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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
The “Choosing Your High School’s Musical” series is a series of blog posts designed to introduce you to shows that we know are fantastic in a high school setting. Of course, it’s up to you to determine if the shows are best-suited to your community, so make sure to order a perusal copy of the [...]
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Turn on the television, glance at fashion magazines or theatre marquees, and it seems that the sixties are back in swing. And Sunday night, HOW TO SUCCEED IN BUSINESS WITHOUT EVEN TRYING premieres at Broadway’s Al Hirschfeld Theatre in New York. The production stars Daniel Radcliffe in his Broadway musical debut as J. Pierrepont Finch, and [...]
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In the fourth installment of our Marquee Q & A, actress Anne Horak catches up with MTI’s Tyler Paul to discuss YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN, Susan Stroman & Mel Brooks, and more… Anne Horak, a young actress with a blossoming career, began her journey with a number of leading roles at regional houses fresh out of college. [...]
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In the first installment of our Marquee Q & A Series, Broadway actor Tituss Burgess catches up with MTI’s Tyler Paul to discusses GUYS AND DOLLS, Frank Loesser, and more… Vocalist extraordinaire and Broadway actor Tituss Burgess, best known for his portrayal of Sebastian in the Broadway mounting of DISNEY’S THE LITTLE MERMAID, began his [...]
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Congratulations to Stages St. Louis! On March 22, the theatre won six Kevin Kline awards, including a tie for Outstanding Production of a Musical with their productions of THE DROWSY CHAPERONE and GUYS & DOLLS. THE DROWSY CHAPERONE also took awards for Outstanding Ensemble, Outstanding Lead Actor in a Musical (for David Schmittou), Outstanding Supporting [...]
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“Sit Down, You’re Rockin’ The Boat” from Frank Loesser and Abe Burrows’ GUYS & DOLLS is the kind of show-stopping number that audiences eagerly await. Often occuring towards the end of the second act, these numbers are commonly referred to as “11 o’clock numbers,” since, in a lengthy Broadway show, such numbers would be performed [...]
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Gambling features prominently in Frank Loesser, Jo Swerling, and Abe Burrows’ musical, GUYS & DOLLS. Finding a safe location for the floating crap game drives much of the story – as does Sky’s bet that he’ll take Sarah Brown, one of the Mission workers, to Havana. But gambling is also an underlying theme of the [...]
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“Knowing Frank Loesser was a rare and rewarding experience for many reasons,” writer Cynthia Lindsay explains, “but the most important was that no matter who and what you were, he made you better. Whether it was your talent, your humor, your confidence in yourself, you came away from him more creative, funnier, more perceptive about [...]
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The Marquee would like to sincerely congratulate all of this year’s nominees – it’s been an incredibly exciting time for theatre (one of the busiest seasons in decades) and there have been a lot of great productions. MTI is especially proud that two musicals in our catalogue have been nominated for Best Revival of a [...]
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Guys and Dolls Special Feature Part 2 The Music of Guys And Dolls Few composer/lyricists in the history of musical theatre could craft a song like Frank Loesser. Frank is still widely regarded as one of the true “fathers” of American musical theatre, and nowhere is his musical gravitas more evident than in his masterpiece, [...]
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