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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Luck, Be a Lady: Marriage as Gambling in GUYS & DOLLS

By Kathryn Harris on February 10, 2010

in Announcements, Show/Author Spotlight | Tags: Frank Loesser, General MTI News

Gambling features prominently in Frank Loesser, Jo Swerling, and Abe Burrows' musical, GUYS & DOLLS. Finding a safe location for the floating crap game drives much of the story - as does Sky's bet that he'll take Sarah Brown, one of the Mission ...

Musicals in the Media: BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER

By Kathryn Harris on February 09, 2010

in Show/Author Spotlight | Tags: Show Spotlight

This is the third of a twice-monthly series on musical theatre in television and movies. Arguably one of the most popular musical episodes of a TV show is "Once More, With Feeling," the season 6 musical episode of BUFFY THE VAMPIRE SLAYER. ...

My Dearest Giorgio: The Use of Letters in PASSION

By Kathryn Harris on February 08, 2010

in Show/Author Spotlight | Tags: james lapine, Stephen Sondheim, Show Spotlight

This is the fourth in a series of articles analyzing the work of Stephen Sondheim. Letters feature prominently in Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine's musical, PASSION, which is set in 1863 Italy. The letters exchanged between soldier Giorgio and ...

MTI Salutes Heroes On and Off-Stage with the MTI COURAGE IN THEATRE AWARD

By Kathryn Harris on February 03, 2010

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

Green Valley High School in Henderson, Nevada Honored for Pursuing Artistic Vision Despite Challenges When Green Valley High School decided to stage a production of the Jonathan Larson Tony and Pulitzer Award winning musical RENT, the community ...

The Sondheim Revues

By Kathryn Harris on February 01, 2010

in Show/Author Spotlight | Tags: Stephen Sondheim, Show Spotlight

This is the third of a weekly series analyzing Sondheim musicals. The first and second, on happiness and wealth in SATURDAY NIGHT and the optimistic message of MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG can be read here and here. Musical theatre songs are complicated ...

Good Thing Going: The Positive Message of MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG

By Kathryn Harris on January 25, 2010

in Announcements, Show/Author Spotlight | Tags: george furth, Stephen Sondheim, General MTI News

This is the second of a weekly series analyzing Sondheim musicals, in preparation for his 80th birthday on March 22. The first, on wealth and happiness in SATURDAY NIGHT, can be read here. "Dreams don't die, so keep an eye on your dream," urges ...

Time To Go: Reasons for Leaving in THE MOST HAPPY FELLA

By Kathryn Harris on January 20, 2010

in Show/Author Spotlight | Tags: Frank Loesser, Show Spotlight

At the beginning of Frank Loesser's sprawling masterwork, THE MOST HAPPY FELLA, two characters are getting ready to move on. For Joe, traveling is a way of life; he'll stay in one place for a few months, working in the fields, and then quit and go ...

LEGALLY BLONDE as a Feminist Show

By Kathryn Harris on January 20, 2010

in Education and Arts Advocacy, Show/Author Spotlight | Tags: heather hach, laurence o'keefe, nell benjamin, Conferences, Festivals and Special Events, Show Spotlight

This article in London's The Independent is a thoughtful look at the feminist ideas in LEGALLY BLONDE: THE MUSICAL, which recently opened in London to rave reviews. For more information on the London production of LEGALLY BLONDE: THE MUSICAL, click ...

Gracious Living: The Pursuit of Wealth and Happiness in SATURDAY NIGHT

By Kathryn Harris on January 19, 2010

in Show/Author Spotlight | Tags: Stephen Sondheim, Show Spotlight

Sondheim's first major work as a composer/lyricist was SATURDAY NIGHT, a traditional-style musical comedy set in 1929 Brooklyn. Gene, a low-level worker on Wall Street, so longs to be one of the financial elite he sees every day that he regularly ...

Show Off with THE DROWSY CHAPERONE

By Kathryn Harris on January 15, 2010

in Announcements, Show/Author Spotlight | Tags: bob martin, don mckellar, greg morrison, lisa lambert, New Shows

MTI is delighted to invite you to "stumble along" and "show off" with THE DROWSY CHAPERONE - now available for general licensing! Apply now for performances to take place no earlier than April 1, 2010. A Tony winner for Bob Martin and Don ...