27 stories by "Scottf"
At the Junior Theater Festival in Atlanta last January, I rubbed elbows with many high school drama directors " of whom I always asked the same question: "So what show are you doing next yea…
Entertainment Weekly recently released a special issue of The 100 All-Time Greatest in Movies, TV, Music, Books and Plays. This issue included a Top 10 Greatest Musicals List. Of the…
When ANNIE was enjoying its original 1977-1983 run, lyricist-director Martin Charnin had to replace many a girl who'd suddenly grown too tall. To soften the news, he'd take each to Rumplemey…
It's never too early to plan your theater's holiday show, and MTI is pleased to offer a wonderful and diverse selection of musicals perfect for this coming season. Looking for a musical adap…
Educational theater consultancy firm iTheatrics is establishing an annual Sharidan Giles Technical Theater Award Scholarship. Giles was a respected theater production manager and technic…
Music Theatre International is thrilled to join in celebrating our authors who took home the top musical honors at this year's Lucile Lortel Awards. Tony-Award nominated songwriters Benj…
With the 67th Annual Tony Awards quickly approaching, this morning’s nomination list was an eagerly awaited thrill ride to kick start the remaining 40 days leading up to the big nig…
With SHOUTS!’s theme of female empowerment, why not cater to a Girls Night Out at the theatre? While marketing to women as a whole may seem obvious, we've seen the most success wit…
Love will get you every time. One charismatic con-man is about to find that out"and you’re about to experience the joy, romance and heart-pounding thrills of this musical powerhouse, L…
The 30th Anniversary of Mama, I Want to Sing, the longest running off-Broadway Black musical in theater history, To Benefit The Mama Foundation for the Arts and the Gospel for Teens Program …
On the 12th of April 1865, Confederate guns opened fire on Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor, thus beginning the bloodiest battle in American history. The Civil War remains this nation's …
Longtime Bristol Township Harry S. Truman High School teacher Lou Volpe is being honored with the first-ever "MTI Lifetime Achievement Award for Theatre Education" by Music Theatre Internati…
Tracy Turnblad travels from Baltimore to Jerusalem where Encore! Educational Theatre brings HAIRSPRAY to the stage to feature 32 Anglo-Israeli and Ethiopian-Israeli singers, dancers and acto…
Music Theatre International is excited to announce the launch of PLAYBILLVIP.COM, PLAYBILL's first-ever Do-It-Yourself Playbill. This program allows schools, colleges, amateur and commun…
SMASH is back with an all-new season and now you can get in on the action with the Smash Sensational Sweepstakes. Anxiously waiting to see Bombshell's fate in the coming episodes may see…
After dancing on Broadway in Billy Elliot, Gypsy, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and The Little Mermaid, Tim Federle is gearing up for his debut novel BETTER NATE THAN EVER to hit bookstores on Feb…
The Stories Behind MTI’s 2012 New Releases MISS SAIGON (SCHOOL EDITION), the LITTLE MERMAID (JR) and the LITTLE PRINCESS became the newest WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN aft…
Theatrical licensor Music Theatre International (MTI), Universal Pictures Stage Productions, and Beacon Communications today announced that BRING IT ON: THE MUSICAL is the newest Broadway pr…
After topping box office charts with the original movie starring Will Ferrell in 2003 and then a musical adaptation on Broadway that also broke records in 2010, ELF is soon to be available f…
Performing on stage is an invaluable experience for any young child. Theater teaches children important values, such as commitment and dedication. Most importantly, theater teaches child…
At the height of the Great Depression, Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow went from two small-town nobodies in West Texas to America’s most renowned folk heroes and the Texas law enforceme…
Based on Edgar Rice Burrough’s Tarzan of the Apes and the smash-hit 1999 Disney animated film, TARZAN tells the story of an infant boy orphaned on the shores of West Africa. T…
SHREK THE MUSICAL, with music by Jeanine Tesori (Thoroughly Modern Millie, Caroline, or Change) and lyrics by David Lindsay-Abaire (Rabbit Hole, Wonder of the World), is now available for li…
Two literary proverbs, adapted for musical theatre, are mottos of Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman: "Musical comedies aren't written, they're re-written," and "Musicals are never finished, …
Updated Version Features Two News Songs by Tony-winner Lin-Manuel (In the Heights) Miranda WORKING, the 1978 musical by Stephen Schwartz is based on the Studs Terkel book Working: People…
