590 stories from Music Theatre International
Atlanta lost a big NFL football game this past weekend, but it certainly emerged victorious in musical theater. The eighth annual Junior Theater Festival once again took over the Renaissance…
It must be FIORELLO! week here on the MTI blog. This wonderful show is in the public eye again because it is receiving a star studded revival as part of New York City Center's Encores Series…
What's the best aspect of this new Encores! production of FIORELLO! that's coming up at the end of the month? It will remind those who have forgotten what a fine show this Bock and Harnick m…
Every Monday, my friends at The Broadway League publish the weekly Broadway grosses. This means that industry insiders and savvy fans can get a sense of how each Broadway show has fared at t…
A combination of whimsy, romance and political satire, FINIAN’S RAINBOW JR. is a new take on the classic Broadway musical featuring some of the wittiest, most heartfelt and memorable s…
When you think of it, one aspect of ANNIE has never made any sense. At the end of the show, everyone is having a wonderful time, and not simply because it's Christmas Day. Miss Hannigan, Roo…
I consider myself lucky that not a week goes by where I don't see at least one, if not several, musicals. I see everything from community theater to Broadway. As is to be expected, the quali…
Whether you are attending solo for Professional Development to enrich your soul or bringing kids to “strut their stuff’, the JUNIOR THEATER FESTIVAL in Atlanta, GA 2013 promises …
Next up in our series highlighting MTI Shows In Literature is DESSA ROSE. The Shows in Literature series features musicals based on classic works " including novels, plays and children's boo…
In continuing with a series we've been doing that highlights MTI shows which are based on classic literature " including novels, plays and children's books " today we're featuring LUCKY STIF…
The Emmy Award-winning 1970′s Saturday morning cartoon series that taught history, grammar, math, and more through clever, tuneful songs is celebrating its 40th anniversary this year. …
NEW YORK " Oscar® and Tony Award®-winning composer Alan Menken, director Jeff Calhoun and producer Thomas Schumacher, join Kara Lindsay, Andrew Keenan-Bolger and Mike Faist, stars of t…
The show that was about to be presented was THE BOY FRIEND, but what had happened 30 minutes before the performance turned the show into 42nd Street. Here at Centenary College in Hackettstow…
As Jane Krakowski so eloquently sang in GRAND HOTEL, "I Want To Go To Hollywood!" She could, in fact, be speaking not just for herself but for many of today's musical theater hits. Seeing th…
This weekend, THE WHO’S TOMMY is enjoying yet another permutation at the White Plains Performing Arts Center. Producing artistic director Jeremy Quinn is giving the 1993 musical hit on…
"Exciting New Musical 1963." So said the circular yellow sticker that London Records pasted on the cover of every original cast album of RIVERWIND. Actually, if we're going to get technical …
Are you a huge theater fan? Well, you're not alone. In fact, far from it. Tis the season when the reports come out from the fabulous research departments at organizations like Theater Commun…
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…
Now that BRING IT ON is finishing its extended run on Broadway, the time will soon come when you'll be able to present it, too. It's Music Theatre International's newest acquisition. Because…
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…
Have you ever seen a new show on Broadway that you absolutely LOVED only to hear that a month later it has closed? All too often amazing shows have shorter lives than we may feel they deserv…
Let's face it: most directors of professional or community productions of The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee cast too old. They seem to ignore the fact that this competition is suppo…
In honor of the release of Les Misérables the motion picture set to open nationwide on Christmas Day, MTI presents the 24,601 Faces of Les Misérables sweepstakes. MTI in conjunction wi…
You don't need to wait one day more to join the licensing revolution, because now the full-length version of LES MISÉRABLES is available to license, for a limited time, for performances …
I'm thrilled that Bring It On will soon be made available for licensing to theaters around the country. Though I was never a cheerleader myself (sports? what?), this show has a lot to cheer …
