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Musical Theater News, Production Tips, New Musicals and More on The MTI Marquee Blog
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New-York Historical Society to Celebrate its 15th Annual American Musicals Project Benefit with an Evening of Music from Broadway’s Golden Era Myrna and Freddie Gershon and Manhattan P94M principal Ronnie Shuster to be honored for their ongoing support of musical theater education The New-York Historical Society will honor supporters of musical theater education Myrna and [...]
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NEW YORK – Oscar® and Tony Award®-winning composer Alan Menken, director Jeff Calhoun and producer Thomas Schumacher, join Kara Lindsay, Andrew Keenan-Bolger and Mike Faist, stars of the Tony® award-winning Broadway musical, Newsies, for a special presentation to 4,000 students and teachers representing 82 groups from 23 states at the 2013 Junior Theater Festival, it [...]
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Series of Annual $10,000 Awards Named for Broadway Legend (WASHINGTON, D.C.)—The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts is seeking nominations for the 2013 Kennedy Center/Stephen Sondheim Inspirational Teacher Awards – a series of annual grants that recognize inspiring teachers across the United States. Now in their third year, the awards were created in [...]
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Freddie Gershon, MTI’s Chairman and CEO is here with his latest inspiring article on the Huffington Post. In “Broadway’s Biggest Hit”, Freddie discusses the invigorating and energizing weekend he and his wife Myrna spent hosting eight exceptional teachers from around the country. The Freddie G Broadway Experience is now in its third year and is [...]
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MTI’s Chairman and CEO is back with his latest, thought-provoking article on the Huffington Post. In this piece, Freddie takes an inspiring look at our nation’s educators and the critical role they play in shaping ALL lives. Please read the entire article, comment and share by visiting the HuffPo here. Here’s an excerpt… When I [...]
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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 Myrna and Freddie (“G”) Gershon, Chairman and CEO of leading theatrical licensor Music Theatre International (MTI). [...]
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MTI Chairman and CEO Freddie Gershon is back with a new column on The Huffington Post. In this article,“May the Good Lord Bless and Keep You*”, Freddie reflects on the milestone week that was – Nick Jonas, Broadway Junior and MTI Day in NYC! Here’s an excerpt: Nick Jonas, recently of the Jonas Brothers, recently [...]
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As we gear up for this weekend’s Tony Honors and Tony Awards, we wanted to share the article, “Freddie Gershon: Building the Broadway Audience by Empowering Young Performers” which appears on the American Theatre Wing’s website. It’s a must read for anyone passionate about arts education and is a fitting encapsulation of Freddie’s work with [...]
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I’m appreciative of the recognition by the theatre community and my colleagues and feel honored and humbled at the same time. However, it is impossible to create something new without the collaboration of many people with different talents. The same is true when a musical has to be transformed three dimensionally for its actual performance. [...]
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The Tony Awards® Administration Committee has announced this year’s recipients of Tony Honors for Excellence in the Theatre and we are thrilled that MTI’s CEO Freddie Gershon, (whose work includes the creation of the MTI Broadway Junior Collection) is among the honorees. Joining Freddie in this honor is Artie Siccardi, a production supervisor who has [...]
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