How to Dance in Ohio Waltzes Up to MTI

The exuberant coming-of-age comedy joins MTI.

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1660 Vine the Musical Now Available for Licensing

This show will go viral on your stage!

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A Year of Sondheim Milestones

We'd like to propose a toast to these six Sondheim titles!

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LUCKY STIFF Motion Picture Available On iTunes and On Demand July 24th

By Music Theatre International on July 21, 2015

Get ready to die with laughter because the new film version of Lucky Stiff is available on iTunes and On Demand July 24th - http://radi.al/LuckyStiff The Off-Broadway musical farce was the first collaboration between the celebrated musical ...

Filichia Features: Xanadu: Rolls (and Roles) On Skates

By Peter Filichia on July 17, 2015

in Making Theater, Show/Author Spotlight | Tags: Filichia Features

It happens at many a performance attended by critics. An actor says a line that resonates with the aisle-sitters, and suddenly these men and women are reaching for their notebooks to precisely take down what they’d just heard.The line they’re ...

Harry Connick, Jr.'s THE HAPPY ELF Now Available for Licensing

By Music Theatre International on July 16, 2015

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

Eubie the Elf is on a musical mission to bring Christmas cheer to a town on Santa's naughty list. A new musical comedy by Grammy Award-winning and TONY Award-nominated composer and lyricist, Harry Connick, Jr.; The Happy Elf tells the tale of Eubie ...

Coverage of Andrew Lippa's The Wild Party Starring Sutton Foster and Steven Pasquale

By Jason Cocovinis on July 15, 2015

in Show/Author Spotlight | Tags: Andrew Lippa's Wild Party

In the summer of 2013, City Center launched Encores! Off-Center, a new series featuring seminal Off-Broadway musicals filtered through the lens of today’s most innovative artists. The Tony-honored Encores! musical theater series has been hailed ...

Filichia Features: Hello! To Hello! My Baby

By Peter Filichia on July 10, 2015

in Making Theater, Show/Author Spotlight | Tags: Filichia Features

The response to Irving Berlin’s White Christmas at the Thespian Festival in Lincoln, Nebraska was good but not great. The kids watching the Lincoln Southwest High production seemed more impressed with the many dance numbers choreographed by ...

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee Celebrates its 10-Year Anniversary

By Music Theatre International on July 09, 2015

in Announcements, Show/Author Spotlight | Tags: General MTI News, Show Spotlight

The perennial favorite 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee is celebrating its 10-year anniversary this month. Since becoming available for licensing in 2011 this TONY winner has been produced by 3000 theatres worldwide. Featuring an unforgettable ...

Filichia Features: How How To Succeed Came to Be

By Peter Filichia on June 26, 2015

in Show/Author Spotlight

How does a manual become a musical?I posed that question last Friday when I discussed a recent production of How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying. The 1961 smash hit remains the only show to win a Best Musical Tony and Pulitzer Prize -- ...

Kenosha theater director has students reaching for the stars

By Music Theatre International on June 24, 2015

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

Matt Kulling of The Journal Sentinel of Milwaukee, Wisconsin profiled teacher Holly Stanfield and her students as they prepare for the International Thespian Festival. Read the outstanding article below. Watching Holly Stanfield guide actors and ...

Enhance your Orchestra for Godspell 2012 with OrchExtra - New From MTI!

By Music Theatre International on June 23, 2015

in Announcements, Show/Author Spotlight, Making Theater | Tags: General MTI News, MTI Resources

OrchExtra is now Available for Godspell 2012! OrchEXTRA® - The Industry Leader in Musical Theatre Orchestra Enhancement Just Took a Quantum Leap Forward: Powerful new interface Hundreds of new features Downloadable Expanded ...

Filichia Features: How To Succeed Still Does

By Peter Filichia on June 19, 2015

in Making Theater, Show/Author Spotlight | Tags: Filichia Features

“The Mad Men Musical.”That’s a good way to advertise your upcoming production of How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying. No, the 1961-62 Tony- and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical isn’t a true adaptation of the acclaimed AMC ...