Monday, November 30, 2015
I looked out at the audience, pointed to the gentleman sitting next to me and said “May I introduce to you the actor who played Riff in West Side Story? Mr. George Chakiris!” I could see…
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 01:31PMThursday, November 19, 2015
“And how many of you are about to see your first Broadway show?” Of the 110 kids in the room, about 75% raise their hands. They’re rewarded with a lovely smile from questioner Rachel L…
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 05:56PMFriday, November 13, 2015
Do Broadway musicals suffer the baseball phenomenon of “The Sophomore Jinx?” Many major league rookies who’ve had sensational years follow them with dismal seasons. And although many o…
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 11:07AMFriday, November 6, 2015
Who was the original Petra in A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC before she left the show in Boston? In what atypical city did Love Match – a Maltby-Shire musical about Queen Victoria – have its world…
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 11:16AMTuesday, November 3, 2015
New York, November 5, 2015 – Bert Fink will join Music Theatre International (MTI) as Chief Creative Officer for MTI Europe, it was announced today by Drew Cohen, President and Chief O…
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 11:49AMFriday, October 30, 2015
So was it true? So many people who’d been in Boston to see the Huntington Theatre Company’s production of A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC had warned me. “You won’t believe it!” they cried. �…
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 11:55AMThursday, October 29, 2015
License Billy Elliot The Musical Today!* An inspiring celebration of one boy’s journey who hangs up his boxing gloves for ballet shoes. Millions of fans…Thousands of standing ovati…
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 12:45PMMonday, October 26, 2015
$10,000 Awards Named for Broadway Legend Honoring Teachers in all Fields of Education The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is seeking nominations for the 2016 Kennedy Center/St…
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 01:15PMFriday, October 23, 2015
That production I mentioned last week of A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM made me return to its roots – meaning the demo. Do you know the term “demo”? It’s short for �…
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 11:02AMFriday, October 16, 2015
As soon as the lights came up for intermission, my buddy Jay Clark immediately snapped, “Listen, I know you have to stay – but I don’t. I’ll wait in the car.” Actually, the recent …
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 11:43AMWednesday, October 14, 2015
With the recent exciting news that Roald Dahl’s James and the Giant Peach JR. is now available for licensing, we sat down with the team behind the new musical to gain insight into the …
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 04:17PMTheatrical licensor Music Theatre International (MTI) has secured worldwide licensing rights to Broadway’s Tony® nominated hit Bullets Over Broadway. The show is the musical adaptation of…
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 04:17PMFriday, October 9, 2015
SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS is experiencing its lucky seventh. Until this year, there had been six recordings on which Gene de Paul’s music and Johnny Mercer’s lyrics have been featu…
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 10:36AMThursday, October 8, 2015
License James and the Giant Peach JR. Today* Roald Dahl’s fantastical tale of a boy, his insect friends, and their amazing journey across the ocean on a giant peach of fruit. Roald Da…
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 01:04PMLicense Roald Dahl’s James and the Giant Peach JR. by November 17th and your organization will be entered into a sweepstakes to receive a master class at your school or theater with th…
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 12:09PMThursday, October 1, 2015
Yes, a new version of THE ROTHSCHILDS is about to be produced at the York Theatre Company in Manhattan. Its title has been expanded to ROTHSCHILDS AND SONS while its length has been shortene…
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 04:37PMFriday, September 25, 2015
Although few students look forward to the end of summer vacation, three young men and five young women from The Beacon School had to be assuaged by one fact. Kenneth An, Leslie Gaines, Attic…
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 11:25AMTuesday, September 22, 2015
Theatrical licensor Music Theatre International (MTI) has secured worldwide licensing rights to Broadway’s Tony® nominated hit CRY-BABY. The musical is based on the John Waters m…
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 11:16AMFriday, September 18, 2015
So did my column last Friday convince you that you should do DISNEY’S MY SON PINOCCHIO? If you read what I wrote, you saw that I certainly admire this tender and moving story from Davi…
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 12:58PMFriday, September 11, 2015
Tens of thousands of young actresses are waiting to play Glinda in WICKED. But WICKED is, to cite one of Stephen Schwartz’s best songs from the show, “Popular.” So to all y…
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 11:22AMWednesday, September 9, 2015
The recent Broadway musical It Shoulda Been You, featuring a score by Brian Hargrove and Barbara Anselmi, has been acquired for worldwide licensing by Music Theatre International(MTI). The m…
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 02:58PMTuesday, September 8, 2015
Dear MTIShowSpace User, We wanted to take a moment to thank you for being a valued MTIShowSpace user and for your contributions to our theatrical community. During the past six years over …
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 01:03PMFriday, September 4, 2015
Every actor loves when a call comes in out of the blue offering him a job. When the invitation is the leading role in a world-famous musical, that’s all the sweeter. “Not necessa…
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 10:08AMThursday, September 3, 2015
Bring one of our two new Broadway Junior holiday musicals to your stage this season! Based on a classic holiday movie and a best-selling book series, Elf The Musical JR. and Magic Tree House…
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 12:09PMTuesday, September 1, 2015
We are thrilled to announce Willy Wonka, Willy Wonka JR., Willy Wonka KIDS, and Willy Wonka TYA are once again available for licensing by amateur theaters. The delicious adventures experienc…
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 04:10PMFriday, August 28, 2015
At a recent dinner with like-minded Broadway enthusiasts, one told of a director whose vision hadn’t worked for what could have otherwise been a really good musical. Soon after, anothe…
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 12:33PMThursday, August 27, 2015
License Disney’s The Little Mermaid Today!* In a magical kingdom beneath the sea, the beautiful young mermaid Ariel longs to leave her ocean home to live in the world above. Based on o…
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 11:31AMFriday, August 21, 2015
Honor thy great-great-grandfather and great-great-grandmother. Not by visiting their graves, although that would be nice. Not by commissioning a plaque and attaching it to the wall of the st…
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 12:07PMFriday, August 14, 2015
So why would the new musical LOVING REPEATING – called “a play within a lecture” – make me think of the slam-bang, razz-ma-tazz musical Mame? Well, for one thing, in …
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 11:18AMThursday, August 13, 2015
Kurt Vonnegut’s God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater is an outrageous and savagely funny fantasy about people, their pleasures, pains, and perversions, a penetrating satire on insanity –…
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 10:58AMMonday, August 10, 2015
On August 11th Signature Theatre opens their production of THE FIX by John Dempsey and Dana P. Rowe. We sat down with director Eric Schaeffer to get the inside scoop on the show the Washingt…
SOURCE: Music Theatre International at 10:56AM 
