Show Questions
Concert
April 14, 2017
Concert
Hello,
I directed Les Miserables: School Edition in 2015 via MTI. Our school is hoping to do a fundraising concert for our drama program, featuring songs from our last four musicals.
How would I go about clearing the particular numbers with MTI? Or is it necessary to do so as we aren't using dialogue, sets, etc. (simply students singing these songs)?
We would include the following songs in the concert:
Master of the House
Epilogue
Red/Black Do You Hear the People Sing
One Day More
Thank you in advance for answering this question:)
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Pit Orchestration
April 10, 2017
Pit Orchestration
What is the Instrumentation for the Pit Orchestra in this musical
Language question
April 09, 2017
Language question
Hi there,
I am curious if you know the policy for making a change to a couple instances of language to better suit our community. Example: in "Oklahoma?" changing the F-bomb to "F-ers". I love this title and am considering it but that is a definite concern for our audience.
Thanks,
Brandon
Best show for beginners
April 07, 2017
Best show for beginners
Looking for a junior title that would be good for a beginning director and inexperienced performers - high school age. Small-ish group.
Is this show now available to purchase the rights? Has anyone done it in a middle school?
April 06, 2017
Is this show now available to purchase the rights? Has anyone done it in a middle school?
Middle School
Is there a reduced orchestration for Kismet?
March 30, 2017
Is there a reduced orchestration for Kismet?
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March 29, 2017
How do I make an online payment?
Answer this Question How much defaced scripts cost?
March 27, 2017
How much defaced scripts cost?
If a student were to highlight a script from Music Theatre International, how much would they need to pay for it?
Kids version in the works?
March 25, 2017
Kids version in the works?
I ADORE everything about this adaptation--it is an ideal story and cultural collaboration for so many school populations, particularly in this moment in politics and history. Thank you for creating it!
Are there are plans in the works to adapt this dual language production into a Kids Edition? Our elementary school would LOVE to produce it!!
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What to do when you don't have a full pit?
March 23, 2017
What to do when you don't have a full pit?
As a music director, I'm constantly running into the issue of what to do with the Reed Books. We're about to do Little Mermaid, and the issue is that my pool of pit performers would not include the right mix to have someone who plays everything for each Reed book.
I also don't have enough performers (at least at this time) to cover all required keyboard books (1-3).
Is not having the correct instrumentation for the whole show going to be an issue? Can a reed part be transposed so that all of Reed 1, for example, is playable by flute (whether written out transposed or the player doing it as they play the book)? Or can they skip the non-flute sections and only play the instrument they know? Does not doing everything exactly as orchestrated considered a breach of contract since the performance would no longer be "as is"?
What are the correct steps to take when this happens?