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The New York Times recently featured a review of a London production of “Into the Woods” that took the show’s setting quite seriously! The new Open Air Theatre production takes place with London’s Regent Park as its background and has received many rave reviews. The show is directed by Timothy Sheader, and is set to [...]
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SHOUT! THE MOD MUSICAL, a smashing revue of 1960’s Swing in England, has made its way to the coast of Maine with positive reviews!
This fun-filled musical, featuring such hits as “Downtown” and “Son of a Preacher Man”, is currently enjoying a successful run at the Arundel Barn Playhouse in Arundel, Maine. The concept and revue [...]
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Neil Patrick Harris’ new production of the iconic musical RENT was performed at the Hollywood Bowl in California this past weekend, with a cast of such celebrities as  Vannesa Hudgens from HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL and Wayne Brady.
TV star Harris is no stranger to Broadway - he has 3 productions under his belt, including MTI’s ASSASSINS by [...]
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Congratulations to our friends at Stagedoor Manor for their awesome feature on CBS Sunday Morning! Â The segment aired on the show’s August 8 Broadcast. Â Stagedoor, located in New York’s Catskill Mountains, is a summer training camp for the Broadway stars of tomorrow, and has a very impressive alumni list, including Natalie Portman, Jon Cryer, Zach [...]
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A New Take on a Classic Tale…
MTI author Frank Wildhorn, (JEKYLL & HYDE, DRACULA, THE CIVIL WAR) has jumped down the rabbit hole to create his new musical, WONDERLAND - a modern-day adaptation of the classic tale, Alice in Wonderland.
In Wildhorn’s interpretation, Alice is estranged from her husband, alienated from her daughter and in danger [...]
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EllaRC is a bookwriter/lyricist and musical theatre lover. She’s a new contributor to MTI Marquee - add her as a friend on MTI Showspace or check out her musical theatre and social justice blog, StageLeft.
There’s been an environmental disaster of epic proportion. The public is assured that the problem is being dealt with, but [...]
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Funny-man and Tony nominee Will Ferrell “announces” on The Late Show with David Letterman that he will be replacing Catherine Zeta Jones as Desiree in A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC. He even provides a “preview performance” - Â his rendition of the show’s signature song “Send In the Clowns.” Â Break a leg, Will!
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Everything’s Coming Up Ogres!
The national tour of Broadway’s SHREK THE MUSICAL, written by David Lindsay-Abaire and Jeanine Tesori was a smashing success during its stop in Chicago. We’ve known for a while now, just how fun and delightful this show really is…now the rest of the country is jumping on the ogre’s big green bandwagon.
We [...]
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Director Sarah Crawford will be presenting 1776 in August, 2010 at Musical Theater Heritage in Kansas City, MO.  The twist? Our nation’s founding fathers will be portrayed by an all-female cast! We love hearing about ambitious new productions of classic works, and this one has certainly piqued our interest.  Check out the article on [...]
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MTI’s Ken Kleiber got rare behind-the-scenes interviews with Broadway’s own Kristin Chenoweth and the rest of the gang from the Tony-nominated hit, PROMISES, PROMISES.
Video # 1: In our first video, Kristin shares her favorite newly added songs from the show:
Video #2: Our second video features director/choreographer Rob Ashford, lyricist Hal David, and the star-studded cast [...]
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