590 stories from Music Theatre International
How about doing AIN'T MISBEHAVIN' as a midnight show? Of course there's nothing wrong with presenting the Tony-winning smash hit at your usual 8 p.m. start or by having matinees at 2 or 3 p.…
License BRING IT ON THE MUSICAL for performances beginning June 1, 2014! Based on the hit film, created by a dream team of award-winning Broadway talent and nominated for a Tony Award for Be…
Fifty years ago this week, a musical opened on Broadway. Fifty years ago next week, that same musical closed on Broadway. After nine performances, ANYONE CAN WHISTLE called it a life. And ye…
Scene Partner® is a powerful iPhone®, iPad® and iPad Touch® app that helps actors with the age-old problem of memorizing lines. How Does It Work? For the first time, safely distr…
I didn't care that there were 47 fewer actors on stage than there had been in 1957 " or that the orchestra was 75 trombones shy. Seeing THE MUSIC MAN in a modest concert version in Newark, N…
In the tradition of GLEE and THE 25th ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE, comes BAND GEEKS – a high-stepping tribute to high school marching bands and misfits everywhere! With just nine…
LOSERVILLE, the smash-hit new musical from London's West End takes geek to a whole new rock-pop level. Nominated for an Olivier Award for Best New Musical in 2013 and many more accolades…
2014 marks the 50th anniversary of the first publication of the beloved Flat Stanley book series. We're thrilled to join in on the flat fun by offering this downloadable template so you …
I Think I’m Gonna’ Like it Here! I just made my MTI Broadway Junior debut with a cameo appearance as FDR in ANNIE JR. and it was an experience I will remember forever. The perfor…
At the turn of the new century, few Broadway insiders would have believed it. Yes, this musical called URINETOWN had been produced way off-off-Broadway in the Fringe, and quite a few people …
As we celebrate the prolific Stephen Sondheim’s 84th birthday on March 22nd, now is the perfect time to get to know the man behind the legend with SONDHEIM ON SONDHEIM. Millions of fan…
(WASHINGTON, D.C.)"The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts announced the 2014 winners of Kennedy Center/Stephen Sondheim Inspirational Teacher Awards"a series of annual grants whi…
LAUNCHES CREATIVE CHALLENGE TO KIDS 10-17 TO INSPIRE NEW IDEAS TO "SEND A NET. SAVE A LIFE." Camp Broadway announced a strategic alliance with the United Nations Foundation's Nothing But Net…
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Yes, the opening song is called "Bless This Land," but let's also bless the York Theatre Company for reminding us that TENDERLOIN is a blessedly good musical. James Morgan's troupe finished …
Heidi Weiss, theatre critic for the Chicago Sun Times recently attended a stellar production of DESSA ROSE at Bailiwick Chicago’s Theatre and gave the production a rave review. We&…
A critical smash on Broadway and in London, the two-time Tony Award-winning hit musical AMERICAN IDIOT tells the story of three lifelong friends, forced to choose between their dreams and th…
Hey Toxie Fans! Jersey Jump is a cool new FREE app for iPhones and Androids featuring a “flappy birds-type experience” inspired by the hit musical and film – THE TOXIC …
Have you ever seen a production of LES MISERABLES in which “Empty Chairs at Empty Tables” had full chairs and no tables at all? Leave it to Aubrey Berg, the chair of the musical …
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NEW YORK, N.Y. " March 5, 2014 – Theatrical licensor Music Theatre International has secured worldwide licensing rights to one of Broadway's biggest hits, BILLY ELLIOT THE MUSICAL. "BI…
How long have I been attending community theater productions? Let's put it this way: when I started, Betty White could have still given birth. And yet, here at the Bronx House, I'm seeing so…
At the Junior Theater Festival '14, Saturday night and all day Sunday are the best times to be in the MTI ShowSpace. After those many events in small breakout rooms, how nice to have all 4,0…
There can't be many places in the world where an audience applauds after the speaker says, "It's not a democracy; it's a dictatorship." But here at the Junior Theater Festival in Atlanta, th…
In a way, it's the musical theater equivalent of speed dating. You do get to see as many as eight musicals in four hours " but only in a manner of speaking. The 93 schools and academies that…
