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 ...
What makes a musical appealing to high school students? Which musicals do they want to perform? And which musicals are going to be a sure-fire success for performers and audiences alike?
At the Educational Theatre Associations’ Thespian Festival ...
The setting: Ancient Greece. The time: now. With the Peloponnesian War showing no signs of stopping and humankind becoming increasingly complacent, Dionysis, Greek god of wine, knows exactly what will save humanity: the writings of George Bernard ...
Head to the salon and then dust off your dancing shoes because HAIRSPRAY is here! The Broadway smash-hit and winner of eight Tony Awards adapted from the 1988 John Waters film, is now available for licensing from MTI (Many regional restrictions ...
The timeless tale of class differences and swapped identity is now available for licensing! THE PRINCE AND THE PAUPER, based on the novel by Mark Twain, is a delightful social satire centering on Edward, Prince of Wales, and Tom Canty, the son of a ...
Stephen Schwartz (GODSPELL, WICKED) and Anthony Stein's children's musical, CAPTAIN LOUIE, is now available in a version specifically designed for performance by middle-schoolers! That means we're delighted to announce that CAPTAIN LOUIE JR is the ...
SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS is a hilarious, somewhat unconventional romantic musical comedy. When Milly, a waitress, marries a man she met a few hours ago, she soon discovers her new husband expects her to take care of his six rowdy brothers. ...
BIG, Richard Maltby Jr, John Weidman, and David Shire's musical adaptation of the film by the same name, is a hilarious, unorthodox look at the perils of taking childhood for granted. Unlike Jason Robert Brown's 13, in which the main character ...
Composer/librettist Andrew Lippa is probably best known for his adaptation of THE WILD PARTY and for writing the score of THE ADDAMS FAMILY, which recently opened on Broadway and stars Bebe Neuwirth and Nathan Lane. But before either show, Lippa ...
This weekend, New York audiences are in for a treat. Encores!, a concert series of rarely performed American musicals, is currently staging the experimental Stephen Sondheim/Arthur Laurents musical, ANYONE CAN WHISTLE. The show, which has ...
