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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 Season 1 finale of NBC’s Smash featured the first Boston preview of Bombshell with Karen stepping into the leading role at the last minute. The episode ended with Karen giving the preview of Bombshell and a fantastic ending with “Don’t Forget About Me.” We certainly haven’t forgotten about you Karen Cartwright! As we begin [...]
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As Jane Krakowski so eloquently sang in GRAND HOTEL, “I Want To Go To Hollywood!” She could, in fact, be speaking not just for herself but for many of today’s musical theater hits. Seeing the fantastic LES MISERABLES film this week inevitably got me thinking about musical theater and movies. For as long as Hollywood [...]
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The Stories Behind MTI’s 2012 New Releases MISS SAIGON (SCHOOL EDITION), the LITTLE MERMAID (JR) and A LITTLE PRINCESS became the newest WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN after the LOVE STORY between BONNIE AND CLYDE turned them into TOXIC AVENGERs. The BURNT PART BOYS started WORKING on a ROAD SHOW with the [...]
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In honor of the release of Les Misérables the motion picture set to open nationwide on Christmas Day, MTI presents the 24,601 Faces of Les Misérables sweepstakes. MTI in conjunction with Universal Studios are ecstatic to offer exclusive movie and musical memorabilia for four lucky participants. These prizes can be yours for free with the [...]
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You don’t need to wait one day more to join the licensing revolution, because now the full-length version of LES MISÉRABLES is available to license in North America for a limited time, for performances starting in June 2013 (some regional restrictions apply)! Due to the unprecedented success of the first-class productions in the West End, [...]
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Combine picturesque mountains with superb theatrical performances, and what do you get? Summertime in Western Utah. This summer, consider journeying to the Tuacahn Center for the Arts and the Utah Shakespeare Festival for exciting upcoming events. Both are “destination theatres.” In other words, people go on vacations in the area, take advantage of the myriad [...]
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Sometimes being faithful to the score of an MTI musical requires unique, signature keyboard/synthesizer patches integral to the orchestration. The challenge for musical directors is when these authentic sounds are difficult to find and even more difficult to re-produce correctly. That’s why we created MTI’s Keyboard Patch SolutionsTM – an easy to use resource designed [...]
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2010 marks the 25th anniversary year for LES MISERABLES, but over in the UK the revolution is just getting started. To celebrate this milestone, Cameron Mackintosh recently presented a brand new 25th anniversary production of Boublil & Schonberg‘s legendary musical with glorious new staging and spectacular re-imagined scenery inspired by the paintings of Victor Hugo. [...]
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MTI ShowSpace contributor and composer, Julian Blackmore is back with his third installment of the video series “In a New York Minute” where he catches up with Broadway actors in unusual locations to get their likes and dislikes on video in 60 seconds. There’s more to it than that, but you’ll just have to watch [...]
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