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4 MTI Titles make the 10 Greatest Musicals List

By Scott Frost on July 11, 2013

in Show/Author Spotlight, Announcements | Tags: In the News, Rent, Show Spotlight

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 top ten listed, four of the musicals were MTI titles – ...

iTheatrics Establishes Annual Technical Theater Scholarship In Honor of Sharidan Giles

By Scott Frost on May 9, 2013

in Announcements, Education and Arts Advocacy | Tags: In the News, Junior Theater Festival 2013

Educational theater consultancy firm iTheatrics is establishing an annual Sharidan Giles Technical Theater Award Scholarship. Giles was a respected theater production manager and technical director, who mentored countless technical theater artists ...

Dogfight Takes Top Musical Honors at Lortel Awards

By Scott Frost on May 6, 2013

in Show/Author Spotlight, Announcements | Tags: Dogfight, In the News, MTI Authors, New Shows

Peter Duchan, Benj Pasek and Justin Paul at Lortel AwardsPhoto by Joseph Marzullo/WENN 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. ...

2013 TONY Nominations are Announced!

By Scott Frost on April 30, 2013

in Show/Author Spotlight, Announcements | Tags: Annie, In the News, Pippin

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 night. MTI is delighted to see so many titles and authors from ...

Alan Menken's LEAP OF FAITH Available for Licensing!

By Scott Frost on March 19, 2013

in Show/Author Spotlight, Announcements | Tags: New Shows

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, LEAP OF FAITH in your own theatre! Featuring a ...

Mama, I Want to Sing Celebrates Its 30th Anniversary Season

By Scott Frost on March 11, 2013

in Announcements | Tags: General MTI News

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 Graciously Underwritten by Myrna and Freddie Gershon with a ...

The 150th Anniversary of the Civil War Ties Academics to the Performing Arts

By Scott Frost on March 6, 2013

in Announcements, Show/Author Spotlight | Tags: In the News

On the 12th of April 1861, 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 single most defining experience; ultimately giving a new ...

Music Theatre International to Honor Veteran Drama Teacher Lou Volpe with Inaugural "MTI Lifetime Achievement Award for Theatre Education"

By Scott Frost on March 5, 2013

in Announcements | Tags: In the News

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 International (MTI), one of the world’s largest licensors of ...

Good Bye Baltimore, Good Morning Jerusalem

By Scott Frost on February 26, 2013

in Show/Author Spotlight, Announcements | Tags: In the News

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 actors to share the story of empowerment, freedom, confidence ...

PLAYBILL LAUNCHES PLAYBILLVIP.COM: The First-Ever Do-It-Yourself Playbill!

By Scott Frost on February 21, 2013

in Special Offers | Tags: Special Offers

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 community productions the ability to make their own Playbills both ...