Shrek KIDS is Now Available for Licensing

Are you ready to Let Your Freak Flag Fly?

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Celebrating the Wit and Heart of William Finn

MTI honors the Tony-winning composer who gave us so many endearing musicals.

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Now Available: How The Grinch Stole Christmas!

You better watch out... Mister Grinch is coming to town!

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An Exclusive Glimpse into Never Land with Disney's PETER PAN JR. Creators Zellnik and Svejcar

By Jason Cocovinis on September 10, 2013

in Show/Author Spotlight, Education and Arts Advocacy | Tags: MTI Broadway Junior Collection

Get the inside scoop on what it was like to create Disney's PETER PAN JR. for the stage: In many ways, Never Land is a place you know already. J.M. Barrie’s creation has so fully infused our culture that it feels like a story that was discovered ...

Exclusive Video Interview with Renowned Composer of THE CIVIL WAR, Frank Wildhorn

By Jason Cocovinis on September 10, 2013

in Making Theater, Show/Author Spotlight | Tags: Behind-the-Scenes

In this special video interview, Frank Wildhorn shares production notes, advice and teaching tools for his epic musical, THE CIVIL ...

SHREK THE MUSICAL Arrives on Deluxe Edition Blu-ray™ and DVD October 15

By Jason Cocovinis on September 6, 2013

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

“The best musical for younger audiences since The Lion King!” --Time Out NY The greatest fairy tale never told comes to life as never before in DreamWorks’ SHREK THE MUSICAL, the highly acclaimed Broadway production based on the smash-hit ...

Filichia Features: Singing and Dancing Dinosaurs

By Peter Filichia on September 6, 2013

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

Mary Pope Osborne, the esteemed children’s writer, was looking for an idea. What would be a good book for kids aged six-to-nine who were currently in grades one-to-four?Then inspiration hit. She’d write about a Magic Tree House where boys and ...

Filichia Features: That Ol’ Reliable West Side Story

By Peter Filichia on August 30, 2013

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

Last week, while reviewing Les Miserables School Edition, I suggested that producing the British mega-hit may lead to one unexpected benefit.It may be a logical successor to West Side Story in attracting boys into musical theater.I quoted Rhode ...

Live in Living Color - It's the CATCH ME IF YOU CAN Video Playlist

By Jason Cocovinis on August 28, 2013

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

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Fly, Fly Away with CATCH ME IF YOU CAN - Now Available for Licensing

By Jason Cocovinis on August 28, 2013

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

Based on the hit DreamWorks film and the incredible true story that inspired it, CATCH ME IF YOU CAN is the high-flying, splashy musical that tells the story of Frank W. Abagnale, Jr., a teenager who runs away from home in search of the glamorous ...

Filichia Features: Les Miserables Goes to School

By Peter Filichia on August 23, 2013

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

At the Junior Theater Festival in Atlanta last January, I rubbed elbows with many high school drama directors – of whom I always asked the same question: “So what show are you doing next year?”Quite often I got the same answer: “Well, I’d ...

20 is a Magic Number at Mary’s Attic, Aug 24 Celebrate Schoolhouse Rock Live! 20th anniversary with original cast and Bob Dorough

By Jason Cocovinis on August 21, 2013

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

CHICAGO – Aug. 21, 2013. Theatrebam Chicago’s touring company presents a special 20th anniversary performance of Schoolhouse Rock Live! at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, Aug.24, at Mary’s Attic, the second floor lounge of Hamburger Mary's, 5400 N Clark ...

Believe in Magic with Xanadu JR. - Now Available for Licensing

By Jason Cocovinis on August 21, 2013

in Education and Arts Advocacy, Announcements, Show/Author Spotlight | Tags: MTI Broadway Junior Collection, New Shows

It’s time to believe in magic with XANADU JR! It’s 1980 and the magical and beautiful Greek muse, Kira, descends from the heavens of Mt. Olympus to Venice Beach, California on a quest to inspire a struggling artist, Sonny, as he strives to ...