normal.

By Brisa Trinchero on November 08, 2012

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

In the wake of Hurricane Sandy and all the devastation it wrought on so many things - including Broadway and not-for-profit arts organizations all over the east coast – I’ve begun to worry about how many theater companies in the affected areas ...

Filichia Features: I Do! I Do! -- The Marriage Musical

By Peter Filichia on November 02, 2012

in Making Theater, Show/Author Spotlight | Tags: All MTI's Sites, Covedale Center for the Performing Arts, Filichia Features, peter filichia

While watching I DO! I DO! at the Covedale Center for the Performing Arts in Cincinnati, I thought of an advertising slogan that should be used when promoting the Tom Jones-Harvey Schmidt classic.“Marriage -- the way it used to be ... and the ...

Filichia Features: Adventure Theatre’s Big Hit

By Peter Filichia on October 26, 2012

in Making Theater, Show/Author Spotlight | Tags: Filichia Features

So can the musical version of BIG work as a TYA production?Michael J. Bobbitt, the producing artistic director of the Adventure Theatre in Glen Echo, Maryland, thought so. To be sure, he was well aware of the potential dangers of putting John ...