John Prignano, senior operations officer for theatrical licensor Music Theatre International (MTI) has been appointed to the Educational Theatre Association Board of Directors (EdTA), a professional organization with approximately 100,000 members ...

Peter Pan at Centenary StageWhether you loved or loathed Peter Pan Live! on Dec. 4, you may well have been reminded of all the pleasures that the 1954 musical has to offer. As a result, you’ve decided to give the vintage musical a serious look ...

THE BEGINNING OF THE JOURNEY: Twelve years ago, following the phenomenal success of the big screen adaptation of the Broadway musical “Chicago” (which won six Academy Awards®, including Best Picture), director Rob Marshall sat down with Stephen ...

NBC is bringing in the holiday spirit with the stop-motion hourlong animated special "Elf: Buddy's Musical Christmas." Based on the popular film "Elf" and the hit Broadway show "Elf: The Musical," the special will star four-time Emmy Award winner Jim ...

Of course we all wish that Adolph Green were here to celebrate his 100th birthday on Dec. 2, 2014, but we’ll have to do it for him.Green did live to be 87, until Oct. 23, 2002 -- a sad day for musical theater. Betty Comden, his now-and-forever ...

Unprecedented Backstage Access with the Broadway Casts of Disney’s “The Lion King” and “Aladdin” and the North American Tour of “Newsies”  Special Musical Performance by Sir Elton John In celebration of Disney Theatrical ...

QUILT: A MUSICAL CELEBRATION is a musical based on stories for, from and about the NAMES PROJECT AIDS memorial quilt.  The book is by Jim Morgan, Merle Hubbard and John Schak, with music by Michael Stockler and lyrics by Jim Morgan. In 1987, the ...

Here’s a story about “The Three B’s” that has nothing to do with Bach, Beethoven and Brahms.Instead, this trio of young men can be called The Three Little Pigs who deserve three “F’s” for their behavior.But three writers – ...

The Ovation Cultural Development Corporation, led by Artistic Director Zhou Zhiqiang, has just recently (Saturday, November 8) opened what is being heralded as the most successful musical locally produced in China since that country began presenting ...

Once a musical is cast and its performers know what they have to do, you’ll find they’ll split up into two camps.Some will listen intently to the original cast album.Some will completely avoid it, lest they be swayed by the ...