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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
RAGTIME – (written by the award-winning composer/lyricist team of Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens and noted playwright Terrence McNally and based on E.L. Doctorow’s distinguished novel), intertwines the stories of three extraordinary families, as they confront history’s timeless contradictions of wealth and poverty, freedom and prejudice, hope and despair, and what it means to live [...]
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Oh, the things you can think if you’re willing to try…Think invisible ink! Or a Gink with a stink! Or a stair to the sky… As we celebrate National Teen Read Week, we felt it more than appropriate to spotlight a show with beloved characters that people have been reading about since before they were [...]
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EllaRC is a bookwriter/lyricist and musical theatre lover. She’s a new contributor to the MTI Marquee – add her as a friend on MTI ShowSpace or check out her musical theatre and social justice blog, Stageleft. Over the next few weeks I’ll be discussing the different musicals in the MTI School Editions collection, focusing on [...]
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This is the second in our Non-Profit Spotlight Series. The first, on Lincoln Center Theater, can be found here. For a lot of people, 42nd St has become synonymous with the glitz and glamour of classic Broadway, complete with big sets, big production numbers, and big money. But walk a few blocks west, and you’ll [...]
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Throughout New York and the rest of the country, non-profit theatres are hard at work. Whether putting their own takes on adventurous modern musicals or nurturing the latest generation of bookwriters, lyricists, and composers, non-profit theatres have proven themselves to be essential incubators for shows that question and redefine the limits of musical theatre. This [...]
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Congratulations to the Chicago premiere of Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty’s THE GLORIOUS ONES for netting 8 Jeff Award nominations! The show, which enjoyed an off-Broadway run at Lincoln Center a few seasons ago, has tied for earning the most Jeff nominations this season, along with CHESS. Bohemian Theatre Ensemble has clearly struck a chord [...]
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A MAN OF NO IMPORTANCE, an intimate, chamber musical by longtime collaboratators Lynn Ahrens, Stephen Flaherty, and Terrence McNally (RAGTIME), addresses a number of universal issues. Friendship, the transformative power of art, and being honest about one’s self are themes that mark the story of lonely bus conductor Alfie Byrne. But the show – whose [...]
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Since the original Broadway production opened in 1998, RAGTIME has given audiences an epic view of New York at the turn of the 20th century. Characters from three groups – the white upper class, the newly arrived immigrants, and the community of African-Americans in Harlem – intermix throughout Lynn Ahrens, Stephen Flaherty, and Terrance McNally’s [...]
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When the Broadway revival of RAGTIME moved to New York from its original home at D.C.’s prestigeous Kennedy Center, seven actors went with it. In this Washington Post article, these seven actors, including Donna Migliaccio, who plays Emma Goldman, and 12-year-old Christopher Cox, who portrays The Little Boy, reflect on what the Broadway experience has [...]
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The Lynn Ahrens/Stephen Flaherty chamber musical, THE GLORIOUS ONES, is ideal to showcase a strong group of performers whose material ranges from physical comedic gags to poignant ballads. Its small cast size and emphasis on storytelling enables theatres with intimate performance spaces and tight budgets to put on an outstanding production without stretching their resources. [...]
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