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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
Get involved and make a difference! Musicals in our Schools is a full week of advocacy activities designed to remind the world just how important musicals are in our young people’s lives. When: Musicals In Our Schools Week is an annual event held the third full week of March in honor of both Stephen Sondheim [...]
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Music by Elton John Lyrics by Tim Rice Book by Linda Woolverton, Robert Falls, and David Henry Hwang. AIDA: SCHOOL EDITION is “a contemporary musical take on a grand classic tale of the timeless bond between an enslaved Nubian princess and an Egyptian soldier.” This story of forbidden love between two people from very separate [...]
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RENT: SCHOOL EDITION book, music and lyrics by Jonathan Larson. The Story RENT: SCHOOL EDITION is the Pulitzer Prize-winning rock musical loosely based on Puccini’s LA BOHEME. As described on the MTI show page, “it follows a year in the lives of seven friends living the disappearing Bohemian lifestyle in New York’s East Village. AIDS [...]
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Book by Alain Boublil Music by Claude-Michel Schönberg Lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer and Alain Boublil Based on the novel by Victor Hugo LES MISÉRABLES: SCHOOL EDITION tells the story of the musical epic LES MISÉRABLES in a form that’s more producible and accessible for high school students and audiences. MTI worked with producer Cameron Mackintosh [...]
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The Demon Barber of Fleet Street SWEENEY TODD: SCHOOL EDITION with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by Hugh Wheeler. Though the character Sweeney Todd dates back to the 19th Century, Sondheim and Wheeler’s musical is adapted from Christopher Bond’s play SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET from the early 1970s. [...]
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The following is an article by our guest contributor Eric Kang – a talented Composer and Musical Director. The Worst Pies in London, and the Ultimate Fate of Mrs. Lovett There are few roles as complicated and difficult to perform as the diabolical pastry chef of Fleet Street in Stephen Sondheim’s SWEENEY TODD / SWEENEY [...]
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EllaRC is a bookwriter/lyricist and musical theatre lover. She’s a new contributor to the MTI Marquee – add her as a friend on MTI ShowSpace or check out her musical theatre and social justice blog, Stageleft. Over the next few weeks I’ll be discussing the different musicals in the MTI School Editions collection, focusing on [...]
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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. Musical theatre is a powerful educational tool, not just for students who participate in creating the production, but also for [...]
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