This weekend, New York audiences are in for a treat. Encores!, a concert series of rarely performed American musicals, is currently staging the experimental Stephen Sondheim/Arthur Laurents musical, ANYONE CAN WHISTLE. The show, which has ...
The path to becoming a Broadway composer, lyricist, or bookwriter isn't well-defined or easy; it takes a tremendous amount of talent, hard work, and luck. For RENT author Jonathan Larson, who wrote all three components of his musicals himself, ...
The ingredients? Raw script, adapted and new music, a stage space and most importantly KIDS! In this case, our initial partnership with a NYC public school to pilot a new KIDS Collection show during the last week of March. And what a conception! ...
Tuesday, June 29 will mark the 100th birthday of composer and lyricist Frank Loesser. Over the course of his career, Loesser wrote over 700 songs and five Broadway musicals and contributed music and lyrics to dozens of Hollywood films.
A number of ...
Before RENT became a cultural phenomenon when it opened on Broadway in 1996, Jonathan Larson was hard at work on another musical: SUPERBIA. A rock adaptation of 1984, George Orwell's dystopian vision of the future (even though Larson was denied the ...
THE WILD PARTY, with book, lyrics, and music by Andrew Lippa (JOHN & JEN, THE ADDAMS FAMILY), is based on a poem of the same name by Joseph Moncure March. Published in 1928, the poem was scandalous for the time and often banned due to its ...
Few shows straddle the opera-musical line like Frank Loesser's THE MOST HAPPY FELLA. Some musicals, such as LES MISERABLES and RENT, follow the common operatic characteristic of being sung-through. Others, like SWEENEY TODD and Michael John ...
In July of 2008, DR. HORRIBLE'S SING-ALONG BLOG became the latest Internet sensation. Roughly the length of a standard prime time TV drama, DR. HORRIBLE was originally released online in three fourteen or fifteen minute installments over the course ...
It may not happen all the time, but we love a good Broadway success story. According to Patrick Healy of The New York Times, "Next to Normal is among the 25 percent to 30 percent of Broadway shows each year that become commercial hits. And while ...
There's just one more week to win a free rental! Don't forget to take a break from your busy rehearsal schedule to share your experiences in a blog post on MTI ShowSpace. Simply write three blog entries - we suggest one at the beginning, one in ...
