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	<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:28:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>MTI ShowSpace - A FREE Resource to Help You Put on a Show</title>
		<link>http://mtiblog.mtishows.com/?p=2695</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:49:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JasonC</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Community Rentals]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[MTI ShowSpace]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Musicals are a collaborative experience and MTI’s role has always been to connect with and encourage the people presenting theatre. The launch of MTI ShowSpace lets us use our years of experience cultivating relationships with theatres and arts organizations from around the world to build an online community that’s specific to the practice of putting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fill Your High School with THE SOUND OF PLAID</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:48:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KatH</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[the sound of plaid: the new glee club version of forever plaid]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Plaids have been delighting audiences for over a decade, proving that friendship, dedication, and charming renditions of 1950s standards can transcend even death.  But now, Francis, Sparky, Jinx, and Smudge won&#8217;t have to carry out their posthumous performance on their own.  In THE SOUND OF PLAID: THE NEW GLEE CLUB VERSION OF FOREVER PLAID, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Waiting For Life: ONCE ON THIS ISLAND Gives Hope To New Orleans Teens</title>
		<link>http://mtiblog.mtishows.com/?p=2641</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:44:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KatH</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[In the News]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Lynn Ahrens]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Once On This Island]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[stephen flaherty]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s easy to feel helpless in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.  Even four years later, there are still areas of New Orleans that need to be rebuilt &#8212; and stories of hardship and strength that need to be told.  In the new documentary, After the Storm, a group of students are able to do exactly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Win Authentic Frank Loesser Theatre Memorabilia</title>
		<link>http://mtiblog.mtishows.com/?p=2732</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 22:48:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JasonC</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[General MTI News]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Contest]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Frank Loesser]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[MTI ShowSpace]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Win authentic memorabilia from one of America’s greatest composers, by entering our “How To Win Cool Stuff Without Really Trying Sweepstakes: “Thanks, Frank!” Photo Contest”*
Here at MTI, we’re grateful for the impact musical theatre has had on all of our lives.  As Thanksgiving approaches, we’re especially grateful to a wonderful man who helped make this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Teachers and Students Take Part In University of the Arts&#8217; FOLLIES</title>
		<link>http://mtiblog.mtishows.com/?p=2598</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 19:55:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KatH</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[sondheim]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Life was fun, but oh so intense,
Everything was possible, and nothing made sense.
Few places embody these lines more than a university, as University of the Arts in Philadelphia demonstrated in late October with its concert presentation of FOLLIES.  The Ira Brind School of Theater Arts quickly settled on the Stephen Sondheim/James Goldman show as part [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Journey On: RAGTIME Revival Opens on Broadway</title>
		<link>http://mtiblog.mtishows.com/?p=2647</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:04:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KatH</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[In the News]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Lynn Ahrens]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Ragtime]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[stephen flaherty]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[terrence McNally]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The first Broadway revival of RAGTIME opened on November 15 to a number of great reviews! The critics agree: RAGTIME is perhaps more appropriate now than it was when it first opened ten years ago.
Here are a few articles featuring this new production of RAGTIME:
From Peter Filichia at TheaterMania: Welcome Home, Ragtime!
From LoHud.com: Broadway, Meet [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sail Into The Holiday Season With THE CHRISTMAS SCHOONER</title>
		<link>http://mtiblog.mtishows.com/?p=2643</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:03:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KatH</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[On the Road]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[john reeger]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[julie shannon]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[the christmas schooner]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The holidays are right around the corner, and this year just might be the time to treat yourself to a different kind of holiday musical.  That&#8217;s what audiences are doing in Munster, Indiana.  Theatre-goers are lining up to see an original musical that embodies the holiday spirit in a new and heartwarming way.  From November [...]]]></description>
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		<title>MTI ShowSpace Goes Live - Now There’s a New Place for Theatre People to Click!</title>
		<link>http://mtiblog.mtishows.com/?p=2629</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:26:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JasonC</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[General MTI News]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Here at MTI, we&#8217;re thrilled to announce the official launch of our new online community, MTI ShowSpace.
Dedicated to people who love and live musical theatre, MTI ShowSpace offers thespians and fans a space to connect with anyone and everyone involved in the theatrical process, and serves as a continuously expanding free knowledge database so that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No Day But Today: Judge Ruling Allows RENT: SCHOOL EDITION To Be Performed</title>
		<link>http://mtiblog.mtishows.com/?p=2623</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:45:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KatH</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[In the News]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[jonathan larson]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Rent]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s a fact of life that educators and parents don&#8217;t always see eye-to-eye, but involving the law isn&#8217;t exactly standard procedure.
