http://mtiblog.mtishows.com Musical Theatre News and information for schools, community and professional theaters Wed, 19 Jun 2013 14:07:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://mtiblog.mtishows.com/dr-dolittle-jr-trots-crawls-and-flies-onto-your-stage-the-classic-tale-of-animal-kindness-is-now-available-for-licensing/ http://mtiblog.mtishows.com/dr-dolittle-jr-trots-crawls-and-flies-onto-your-stage-the-classic-tale-of-animal-kindness-is-now-available-for-licensing/#comments Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:39:27 +0000 JasonC http://mtiblog.mtishows.com/?p=20071 The classic tale of kindness to animals and animal kindnesses trots, crawls and flies onto the stage in DOCTOR DOLITTLE JR. All of the characters we’ve come to love through the stories of Hugh Lofting and the magical movie musical are given new life in this 60-minute stage version for performance by middle school-aged children. [...]]]> http://mtiblog.mtishows.com/dr-dolittle-jr-trots-crawls-and-flies-onto-your-stage-the-classic-tale-of-animal-kindness-is-now-available-for-licensing/feed/ 0 http://mtiblog.mtishows.com/praise-for-peter-filichias-newest-book-strippers-showgirls-and-sharks/ http://mtiblog.mtishows.com/praise-for-peter-filichias-newest-book-strippers-showgirls-and-sharks/#comments Mon, 17 Jun 2013 17:14:21 +0000 JasonC http://mtiblog.mtishows.com/?p=20066 “Wait..Gypsy didn’t win the Tony for Best Musical?” That’s a question that gets asked over and over again, every time a new Rose takes to the runway in the Broadway classic “Gypsy”.  In “Strippers, Showgirls and Sharks”, the popular syndicated theatre critic Peter Filichia chronicles the history of the American musical by looking at those [...]]]> http://mtiblog.mtishows.com/praise-for-peter-filichias-newest-book-strippers-showgirls-and-sharks/feed/ 0 http://mtiblog.mtishows.com/filichia-features-grounding-the-little-mermaid-jr/ http://mtiblog.mtishows.com/filichia-features-grounding-the-little-mermaid-jr/#comments Fri, 14 Jun 2013 14:40:23 +0000 Peter Filichia http://mtiblog.mtishows.com/?p=20020 They fly through the air with the greatest of ease: those daring young actors currently appearing in the Paper Mill Playhouse production of THE LITTLE MERMAID. Out in Millburn, New Jersey, plenty of performers have been hooked to wires and harnesses. They then zoom from the stage floor to the rafters and back down again. [...]]]> http://mtiblog.mtishows.com/filichia-features-grounding-the-little-mermaid-jr/feed/ 0 http://mtiblog.mtishows.com/brisas-pieces-bonnie-clyde-will-steal-your-heart/ http://mtiblog.mtishows.com/brisas-pieces-bonnie-clyde-will-steal-your-heart/#comments Thu, 13 Jun 2013 21:11:58 +0000 Brisa Trinchero http://mtiblog.mtishows.com/?p=20013 Last month marked nearly 80 years since the iconic sweethearts-turned-bank-robbers, BONNIE & CLYDE, were brought down in Texas after capturing the nation’s attention. Their legend lived on in the hit 1967 film and now, their story has been set to music for the stage! I had the great pleasure of being part of the producing [...]]]> http://mtiblog.mtishows.com/brisas-pieces-bonnie-clyde-will-steal-your-heart/feed/ 0 http://mtiblog.mtishows.com/bridgeport-roosevelt-school-to-perfom-disneys-jungle-book-kids-with-support-of-turnaround-arts-and-the-presidents-committee-on-the-arts-and-the-humanities/ http://mtiblog.mtishows.com/bridgeport-roosevelt-school-to-perfom-disneys-jungle-book-kids-with-support-of-turnaround-arts-and-the-presidents-committee-on-the-arts-and-the-humanities/#comments Mon, 10 Jun 2013 18:15:28 +0000 JasonC http://mtiblog.mtishows.com/?p=19998 Funders Myrna and Freddie Gershon Support the Program to Transform the School Once the lowest performing school in the State of Connecticut, Roosevelt is one of eight schools around the country turning itself around through the arts. Roosevelt School was selected last April to be part of Turnaround Arts, an initiative of the President’s Committee [...]]]