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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
Educational theater consultancy firm iTheatrics is establishing an annual Sharidan Giles Technical Theater Award Scholarship. Giles was a respected theater production manager and technical director, who mentored countless technical theater artists and was one of the first women admitted into her local branch of The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Moving Picture Technicians, Artists [...]
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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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Music Theatre International and MyTheaterApps.com Announce Agreement for e-Script Distribution Through the Scene Partner® Webstore. Scene Partner to Join MTI’s Suite of Theatrical Resources for Use With MTI Licensed Productions. Music Theatre International is excited to bring a musical flair to the Scene Partner e-Script library, thanks to a new Distribution Agreement between the world’s [...]
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With the 67th Annual Tony Awards quickly approaching, this morning’s nomination list was an eagerly awaited thrill ride to kick start the remaining 40 days leading up to the big night. MTI is delighted to see so many titles and authors from our catalogue receiving nominations for their fantastic musicals on Broadway this past year. PIPPIN [...]
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“Thrilling! A stroke of genius!” – The Associated Press “The season’s Best Musical, jazz hands down!” – USA Today Everything has its season… and this season, PIPPIN returns to Broadway for the first time since it thrilled audiences 40 years ago! With a beloved score by Tony Award® nominee STEPHEN SCHWARTZ (GODSPELL, WICKED) that includes [...]
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(WASHINGTON, D.C.)—The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts announced the 2013 winners of Kennedy Center/Stephen Sondheim Inspirational Teacher Awards—a series of annual grants which publicly recognize American teachers by spotlighting their extraordinary impact on the lives of students. Seven teachers were selected in 2013 from a pool of hundreds of nominations received through [...]
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On the 12th of April 1861, Confederate guns opened fire on Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor, thus beginning the bloodiest battle in American history. The Civil War remains this nation’s single most defining experience; ultimately giving a new meaning to the word “Freedom.” To commemorate the 150th Anniversary of this war, the National Civil War [...]
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Longtime Bristol Township Harry S. Truman High School teacher Lou Volpe is being honored with the first-ever “MTI Lifetime Achievement Award for Theatre Education” by Music Theatre International (MTI), one of the world’s largest licensors of Musical Theatre. Mr. Volpe is retiring from teaching after 44 years. The award will be presented by MTI’s Senior [...]
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Tracy Turnblad travels from Baltimore to Jerusalem where Encore! Educational Theatre brings HAIRSPRAY to the stage to feature 32 Anglo-Israeli and Ethiopian-Israeli singers, dancers and actors to share the story of empowerment, freedom, confidence and equality. Director Eli Kaplan-Wildmann explains, “Our cast is made up of people who face these issues today in their own [...]
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