That, however, is exactly what happened in Henderson, Nevada, when a Green Valley High School theatre class decided to perform THE LARAMIE PROJECT and RENT: SCHOOL EDITION.  Objecting to the issues of homosexuality in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Rumblin&#8217; And A Rollin&#8217;: Revisiting The Leo Frank Case</title>
		<link>http://mtiblog.mtishows.com/?p=2616</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:47:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KatH</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[In the News]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Jason Robert Brown]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[parade]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[uhry]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Journey back to 1913 Georgia, where a Jewish man from New York was accused of murdering a 13 year old girl&#8211;and abducted from his cell and lynched.  A new documentary airing tonight on PBS, The People Vs. Leo Frank revists the case composer/lyricist Jason Robert Brown (13, THE LAST FIVE YEARS) and bookwriter/playwright Alfred Uhry [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Trick Or Treat With A Spooky MTI Musical!</title>
		<link>http://mtiblog.mtishows.com/?p=2491</link>
		<comments>http://mtiblog.mtishows.com/?p=2491#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:15:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KatH</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[General MTI News]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[annabelle broom]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Bricusse]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[brooks]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[captain louie]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[dracula]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[jekyll & hyde]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[meehan]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Schwartz]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[sondheim]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Sweeney Todd]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[the toxic avenger]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Wheeler]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[wildhorn]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[young frankenstein]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Outside the MTI offices, the wind is getting colder, the air is getting crisper, and the leaves are getting more and more colorful.  It&#8217;s undeniable: Halloween is fast approaching.  Need a recommendation on which cast recording to play while carving Jack-o-Lanterns, curling up in your favorite armchair with a mug of hot cider, or handing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Celebrating Frank Loesser, Heart And Soul</title>
		<link>http://mtiblog.mtishows.com/?p=2405</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:13:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KatH</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[In the News]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[greenwillow]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Guys & Dolls]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[how to succeed in business without really trying]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[loesser]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[the most happy fella]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Knowing Frank Loesser was a rare and rewarding experience for many reasons,&#8221; writer Cynthia Lindsay explains, &#8220;but the most important was that no matter who and what you were, he made you better.  Whether it was your talent, your humor, your confidence in yourself, you came away from him more creative, funnier, more perceptive about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Get Radioactive With THE TOXIC AVENGER</title>
		<link>http://mtiblog.mtishows.com/?p=2503</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:12:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KatH</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[bryan]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[dipietro]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[the toxic avenger]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[With Halloween right around the corner, there&#8217;s no better time to announce MTI&#8217;s newest acquisition: THE TOXIC AVENGER.  Currently running off-Broadway, THE TOXIC AVENGER is a delightfully campy romp through a callously polluted New Jersey, complete with an &#8217;80s rock score written by David Bryan of Bon Jovi.  Joe DiPietro&#8217;s (I LOVE YOU, YOU&#8217;RE PERFECT, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Find The Music In You With DISNEY&#8217;S HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 2 JR!</title>
		<link>http://mtiblog.mtishows.com/?p=2341</link>
		<comments>http://mtiblog.mtishows.com/?p=2341#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:12:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KatH</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[General MTI News]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Disney]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[High School Musical 2 Jr]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[School&#8217;s back in session, but summer has just begun for the characters in DISNEY&#8217;S HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 2 JR!
MTI is delighted to announce that the rights for the second installment of Disney&#8217;s international phenomenon are now fully-available.  Middle-schoolers across the country &#8212; and around the world &#8212; can now take part in the summer adventures [...]]]></description>
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		<title>National Community Theatre Directors Conference Tackles Issues Facing Arts Organizations</title>
		<link>http://mtiblog.mtishows.com/?p=2508</link>
		<comments>http://mtiblog.mtishows.com/?p=2508#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 21:11:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KatH</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[In the News]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Something special is happening at University of Wisconsin-Madison.  On November 22-24, the campus will host the National Community Theatre Directors Conference, where those working full-time in community theatres across the country can see for themselves that theatre transcends geographic boundaries.  Guided by Facilitator John Viars, who has been the Executive Director of the Des Moines [...]]]></description>
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