> http://mtiblog.mtishows.com/bridgeport-roosevelt-school-to-perfom-disneys-jungle-book-kids-with-support-of-turnaround-arts-and-the-presidents-committee-on-the-arts-and-the-humanities/feed/ 0 http://mtiblog.mtishows.com/mti-shows-and-authors-represented-at-the-2013-tony-awards/ http://mtiblog.mtishows.com/mti-shows-and-authors-represented-at-the-2013-tony-awards/#comments Sun, 09 Jun 2013 15:52:20 +0000 JasonC http://mtiblog.mtishows.com/?p=19976 We couldn’t be more excited and proud of our authors and their shows… MTI Shows Nominated for 2013 TONY Awards BRING IT ON: THE MUSICAL - Best Musical Book by Jeff Whitty Music by Tom Kitt and Amanda Green Lyrics by Amanda Green and Lin-Manuel Miranda ANNIE - Best Revival of a Musical Book by Thomas Meehan Music by Charles [...]]]> http://mtiblog.mtishows.com/mti-shows-and-authors-represented-at-the-2013-tony-awards/feed/ 0 http://mtiblog.mtishows.com/filichia-features-tick-tick-boom-jonathan-larsons-other-musical/ http://mtiblog.mtishows.com/filichia-features-tick-tick-boom-jonathan-larsons-other-musical/#comments Fri, 07 Jun 2013 14:23:07 +0000 Peter Filichia http://mtiblog.mtishows.com/?p=19952 Thirty is usually the first birthday that any of us dreads. Twenty-nine year-old Jonathan Larson did as well in 1990 – especially because he’d been trying to get a foothold on Broadway for years and he seemed to be getting nowhere. “I’m older than my dad was when I was born,” he rued. Of course, [...]]]> http://mtiblog.mtishows.com/filichia-features-tick-tick-boom-jonathan-larsons-other-musical/feed/ 0 http://mtiblog.mtishows.com/brisas-pieces-a-conversation-with-the-burnt-part-boys/ http://mtiblog.mtishows.com/brisas-pieces-a-conversation-with-the-burnt-part-boys/#comments Thu, 06 Jun 2013 15:48:04 +0000 Brisa Trinchero http://mtiblog.mtishows.com/?p=19962 I had the great pleasure of running into two talented songwriters the other day, Chris Miller and Nathan Tysen. I’ve long been a fan of their moving and timely musical, THE BURNT PART BOYS, written with Mariana Elder, ever since it made a splash in NYC. This beautiful coming of age musical, that presents a [...]]]> http://mtiblog.mtishows.com/brisas-pieces-a-conversation-with-the-burnt-part-boys/feed/ 0 http://mtiblog.mtishows.com/filichia-features-lucky-stiff-its-good-to-be-alive/ http://mtiblog.mtishows.com/filichia-features-lucky-stiff-its-good-to-be-alive/#comments Fri, 31 May 2013 19:38:14 +0000 Peter Filichia http://mtiblog.mtishows.com/?p=19940 We’ve seen plenty of teenagers in productions of THE BOY FRIEND, CHILDREN OF EDEN and GODSPELL. But LUCKY STIFF? Isabel Carrington, who runs the Warner Theatre Performance Lab for young performers in Torrington, Connecticut, had seen an adult cast perform the off-Broadway hit. Now she believed that her talented troupe could manage it. But doesn’t LUCKY [...]]]> http://mtiblog.mtishows.com/filichia-features-lucky-stiff-its-good-to-be-alive/feed/ 0 http://mtiblog.mtishows.com/tim-federle-to-join-hundreds-of-nyc-public-school-students-on-stage-at-the-shubert-foundationmti-broadway-junior-student-share/ http://mtiblog.mtishows.com/tim-federle-to-join-hundreds-of-nyc-public-school-students-on-stage-at-the-shubert-foundationmti-broadway-junior-student-share/#comments Thu, 30 May 2013 17:17:50 +0000 JasonC http://mtiblog.mtishows.com/?p=19927 Tim Federle, Broadway performer and author of Simon & Schuster’s, Better Nate Than Ever, (a New York Times Editor’s Choice), will serve as Master of Ceremonies as hundreds of students from middle and intermediate New York City Public Schools make their Broadway debut on stage at the Broadhurst Theatre (235 W. 44 St.) on Monday, [...]]]