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All-Female Version of 1776 to be Staged in Kansas City

Director Sarah Crawford will be presenting 1776 in August, 2010 at Musical Theater Heritage in Kansas City, MO.  The twist?  Our nation's founding fathers will be portrayed by an all-female cast!  We love hearing about ambitious new productions of ...

MTI Welcomes Eight Teachers for The Freddie G. Theatre Experience...Tonight!

Tonight...tonight...it all begins tonight! This evening MTI welcomes eight exceptional drama and music teachers from schools around the country to the Big Apple for the first-ever  FREDDIE G THEATRE EXPERIENCE.  The weekend of events is a ...

Broadway Welcomes America's Teachers at the First "Freddie G" Theatre Experience

Eight exceptional drama and music teachers from schools around the country will participate in the first-ever BROADWAY WELCOMES AMERICA'S TEACHERS AT THE FIRST FREDDIE G THEATRE EXPERIENCE July16-18 in New York.  They will be hosted by Freddie ("G") ...

Freddie Gershon: How to Succeed by Breaking a Leg on HuffPost

MTI's CEO Freddie Gershon: How to Succeed by Breaking a Leg on the Huffington Post "The Educational Theatre Association is center stage. This summer is the 16th annual Thespian Festival in Lincoln, where students are learning about teamwork, ...

URINETOWN: The Musical?

Don’t let the title put you off. By the end of this show performers and audiences alike will be laughing so hard they’ll… fall off their chairs. Sorry, couldn’t resist. In all seriousness, URINETOWN is pretty much your typical musical. Boy ...

Freddie Gershon: Bringing Some Glee to High School Musicals and Helping Teachers Be American Idols

Music Theatre International's CEO, Freddie Gershon recently wrote a piece for The Huffington Post about younger performers keeping the art of musical theatre and performance alive and well.  He cites the influence of shows like Glee and American ...

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