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Musical Theater News, Production Tips, New Musicals and More on The MTI Marquee Blog
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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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The following article originally appeared in “Behind the Scenes” – the official Newsletter of Broadway Cares / Equity Fights AIDS… “Seasons of Love,” Jonathan Larson’s unforgettable anthem from his groundbreaking musical Rent, has helped more than $21,000 worth of love flow to thousands affected by HIV/AIDS over the last year, thanks to the generosity, creativity [...]
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MTI wishes to address an important copyright issue surrounding a recent production of RENT at Maryland’s Towson University in which director Diane Smith-Sadak cut lines from the show creating an alternate ending. BroadwayWorld.com reported on the controversy this morning, after being made aware of the issue from the activity it generated on their message boards. [...]
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RENT returns to New York City’s New World Stages this summer, and www.siteforrent.com is letting you in on the action! “MAKE RENT YOURS” Video Contest Calling all aspiring filmmakers, animators, and artists! Over 15,000 people have seen the “RENT RETURNS” announcement video on YouTube. Now it’s YOUR turn to create a teaser video of your [...]
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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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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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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 [...]
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