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Festival Group Featured on Milwaukee's FOX6 News

By Tyler Paul on June 18, 2010
in Education and Arts Advocacy, Show/Author Spotlight, Announcements | Tags: Bradford High School, educational theatre association, International Thespian Festival 2010, Conferences, Festivals and Special Events, In the News, Show Spotlight
Kenosha, Wisconsin is sending the theatre students of Bradford High and Tremper High to EdTA's Thespian Festival next week to perform their selected main-stage productions of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying and Working. The ...

What Students Can Learn From WORKING

By Kathryn Harris on June 17, 2010
in Education and Arts Advocacy, Show/Author Spotlight | Tags: craig carnelia, International Thespian Festival 2010, james taylor, mary rodgers, micki grant, nina faso, Stephen Schwartz, susan birkenhead, Conferences, Festivals and Special Events, Show Spotlight
A job is more than how a person spends the day.  It's wrapped up in a person's identity - and dreams.  The musical WORKING perfectly illustrates just how important that connection is.  Adapted by Stephen Schwartz (PIPPIN, WICKED) and Nina Faso ...

Giving Them What They Want….A Dirty Rotten Musical…

By Victoria Saxton on June 17, 2010
in Education and Arts Advocacy, Show/Author Spotlight | Tags: Central York High School, David Yazbek, educational theatre association, International Thespian Festival 2010, Jack O'Brien, Jeffrey Lane, John Lithgow, Norbert Leo Butz, Sherie Rene Scott, terrence McNally, Tony Awards, Conferences, Festivals and Special Events, Show Spotlight
At this year's Educational Theatre Associations’ Thespian Festival, Central York High School (Pennsylvania) have been chosen to perform a main stage production of DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS, one of five MTI shows which will be performed. We wish CYHS ...

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

By Jason Cocovinis on June 16, 2010
in Show/Author Spotlight, Announcements | Tags: American Idol, Freddie Gershon, Glee, General MTI News
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 ...

How to Succeed at Putting on a High School Musical Without Really Trying (Or Maybe Trying a Bit)

By Victoria Saxton on June 16, 2010
in Education and Arts Advocacy, Show/Author Spotlight | Tags: abe burrows, Daniel Radcliffe, educational theatre association, Frank Loesser, International Thespian Festival 2010, jack weinstock, Matthew Broderick, Megan Mullally, Pulitzer Prize, willie gilbert, Conferences, Festivals and Special Events, Show Spotlight
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 ...

Five MTI Shows Featured at International Thespian Festival

By Jason Cocovinis on June 15, 2010
in Education and Arts Advocacy, Show/Author Spotlight | Tags: EDTA, International Thespian Festival 2010, Thespian Festival, Conferences, Festivals and Special Events, Pippin, Show Spotlight
This year's Thespian Festival in Lincoln, Nebraska features more than fifty productions presented by schools from throughout North America and abroad. A select few have been chosen as Main Stage presentations at the Festival. The select group ...

MTI Shows Featured in the 2nd Annual Jimmy Awards. Is YOUR school nominated?

By GERRY LIU on June 09, 2010
in Education and Arts Advocacy, Announcements, Show/Author Spotlight | Tags: Musical Theater, nederlander, Conferences, Festivals and Special Events, In the News, Show Spotlight
The 2nd Annual National High School Musical Theater Awards, otherwise known as the "Jimmys," are right around the corner...is someone from your school nominated? Presented by Nederlander Alliances and Pittsburgh CLO, the Jimmys recognize outstanding ...

MTI at the Tonys: Past and Present.

By Victoria Saxton on June 08, 2010
in Education and Arts Advocacy, Announcements, Show/Author Spotlight | Tags: Dick Scanlan, joe dipietro, Lynn Ahrens, Stephen Flaherety, Stephen Sondheim, The Tony Awards 2010, Conferences, Festivals and Special Events, In the News, Show Spotlight
Part I – Overview. Click on the above image to go to the official Tony Awards site. MTI has a proud history of association with the Tony Awards. Over the last sixty-three years MTI shows and authors have amassed over two-hundred awards in ...

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