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MTI Responds to University's RENT Script-Changing Violation

By Jason Cocovinis on April 28, 2011

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

MTI wishes to address an important copyright issue surrounding a recent production of RENT at Maryland's Towson University in which director Diane Smith-Sadak cut lines from the show creating an alternate ending. BroadwayWorld.com reported on the ...

"Penguins Can't Fly...But They Can Soar" by Freddie Gershon via The Huffington Post

By Jason Cocovinis on April 26, 2011

in Announcements | Tags: Freddie Gershon

"We can measure reading and math, so that is what we think is important. But if you cut the arts and music because you think that's peripheral, you're wrong because "actually central" are poetry, sports and anything that keeps kids in school." This ...

Open Registration Begins for Junior Theater Festival 2012

By Jason Cocovinis on April 21, 2011

in Education and Arts Advocacy | Tags: Junior Theater Festival 2012

Open Registration Has Begun for the 2012 Junior Theater Festival in Atlanta, Georgia. The Festival takes place on January 13, 14, 15, 2012, so REGISTER BEFORE IT SELLS OUT!!! PERFORM: Present fifteen minutes from a Broadway JR. or KIDS Collection ...

"Mister President: The Kennedy Center for What?" by Freddie Gershon via The Huffington Post

By Jason Cocovinis on April 20, 2011

in Announcements | Tags: Freddie Gershon

MTI Chairman and CEO Freddie Gershon's latest article for The Huffington Post is an open letter to President Obama about the dire consequences of the impending cuts in arts education funding: Mister President: 40 million dollars for arts education ...

Exclusive H2$ Interviews with Daniel Radcliffe, John Larroquette and More!

By Jason Cocovinis on April 07, 2011

in Education and Arts Advocacy, Show/Author Spotlight | Tags: Conferences, Festivals and Special Events

Daniel Radcliffe (Equus on Broadway, Harry Potter films) and five-time Emmy® Award winner John Larroquette (Night Court, The Practice) recently made their Broadway musical debuts in the hilarious fable of executive dreams and office romance, HOW TO ...

Introducing the MTI Musical Finder - A Brand New Way to Search for a Show Playing Near You!

By Jason Cocovinis on April 03, 2011

in Announcements, Making Theater | Tags: General MTI News, MTI Resources

We wanted to share some exciting news about a feature called the MTI Musical Finder that we just debuted on MTI ShowSpace and our licensing website MTIshows,com. The MTI Musical Finder is an interactive mapping program that lets you search for an ...

Daniel Radcliffe (a.k.a. The Most Happy Fella) Meets Liza Minnelli

By Jason Cocovinis on March 30, 2011

in Making Theater, Show/Author Spotlight | Tags: Behind-the-Scenes

This past Sunday evening, MTI ShowSpace reporter, Ken Kleiber covered the opening night of the latest Broadway revival of HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS (WITHOUT REALLY TRYING), the classic Pulitzer-Prize winning musical written by Abe Burrows, Jack ...

American Theatre Wing's 2011 Jonathan Larson® Grant Will Be Presented to Writing Teams Behind CLOAKED, TAMAR AND THE RIVER, & THE KID - March 29th

By Jason Cocovinis on March 28, 2011

in Education and Arts Advocacy, Show/Author Spotlight | Tags: Conferences, Festivals and Special Events, MTI Authors, Rent

expository essays The American Theatre Wing's Jonathan Larson® Grants are given annually to honor emerging composers, lyricists and book writers, help to continue Tony Award®-winning composer Jonathan Larson’s dream of infusing musical theatre ...

Stephen Schwartz's SÉANCE ON A WET AFTERNOON to Premiere in New York April 19th

By Jason Cocovinis on March 24, 2011

in Show/Author Spotlight, Announcements | Tags: Stephen Schwartz, Godspell, In the News, Pippin

“Terrifically involving and entertaining … a riveting story for the stage.” —Variety Don’t miss the New York premiere of the first opera by musical theater legend Stephen Schwartz. The prodigious Oscar and Grammy Award-winning composer has ...

Kennedy Center Announces Inspirational Teaching Awards in Honor of Stephen Sondheim

By Jason Cocovinis on March 22, 2011

in Announcements | Tags: Freddie Gershon, In the News

Last March Music Theatre International CEO Freddie Gershon and his wife Myrna initiated an awards program with the Kennedy Center to recognize the achievements of some of the nation's most outstanding educators. Freddie and Myrna funded the ...

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