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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
Music Theatre International’s CEO, Freddie Gershon recently wrote a piece for The Huffington Post about younger performers keeping the art of musical theatre and performance alive and well. He cites the influence of shows like Glee and American Idol, as well as the perennial favorite, Disney’s High School Musical (which MTI licenses as a stage [...]
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The Phantom took the day off from his Opera this past Monday, as MTI, The Shubert Foundation, iTheatrics, the New York City Department of Education and ArtsConnection welcomed over 400 middle-school students to perform on the stage of the fabled Majestic Theatre at a celebratory event known as “Student Share”. “Student Share” is the culmination [...]
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This Vanity Fair article examines how the new hit TV show GLEE has built on the legacy and success of DISNEY’S HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL. Like HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL, GLEE challenges conventional high school stereotypes through song and dance – but in a style and tone all its own. GLEE recently won a Golden Globe for [...]
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Since its formation in the 1950′s, MTI has been, and continues to be an ambassador for the American Musical at home and abroad. While the majority of MTI’s licensing occurs within the United States, we have also licensed shows in over 60 countries across the world. Each new overseas production is a chance to view [...]
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True Life: Camp’d Out- I’m Going to Performing Arts Camp MTV takes its popular documentary series, True Life: Camp’d Out, to the Western Catskills of New York to visit the highly distinguished summer camp, French Woods. Shooting for nine weeks of the summer camp session in 2008, MTV’s True Life crew follows the lives of [...]
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Get ready to rock the ice at Disney’s High School Musical: The Ice Tour! Click on your city name for special offers for Rapid City, Champaign, Moline, Council Bluffs Let’s go, Wildcats! It’s time for Disney’s High School Musical: The Ice Tour, featuring a cast of world class skaters in the one and only live celebration [...]
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It’s the Start of Something New: Class is back in session and the gang at East High will never be the same again thanks to this newly-released Broadway, Jr. edition of the musical sensation that’s sweeping the nation. Now Troy, Gabriella, Sharpay, Ryan and the rest of the Wildcats can bring their special brand of [...]
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Wanna perform Disney’s High School Musical at your school? Disney, in partnership with the NAMM Foundation has an amazing grant program to will allow for middle and high schools across the U.S. to apply for a grant to put on their own school stage production of Disney’s “High School Musical.” The deadline for entries has [...]
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