Fall in Love with Darling Grenadine

A new romance available for licensing.

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Suffs Keeps Marching with MTI

Music Theatre International acquires Suffs, the Tony-winning true story of the women who fought tirelessly for the right to vote.

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How to Dance in Ohio Waltzes Up to MTI

The exuberant coming-of-age comedy joins MTI.

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Praise for CLOSER THAN EVER at The York Theatre Company at Saint Peter’s

By Jason Cocovinis on July 25, 2012

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

Maltby and Shire's CLOSER THAN EVER (playing in NYC at The York Theatre Company's Saint Peter's theatre) has now been extended through August 25th. Read the fabulous reviews and get ticketing information here. In the meantime, here's a sampling of ...

Filichia Features: Legally Blonde Ambition Realized

By Peter Filichia on July 19, 2012

in Education and Arts Advocacy, Making Theater, Show/Author Spotlight | Tags: Filichia Features, MTI Broadway Junior Collection

literary essay definitionNobody’s dressed in a tux or a gown, but it’s a world premiere nevertheless.We’re not quite on Broadway, either, but on Tenth Avenue at The 52nd Street Project Theater. But you can feel from the chatter among ...

Filichia Features: Hello Dolly, In 9 to 5

By Peter Filichia on July 12, 2012

in Making Theater, Show/Author Spotlight | Tags: Filichia Features

You can have Dolly Parton in your next musical.Well, in a manner of speaking. Dolly won’t show up to do eight a week, but she will appear in 9 to 5 – at least in a video that comes with the show’s rental materials.After the musical had ...

The Freddie G Broadway Experience - Celebrating Eight Exceptional Educators!

By Corinne Fitamant on July 10, 2012

in Education and Arts Advocacy, Announcements | Tags: Freddie G Broadway Experience 2012, Freddie Gershon

Eight exceptional educators from schools and performing arts centers around the country will work one-on-one with Broadway greats at the 3rd Annual FREDDIE G BROADWAY EXPERIENCE July 12th - 15th. Again this year, the event has been underwritten by ...

THE BURNT PART BOYS Songwriters Talk About The Show

By EllaRose Chary on July 06, 2012

in Making Theater, Announcements, Show/Author Spotlight | Tags: Behind-the-Scenes, General MTI News, MTI Authors, New Shows, Show Spotlight, Theatre on the Edge

THE BURNT PART BOYS, book by Mariana Elder, lyrics by Nathan Tysen, and music by Chris Miller, is the newest addition to MTI’s Theatre on the Edge collection. Theatre on The Edge shows are marked by the fact that they have garnered a ...

HAIRSPRAY and HAIRSPRAY JR. Start a Summer Tradition in Des Moines

By EllaRose Chary on July 02, 2012

in Show/Author Spotlight, Education and Arts Advocacy | Tags: Des Moines Community Playhouse, diversity, Jr., Kathy Pingel, Marc Shaiman, mark o'donnell, Scott Wittman, thomas meehan, MTI Broadway Junior Collection, Show Spotlight

Last summer, Des Moines Community Playhouse, a community theater in Des Moines, Iowa, did something they had never done before – a main stage production of a musical running in repertory with a full-blown kids’ musical. The shows? HAIRSPRAY and a ...

Filichia Features: The 2012 Jimmy Awards

By Peter Filichia on June 29, 2012

in Education and Arts Advocacy, Making Theater | Tags: Conferences, Festivals and Special Events, Filichia Features

No one keeps track of the record number of decibels that the walls of the Minskoff Theatre have endured – especially since The Lion King roared into the place six years ago. But the record may have been shattered along with a lot of eardrums on ...

Filichia Features: Remembering Richard Adler

By Peter Filichia on June 25, 2012

in Making Theater, Show/Author Spotlight | Tags: Damn Yankees, Filichia Features

I was sorry to learn that Richard Adler died on June 21. Ninety is a ripe old age, of course, but seeing another stalwart of The Golden Age of Musical Theatre leave us is never easy.What Adler accomplished in the '50s will never be accomplished ...

Teaneck Community Charter School is a SMASH Success - Wins One of Ten Grand Prizes

By Jason Cocovinis on June 25, 2012

in Announcements, Education and Arts Advocacy | Tags: In the News, NBC's 'SMASH' Make a Musical

writing papers The stars are shining brightly at the Teaneck Community Charter School in Teaneck, New Jersey which has won one of ten grand prizes in the nationwide “NBC’s ‘Smash’: Make a Musical” program. The philanthropic ...

Audiences Are 'Wowed' in Western Utah

By Corinne Fitamant on June 22, 2012

in Show/Author Spotlight

Combine picturesque mountains with superb theatrical performances, and what do you get? Summertime in Western Utah. This summer, consider journeying to the Tuacahn Center for the Arts and the Utah Shakespeare Festival for exciting upcoming events. ...