General MTI News

An exciting change is coming soon to the way MTI delivers account information to its customers! Based on years of feedback from customers, as well as months of development work on our end, MTI will be introducing newly-designed customer Account Statements starting in May 2013. The new Account Statements will feature a summary of all [...]

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MTI is excited to announce the launching of E-perusals, our newest resource for our customers. Stop waiting for your perusals to be processed and shipped to you. Now you can request an E-perusal online or over the phone and have the perusal waiting in your Inbox in less than an hour! When you request an [...]

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The 30th Anniversary of Mama, I Want to Sing, the longest running off-Broadway Black musical in theater history, To Benefit The Mama Foundation for the Arts and the Gospel for Teens Program Graciously Underwritten by Myrna and Freddie Gershon with a Gala Celebration to Benefit THE MAMA FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS’ GOSPEL FOR TEENS Music [...]

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While Alan Menken and I were having dinner the night before Junior Theater Festival ’13 was to begin, he said to me, “You know, when I was a kid, what I really wanted to be was a rock star.” “You’ll feel like a rock start tomorrow night,” I confidently told the composer. But that was [...]

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In continuing with a series we’ve been doing that highlights MTI shows which are based on classic literature – including novels, plays and children’s books – today we’re featuring LUCKY STIFF. LUCKY STIFF was the now famous writing team (Stephen) Flaherty and (Lynn) Ahrens‘ (RAGTIME, DESSA ROSE*, ONCE ON THIS ISLAND) first produced musical. This [...]

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After dancing on Broadway in Billy Elliot, Gypsy, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and The Little Mermaid, Tim Federle is gearing up for his debut novel BETTER NATE THAN EVER to hit bookstores on February 5, 2013.  Federle discovered show tunes at a young age and dealt with bullies throughout school.  This drove him to flee [...]

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“NBC’s ‘Smash’: Make A Musical” Beaver Falls Area Middle School Pittsburgh, PA Reported by: Cynthia Ripley, iTheatrics Senior Education Associate, Resident Master Teacher September 28, 2012 It’s a given. Football is big in western PA, and Beaver Falls is no exception.  With Joe Namath as their hometown hero, the folks in Beaver Falls can lay [...]

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“NBC’s ‘Smash’: Make A Musical” La Grange High School Lake Charles, LA Reported by: Steven G. Kennedy, Resident Choreographer of the Broadway JR. Collection September 28, 2012   I was privileged to kick-off “NBC’s ‘SMASH’: Make A Musical” season in Lake Charles, LA! I have to admit I was struck with first-day-of-school jitters! But, I [...]

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Desert Wind Elementary School El Paso, Texas Reported by: Cynthia Ripley, iTheatrics Senior Education Associate, Resident Master Teacher September 21, 2012 Wow. It took one long trip to get to the Desert Wind School in the desert of El Paso, Texas. This community is just a stone’s throw to New Mexico and Juarez, Mexico. Desert [...]

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“NBC’s ‘SMASH’: MAKE A MUSICAL” Muskegon High School Muskegon, MI Reported by: Cynthia Ripley, iTheatrics Senior Education Associate, Resident Master Teacher October 1, 2012   Imagine you are doing some leisurely Saturday shopping in a suburban mall, when you find yourself in the middle of a freeze mob of High School students in matching shirts. [...]

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