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Musical Theater News, Production Tips, New Musicals and More on The MTI Marquee Blog
Musical Theatre News and information for schools, community and professional theaters
School #20: Watertown Middle School Watertown, MA Reported by: Steven G. Kennedy, Resident Choreographer, iTheatrics February 17, 2012 Today I found myself in Boston, MA working with our final NBC’s ‘SMASH’ MAKE A MUSICAL school, Watertown Middle School. When I arrived, I saw “Smash” Make A Musical posters everywhere! I was sure this was a [...]
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School #19: Trillium Charter School Portland, OR Reported by: Marty Johnson, Director of Education, iTheatrics February 10, 2012 I get asked what my job is a lot, especially as I visit all of these new schools across the country. Am I a director, an educator, an administrator, or am I actually a performer on “Smash?” [...]
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“Although I’ve never written, directed, produced or starred in a play or musical on Broadway, I received notice of this forthcoming honor a short time ago. I have spent decades being an advocate for musical theater throughout the world and more specifically in our schools, even more specifically for all grade levels. I elected to [...]
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School #18: Ford Middle School Tacoma, WA Reported by: Marty Johnson, Director of Education, iTheatrics February 9, 2012 Heading back to the West coast to visit my 10th school, I was thinking about each of the schools the iTheatrics’ team has been visiting and how amazing it is to bring musical theater to each of [...]
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Because it’s Women’s History Month, the MTI Marquee has developed a new series focused on the individuals being celebrated during the month of March. Click here to read about women writers represented in the catalogue! Think of PACIFIC OVERTURES, Stephen Sondheim and Jon Weidman’s show about the opening of Japan for trade or EUBIE! (featured [...]
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School #17: Watershed High School Minneapolis, MN Reported by: Marty Johnson, Director of Education, iTheatrics February 8, 2012 As I headed off to Minneapolis, I was not only excited to visit our next school, but I was also excited to see a good college friend who now lives there. Over lunch, my friend told me [...]
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School #16: Brittany Woods Middle School St. Louis, MO Reported by: Steven G. Kennedy, Resident Choreographer, iTheatrics February 10, 2012 Upon my arrival in St. Louis, MO, I was struck by the beautiful Gateway to the West Arch. This structure, one of the tallest manmade monuments in the United States, was created to honor westward expansion. I [...]
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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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School #14: Renfroe Middle School Atlanta, GA Reported by: Timothy Allen McDonald, Founder and CEO, iTheatrics February 6, 2012 I flew from Los Angeles to Atlanta, Georgia with a very full agenda ahead of me. Atlanta is the host city for the Junior Theater Festival, which is where we announced NBC’s ‘SMASH’ MAKE A MUSICAL [...]
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In honor of Black History Month, MTI Marquee is featuring shows from out catalog that deal with the national celebration’s themes, and those African American artists whose work has helped shape musical theater history. Falling into the latter category is Thomas “Fats” Waller, the musician and composer who’s work makes up the score for AIN’T [...]
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