Broadway will soon have a new Cyrano de Bergerac. But perhaps you can give the world a new Cyrano – meaning the excellent 1973 musical version.

After the success of THE PRODUCERS in 2001, director, writer, actor and producer Mel Brooks adapted another of his outrageously hilarious movies into a musical. The film, which Brooks describes as his “best” is Young Frankenstein, and the musical ...

Twenty-five years ago, when Into The Woods played its first preview in New York, many audience members walked out after the first act. They weren’t necessarily dissatisfied; they’d simply assumed that they’d seen the entire show.The ...

One doesn’t get that many opportunities to see Teddy & Alice, the 1987 Broadway musical. So when Shadow Lawn Stage in West Long Branch, New Jersey announced it was doing the little-known show, I was there.essay about yourselfIt starts the same type ...

Many schools and after-school programs that have been “going green” environmentally are about to go green theatrically, too.For that lovable green ogre known as Shrek, the subject of a 2008 Broadway musical, has now given birth to the ...

Many of you have had the joyful, fulfilling, heartening experience of producing one of MTI's most popular and beloved holiday shows, THE CHRISTMAS SCHOONER.  While many theatres have done multiple productions and some have even made the show an ...

Musical theatre and the arts at large, lost a giant today. Marvin Hamlisch has, rather suddenly, passed away. He was 68. He became a household name in 1973 when he won three Academy Awards for his incredible composing abilities. One of those awards ...

HAIRSPRAY's co-librettist Mark O'Donnell passed away on August 6th, at the age of 58. A recipient of both a Guggenheim Fellowship and George S. Kaufman Award, Mr. O'Donnell's literary resume is vastly diverse, ranging from musicals and plays to ...

There’s a lot of life in the New Girl yet.New Girl in Town, that is, the 1957 musical of Eugene O’Neill’s Anna Christie. It was a hit in its day and ran over a year, and yet, we don’t see many productions of it.So we must take our hats ...

Attend the tale of Benjamin Barker.Well, that’s Sweeney Todd’s real name, isn’t it? Or so Mrs. Lovett tells us three songs into the 1978-1979 Tony-winning musical.But if you’re considering presenting the Stephen Sondheim - Hugh Wheeler ...