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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Acclaimed MAGIC TREE HOUSE Children’s Book Series Teams Up with MTI to Create New Musicals for Young Performers

By Jason Cocovinis on September 25, 2013

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

NEW YORK, N.Y. – September 25, 2013 - Leading theatrical licensor, Music Theatre International (MTI), creators of the MTI Broadway Junior Collection® (featuring 30 and 60-minute musicals designed for young performers) is launching a slate of ...

MAGIC TREE HOUSE: DINOSAURS BEFORE DARK KIDS Available for Licensing

By Jason Cocovinis on September 24, 2013

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

What would you do if a tree house in your neighborhood could transport you anywhere you wanted to go? While exploring one afternoon, siblings Jack and Annie discover a tree house full of books. Jack looks through a book about dinosaurs and wishes ...

Filichia Features: Catch Catch Me If You Can

By Peter Filichia on September 20, 2013

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

In a way, it’s The Producers and Les Miserables combined.At first glance, that may seem to be a strange way to describe Catch Me If You Can, the 2011 musical with a book by Ragtime’s Terrence McNally and a score by Hairspray's Marc Shaiman and ...

Dinosaurs at the Zoo? MAGIC TREE HOUSE Musical Debuts at the Bronx Zoo

By Jason Cocovinis on September 16, 2013

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

MAGIC TREE HOUSE: DINOSAURS BEFORE DARK KIDS is the newest addition to the MTI Broadway Junior Collection and we couldn't be more excited to let you know about special performances of the musical taking place at the Bronx Zoo. As part of the Zoo's ...

Filichia Features: The Nicest Kidz Theater in Town

By Peter Filichia on September 12, 2013

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

Kidz Theater Pilot Production of Magic Tree House: Dinosaurs Before Dark KIDSLast Friday, we talked about the marvelous 40-minute musical MAGIC TREE HOUSE: DINOSAURS BEFORE DARK KIDS that Jenny Laird, Randy Courts and Will Osborne crafted from ...

The World's Longest Running Musical, THE FANTASTICKS Marks Milestone 20,000th NYC Performance

By Jason Cocovinis on September 11, 2013

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

“Try to Remember the kind of September, when grass was green and grain was yellow…” THE FANTASTICKS is the longest-running production of any kind in the world, and with good reason: at the heart of its breathtaking poetry and subtle theatrical ...

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 06, 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 06, 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 ...