Denver School of the Arts' URINETOWN Featured on Denverpost.com

By Jason Cocovinis on June 30, 2010
in Education and Arts Advocacy, Announcements, Show/Author Spotlight | Tags: International Thespian Festival 2010, Conferences, Festivals and Special Events, In the News, Show Spotlight
After making it home from the 2010 International Thespian Festival in Lincoln, NE and having a couple of days to think about my experience, all I can say is WOW! It was a true pleasure seeing first-hand the talent and hard work every performer and ...

URINETOWN: The Musical?

By Victoria Saxton on June 21, 2010
in Education and Arts Advocacy, Announcements, Making Theater, Show/Author Spotlight | Tags: Bertolt Brecht, Greg Kotis, International Thespian Festival 2010, Kander and Ebb, Kurt Weill, Mark Hollmann, Conferences, Festivals and Special Events, In the News, MTI Resources, MTI ShowSpace, Show Spotlight
Don’t let the title put you off. By the end of this show performers and audiences alike will be laughing so hard they’ll… fall off their chairs. Sorry, couldn’t resist. In all seriousness, URINETOWN is pretty much your typical musical. Boy ...

Festival Group Featured on Milwaukee's FOX6 News

By Tyler Paul on June 18, 2010
in Education and Arts Advocacy, Show/Author Spotlight, Announcements | Tags: Bradford High School, educational theatre association, International Thespian Festival 2010, Conferences, Festivals and Special Events, In the News, Show Spotlight
Kenosha, Wisconsin is sending the theatre students of Bradford High and Tremper High to EdTA's Thespian Festival next week to perform their selected main-stage productions of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying and Working. The ...

What Students Can Learn From WORKING

By Kathryn Harris on June 17, 2010
in Education and Arts Advocacy, Show/Author Spotlight | Tags: craig carnelia, International Thespian Festival 2010, james taylor, mary rodgers, micki grant, nina faso, Stephen Schwartz, susan birkenhead, Conferences, Festivals and Special Events, Show Spotlight
A job is more than how a person spends the day.  It's wrapped up in a person's identity - and dreams.  The musical WORKING perfectly illustrates just how important that connection is.  Adapted by Stephen Schwartz (PIPPIN, WICKED) and Nina Faso ...

Giving Them What They Want….A Dirty Rotten Musical…

By Victoria Saxton on June 17, 2010
in Education and Arts Advocacy, Show/Author Spotlight | Tags: Central York High School, David Yazbek, educational theatre association, International Thespian Festival 2010, Jack O'Brien, Jeffrey Lane, John Lithgow, Norbert Leo Butz, Sherie Rene Scott, terrence McNally, Tony Awards, Conferences, Festivals and Special Events, Show Spotlight
At this year's Educational Theatre Associations’ Thespian Festival, Central York High School (Pennsylvania) have been chosen to perform a main stage production of DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS, one of five MTI shows which will be performed. We wish CYHS ...

How to Succeed at Putting on a High School Musical Without Really Trying (Or Maybe Trying a Bit)

By Victoria Saxton on June 16, 2010
in Education and Arts Advocacy, Show/Author Spotlight | Tags: abe burrows, Daniel Radcliffe, educational theatre association, Frank Loesser, International Thespian Festival 2010, jack weinstock, Matthew Broderick, Megan Mullally, Pulitzer Prize, willie gilbert, Conferences, Festivals and Special Events, Show Spotlight
What makes a musical appealing to high school students? Which musicals do they want to perform? And which musicals are going to be a sure-fire success for performers and audiences alike? At the Educational Theatre Associations’ Thespian Festival ...

Five MTI Shows Featured at International Thespian Festival

By Jason Cocovinis on June 15, 2010
in Education and Arts Advocacy, Show/Author Spotlight | Tags: EDTA, International Thespian Festival 2010, Thespian Festival, Conferences, Festivals and Special Events, Pippin, Show Spotlight
This year's Thespian Festival in Lincoln, Nebraska features more than fifty productions presented by schools from throughout North America and abroad. A select few have been chosen as Main Stage presentations at the Festival. The select group ...

MTI Honored with EdTA's Standing Ovation Award

By Tyler Paul on June 10, 2010
in Education and Arts Advocacy, Announcements | Tags: awards, educational theatre association, international thespian festival, International Thespian Festival 2010, Music Theatre International, Conferences, Festivals and Special Events, In the News
The Educational Theatre Association (EdTA), a renowned professional association for theatre arts education, has awarded Music Theatre International (MTI) its prestigious Standing Ovation Award for 2010! MTI's Senior Operations Officer, John Prignano ...