MTI Chairman and CEO Freddie Gershon penned this special article for The Huffington Post on the power of the arts and the importance of imaginative thinking in our society. Read about ho…
While there's been plenty of singing and dancing at Junior Theater Festival in Atlanta, now it's time for a ton of talk. For after Saturday morning's presentations of kids performing various…
Over the past few years, Paris’s Théâtre du Châtelet has been home to some of the greatest productions of Broadway musicals ever staged in Europe. From Into the Woods and Su…
The selfies have been taken, the gift shop has been perused, the impromptu dancing to "Under the Sea" has finished, and many a "Break a leg!" has been advised. Now that 8:45 a.m. is near, ev…
Most people like to sleep late on a Saturday morning, but on Jan. 17, more than 4,000 people, ranging from tweens to seniors, are wide awake not long after the crack of Saturday's dawn. That…
Welcome to The Lion King Experience! Disney’s The Lion King has captivated the imagination of audiences around the world and now for the first time ever you have the opportunity to pro…
It is with a heavy heart that we mourn the loss of our dear friend and iconic restaurateur, Jean Claude Baker. Jean Claude Baker created the beloved New York nightspot Chez Josephine in memo…
One created “Mission: Impossible." The other composed the themes to “General Hospital” and "The Marvel Super-Heroes" (meaning Captain America, The Incredible Hulk, The Invi…
May this be your favorite year. It could be if you and your theater company stage MY FAVORITE YEAR. Granted, when the musical by bookwriter Joseph Dougherty, composer Stephen Flaherty and ly…
The two-time TONY Award-winning hit musical American Idiot, based on Green Day’s GRAMMY Award-winning multi-platinum album, boldly takes the American musical where it’s never gon…
It's a new year, which we're all hoping will be the best we've ever had. One way to make that happen is to make good New Year's Resolutions. And keep them. This year, don't merely make vows …
Whether you are attending solo for Professional Development to enrich your soul or bringing kids to “strut their stuff’, JTF 2015 in Atlanta, GA promises to deliver. It never…
“You saw some of it on TV. Now see all of it on stage.” That’s one way you could advertise your production of ELF during the 2015 holiday season. After all, the recent anim…
When parents come to the school where their child is enrolled, they're usually prepared to hear bad news. What's she done now? How badly has he behaved? Am I about to meet teachers who'll li…
John Prignano, senior operations officer for theatrical licensor Music Theatre International (MTI) has been appointed to the Educational Theatre Association Board of Directors (EdTA), a prof…
Whether you loved or loathed PETER PAN LIVE! on Dec. 4, you may well have been reminded of all the pleasures that the 1954 musical has to offer. As a result, you've decided to give the vinta…
THE BEGINNING OF THE JOURNEY: Twelve years ago, following the phenomenal success of the big screen adaptation of the Broadway musical "Chicago" (which won six Academy Awards®, including B…
NBC is bringing in the holiday spirit with the stop-motion hourlong animated special “Elf: Buddy’s Musical Christmas.” Based on the popular film “Elf” and the h…
WHAT: Disney invites you to show off your singing skills and your love for the Stephen Sondheim musical "Into the Woods" with the online musical contest "Sing Your Way Into the Woods". The w…
Of course we all wish that Adolph Green were here to celebrate his 100th birthday on Dec. 2, 2014, but we'll have to do it for him. Green did live to be 87, until Oct. 23, 2002 — a sad…
Unprecedented Backstage Access with the Broadway Casts of Disney's "The Lion King" and "Aladdin" and the North American Tour of "Newsies" Â Special Musical Performance by Sir Elton John In…
QUILT: A MUSICAL CELEBRATION is a musical based on stories for, from and about the NAMES PROJECT AIDS memorial quilt. The book is by Jim Morgan, Merle Hubbard and John Schak, with music …
Here's a story about "The Three B's" that has nothing to do with Bach, Beethoven and Brahms. Instead, this trio of young men can be called The Three Little Pigs who deserve three "F's" for t…
The Ovation Cultural Development Corporation, led by Artistic Director Zhou Zhiqiang, has just recently (Saturday, November 8) opened what is being heralded as the most successful musical lo…
Once a musical is cast and its performers know what they have to do, you'll find they'll split up into two camps. Some will listen intently to the original cast album. Some will completely a…