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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Your “Purpose” in Life is on AVENUE Q – Now Available for Licensing!

By Whitney Urish on May 24, 2011

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

Winner of the TONY® “TRIPLE CROWN” for BEST MUSICAL, BEST SCORE and BEST BOOK, AVENUE Q is part flesh, part felt and packed with heart. AVENUE Q (Music and Lyrics by Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx, Book by Jeff Whitty) is a laugh-out-loud musical ...

MTI Shows In Literature: SPRING AWAKENING

By EllaRose Chary on May 23, 2011

in Show/Author Spotlight | Tags: Duncan Sheik, Expressionism, Frank Wedekind, Steven Sater, Shows in Literature

SPRING AWAKENING is a musical based on Frank Wedekind’s 1891 expressionist play of the same name. Though bookwriter/lyricist Steven Sater and composer Duncan Sheik are fairly faithful to the original story, this is definitely an adaptation with a ...

"Arthur Was Finally Noticed" by Freddie Gershon via The Huffington Post

By Jason Cocovinis on May 17, 2011

in Announcements, Show/Author Spotlight | Tags: Freddie Gershon

Some of us close to Arthur believe he wrote himself into characters on the stage and one of the people closest to him believes that Arthur and Rose were one. -Freddie Gershon MTI's Chairman and CEO Freddie Gershon shares a touching tribute to his ...

All-Female Cast of 1776 Revisited

By EllaRose Chary on May 17, 2011

in Show/Author Spotlight | Tags: All-Female 1776, Keith Edwards, sherman edwards, Show Spotlight

Last summer Playbill.com reported an exciting new twist on one of MTI’s shows – an all-female cast of 1776! (Read the article here, and the original Marquee blog post about it here). In the article, Keith Edwards, son of the show’s ...

MTI Shows in Literature: DAMN YANKEES

By EllaRose Chary on May 09, 2011

in Show/Author Spotlight | Tags: bob fosse, Damn Yankees, douglass wallop, george abbott, gwen verdon, jerry ross, richard adler, The Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant, Shows in Literature

DAMN YANKEES features a book by George Abbott and Douglass Wallop and a score by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross, a team also remembered fondly for their musical THE PAJAMA GAME. “Faust meets baseball” in this fun and touching show based on Wallop's ...

The Legendary Arthur Laurents Passes Away at 93

By Jason Cocovinis on May 06, 2011

in Show/Author Spotlight, Announcements | Tags: Arthur Laurents, In the News, MTI Authors

Music Theatre International is deeply saddened by the loss of beloved librettist, playwright, screenwriter, director and friend Arthur Laurents. Arthur died in Manhattan on May 5th and was 93 years old. Among his many accomplishments, Arthur was ...

MTI Responds to University's RENT Script-Changing Violation

By Jason Cocovinis on April 28, 2011

in Announcements, Show/Author Spotlight | Tags: In the News, Rent

MTI wishes to address an important copyright issue surrounding a recent production of RENT at Maryland's Towson University in which director Diane Smith-Sadak cut lines from the show creating an alternate ending. BroadwayWorld.com reported on the ...

MTI Shows in Literature: THE APPLE TREE

By EllaRose Chary on April 28, 2011

in Show/Author Spotlight | Tags: Frank Stockton, Jerome Coopersmith, jerry bock, Jules Feiffer, Mark Twain, Roundabout Theatre Company, sheldon harnick, Shows in Literature

THE APPLE TREE with a score by lyricist Sheldon Harnick and Composer Jerry Bock (best known for shows like FIDDLER ON THE ROOF and SHE LOVES ME) and a book by Bock, Harnick and Jerome Coopersmith, THE APPLE TREE is a unique adaptation.Rather than ...

The Power of Union Jacks in SHOUT! - by Producer Victoria Lang

By Tyler Paul on April 26, 2011

in Show/Author Spotlight | Tags: Show Spotlight

The Union Jack dresses clearly make a great finale in SHOUT! So we’ve put those dresses to work in marketing the show since they are such attention-grabbers off stage as well as on. an expository essay Depending on the configuration of your ...

MTI Shows In Literature: ALL IN LOVE

By EllaRose Chary on April 19, 2011

in Show/Author Spotlight | Tags: Bruce Geller, Charles Kimbrough, Jack Urbont, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, The Rivals, Shows in Literature

ALL IN LOVE is a little known musical from 1961 based on Richard Brinsley Sheridan’s 18th Century, British comedy of manners, The Rivals, first staged in 1775! The book and lyrics are by Bruce Geller and the music is by Jack Urbont – and the ...