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Filichia Features: Catch Me If You Can Can Indeed Succeed

By Peter Filichia on August 1, 2014

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

You could, of course, do Catch Me If You Can the way it was done on Broadway. Take Troupe 4982 from Bradford High School in Kenosha, Wisconsin, which brought its production to the Thespian Festival in Lincoln in June. Through a production that pretty ...

JUNIE B. JONES THE MUSICAL - Now Available for Licensing in the U.S. and Canada!

By Music Theatre International on July 31, 2014

in Show/Author Spotlight

Sneak a peek into the "Top-Secret Personal Beeswax Journal" of the outspoken, precocious and lovable Junie B. Jones Created by Marcy Heisler and Zina Goldrich, the team that brought you DEAR EDWINA, comes JUNIE B. JONES THE MUSICAL - a delightful ...

Thrilled to Death that TONY Award-Winning Best Musical A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER is Joining the MTI Family!

By Jason Cocovinis on July 28, 2014

in Show/Author Spotlight | Tags: Show Spotlight

Music Theatre International is thrilled to death that A GENTLEMAN'S GUIDE TO LOVE AND MURDER is joining the family! Sign up for Fast Track Notification to get email updates and future licensing information about this uproariously funny new ...

Filichia Features: “To Life!” to Fiddler On The Roof

By Peter Filichia on July 25, 2014

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

Photos by John Nollendorfs.Does the musical that toasted “To Life!” have any life left?Oh, yes. Almost 50 years to the day that Fiddler On The Roof began rehearsals at the Lyceum Theatre in New York, Edina (Minnesota) High School proved ...

Filichia Features: It’s Alex Stone by a Knockout

By Peter Filichia on July 18, 2014

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

Some of the Thespian Festival workshops on the University of Nebraska-Lincoln campus are held in modest classrooms.Not this one.The mammoth all-purpose room in the Westbrook Music Building will be needed today, for no less than Marc Shaiman and ...

Its A Big Bright Beautiful World - SHREK THE MUSICAL TYA Now Available For Licensing!

By Music Theatre International on July 11, 2014

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

SHREK THE MUSICAL TYA Available for Licensing for Performances Beginning July 15, 2014. SHREK THE MUSICAL TYA, based on the Oscar® winning DreamWorks film that started it all, brings the hilarious story of everyone's favorite ogre to dazzling new ...

Filichia Features: Mary’s Eye-Poppin’ at Green Valley High

By Jason Cocovinis on July 11, 2014

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

At the Thespian Festival in Lincoln, Nebraska, communal lunches may be common, but the conversations among participants is choice.I was sitting near a middle-aged man who’s one of the dozens of high school drama directors here. Said he, “I’ve ...

Meet the Freddie G. Broadway Experience Class of 2014

By Jason Cocovinis on July 8, 2014

in Education and Arts Advocacy, Announcements | Tags: Conferences, Festivals and Special Events, Freddie Gershon, Junior Theater Festival 2014

The Freddie G. Broadway Experience is a celebration of eight outstanding educators who are selected at the annual Junior Theater Festival in Atlanta for their exceptional contributions to their communities through the staging of Broadway Junior ...

Filichia Features: Teachers: Thinkin’ about Lincoln?

By Peter Filichia on July 4, 2014

in Education and Arts Advocacy, Making Theater | Tags: Conferences, Festivals and Special Events, Filichia Features

Here’s an easy prediction to make.Theater teachers and high school drama club members who weren’t in Lincoln, Nebraska last week didn’t have nearly as good a time as those who trekked to the Midwest metropolis.The Thespian Festival marked ...

Filichia Features: Candide in a Church

By Peter Filichia on June 27, 2014

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

Looking for a space to do your next musical and can’t find any?Don’t overlook the possibility of renting the local church.I know, I know. Pews instead of theater seats means no arm rests --aside from one on each aisle and one in the ...