A Year of Sondheim Milestones

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

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License The Prince of Egypt!

The epic musical adapted from the beloved DreamWorks Animation film is available for your stage.

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MTI Acquires & Juliet, The Larger Than Life Musical!

Audiences "Can't Stop The Feeling" with this high-energy hit!

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Filichia Features: The debut of The Lion King, JR.

By Peter Filichia on April 24, 2015

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

Spencer Lau was quite proud of his pride of lions, his cackle of hyenas and every other group of animals he’d put on stage.For Lau -- the music director at Woodruff School in Seabrook, New Jersey – is one of the first directors to bring ...

Download the JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH Reference Recording and License the TYA Show!

By Music Theatre International on April 21, 2015

in Show/Author Spotlight

DOWNLOAD THE REFERENCE RECORDING FOR FREE!Tony-nominated songwriters Justin Paul and Benj Pasek and playwright Timothy Allen McDonald are releasing the highly-anticipated ultimate cast/reference recording of the new musical Roald Dahl’s James ...

Filichia Features: When Alan Menken said “God Bless You”

By Peter Filichia on April 17, 2015

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

Kurt Vonnegut If you were in college in the ’60s and ’70s, you were probably reading Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. even during the time you’d earmarked for physical science or calculus.The Baby Boomer generation was intoxicated with everything that ...

Filichia Features: Lonny Price and Sweeney Todd

By Peter Filichia on April 10, 2015

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

Lonny Price (© David Gordon)So in 1970, when the nation was entranced with The Carpenters’ “(They Long to Be) Close to You,” Lonny Price was more interested in someone who didn’t necessarily want a girlfriend to be close to him: Bobby in ...

Filichia Features: My Own Version of March Madness

By Peter Filichia on April 03, 2015

in Making Theater | Tags: Filichia Features

It was “The Road to the Final Four,” as CBS Sports trumpeted all month long. The National Collegiate Athletic Association’s College Basketball Tournament – more chummily known as “March Madness” -- once again dominated the late winter ...

SPECTRUM OF HOPE: An Inspiring Film About Students, Teachers and the Power of Arts Education

By Music Theatre International on April 02, 2015

in Announcements | Tags: General MTI News

In recognition of World Autism Awareness Day, we are proud to share our film, SPECTRUM OF HOPE. SPECTRUM OF HOPE is the story of 10 musical theater students, their families, and their teachers as they journey from their special needs school in New ...

Filichia Features: Notre Dame Comes To New Jersey

By Peter Filichia on March 27, 2015

in Making Theater | Tags: Filichia Features

Victor Hugo is very much in place, but Victor, Hugo and Laverne are gone.We’re talking about one of the fundamental changes between the 1996 animated The Hunchback of Notre Dame and the new stage version that officially debuted at the Paper Mill ...

JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH TYA Now Available for Licensing*

By Music Theatre International on March 26, 2015

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

Roald Dahl's James and the Giant Peach is now a Theatre for Young Audiences musical for the whole family to enjoy! Featuring a wickedly tuneful score by the TONY Award-nominated team of Pasek and Paul (Dogfight and A Christmas Story the Musical) and ...

Your Wish Has Been Granted: Disney's Into the Woods Available for Home Release!

By Jason Cocovinis on March 24, 2015

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

Bring Home the Film on BLU-RAY™ COMBO PACK, DIGITAL HD AND DISNEY MOVIES ANYWHERE (DMA) March 24, 2015! Includes An Exclusive, Never-Before-Seen Original Song “She’ll Be Back” Performed by Meryl Streep with Music By Stephen Sondheim and ...

The Kennedy Center Announces 2015 Recipients of The Kennedy Center/Stephen Sondheim Inspirational Teacher Awards

By Jason Cocovinis on March 20, 2015

in Announcements | Tags: Freddie Gershon, In the News

(WASHINGTON)—The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts announced the 2015 winners of Kennedy Center/Stephen Sondheim Inspirational Teacher Awards—a series of annual grants which recognize American teachers by spotlighting their ...