> http://mtiblog.mtishows.com/tim-federle-to-join-hundreds-of-nyc-public-school-students-on-stage-at-the-shubert-foundationmti-broadway-junior-student-share/feed/ 0 http://mtiblog.mtishows.com/brisas-pieces-tony-trivia-time/ http://mtiblog.mtishows.com/brisas-pieces-tony-trivia-time/#comments Thu, 30 May 2013 16:55:14 +0000 Brisa Trinchero http://mtiblog.mtishows.com/?p=19918 The Tony Awards are coming up next week and I hope you all will join me in watching Broadway’s biggest night of the year! Here’s some tricky Tony trivia to get you in the mood: 1. Which MTI show is nominated for Tony’s this year? A. Annie B. Pippin C.  Bring It On D.  All [...]]]> http://mtiblog.mtishows.com/brisas-pieces-tony-trivia-time/feed/ 0 http://mtiblog.mtishows.com/filichia-features-anne-of-green-gables-the-other-annie/ http://mtiblog.mtishows.com/filichia-features-anne-of-green-gables-the-other-annie/#comments Tue, 28 May 2013 16:02:44 +0000 Peter Filichia http://mtiblog.mtishows.com/?p=19902 When ANNIE was enjoying its original 1977-1983 run, lyricist-director Martin Charnin had to replace many a girl who’d suddenly grown too tall. To soften the news, he’d take each to Rumplemeyer’s, a posh New York ice cream palace, before telling her that she was getting canned. What a shame that bookwriter-lyricist Gretchen Cryer and composer [...]]]> http://mtiblog.mtishows.com/filichia-features-anne-of-green-gables-the-other-annie/feed/ 0 http://mtiblog.mtishows.com/brisas-pieces-awards-ceremonies-are-a-win-for-your-theater/ http://mtiblog.mtishows.com/brisas-pieces-awards-ceremonies-are-a-win-for-your-theater/#comments Tue, 28 May 2013 14:31:53 +0000 Brisa Trinchero http://mtiblog.mtishows.com/?p=19887 It’s the time of year on Broadway fondly known as “Award Season.” Culminating June 9th with the Tony Awards, a slew of other Broadway, off-Broadway and off-off Broadway awards ceremonies are occurring weekly! But before you think this is just the New York theater world patting itself on the back, let me remind you that [...]]]> http://mtiblog.mtishows.com/brisas-pieces-awards-ceremonies-are-a-win-for-your-theater/feed/ 0 http://mtiblog.mtishows.com/tis-the-season-to-pick-your-holiday-show/ http://mtiblog.mtishows.com/tis-the-season-to-pick-your-holiday-show/#comments Thu, 23 May 2013 14:31:28 +0000 ScottF http://mtiblog.mtishows.com/?p=19653 It’s never too early to plan your theater’s holiday show, and MTI is pleased to offer a wonderful and diverse selection of musicals perfect for this coming season. Looking for a musical adaptation of a blockbuster holiday movie?  Ready to take a journey with Ebenezer Scrooge through the past, present and future?  Can’t wait to [...]]]> http://mtiblog.mtishows.com/tis-the-season-to-pick-your-holiday-show/feed/ 0 http://mtiblog.mtishows.com/filichia-features-into-the-woods-it-takes-ten/ http://mtiblog.mtishows.com/filichia-features-into-the-woods-it-takes-ten/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 16:36:33 +0000 Peter Filichia http://mtiblog.mtishows.com/?p=19869 Can you find 19 talented performers to play all the roles in Into the Woods? That seems to be an order as tall as the second-act Giant. But if you take some tips from the most inaccurately named Fiasco Theater, you can stage the Stephen Sondheim-James Lapine masterpiece with only 10 people. Don’t believe it? [...]]]> http://mtiblog.mtishows.com/filichia-features-into-the-woods-it-takes-ten/feed/ 0