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From "America" to the Star Spangled Banner at Citifield

By Marcus Woollen on April 13, 2009

in Announcements, Show/Author Spotlight | Tags: Citifield, Mets, In the News

West Side Story cast to sing national anthem to open new Citifield Baseball and Musical Theatre - two uniquely American creations - are scheduled for a duet tonight at the opening of Citifield, the new home for the New York Mets. After raking in ...

Composer Jason Robert Brown at NY's Birdland through Saturday.

By Marcus Woollen on April 02, 2009

in Announcements, Show/Author Spotlight | Tags: Birdland, Jason Robert Brown, General MTI News

MTI Author Jason Robert Brown is also a talented performer in his own right, and is currently in the middle of a week-long engagement at legendary club Birdland. He got a nice review in today's Times, and has shows through Saturday night - tickets ...

Working on WORKING: Updating a Classic with Stephen Schwartz

By Marcus Woollen on March 18, 2009

in Show/Author Spotlight | Tags: California, Gordon Greenberg, San Diego, Stephen Schwartz, Studs Terkel, Show Spotlight

Stephen Schwartz has been working lately ... on Working. Our team caught up with the composer and director Gordon Greenberg in San Diego. The entire show has been reworked for a cast of 6, orchestrations updated, new roles (health care workers, ...

Damon Runyon - A Guy's Guy

By Marcus Woollen on March 17, 2009

in Show/Author Spotlight | Tags: Broadway, Damon Runyon, Show Spotlight

Guys and Dolls Special Feature Part 1Damon Runyon is one of those legendary figures in American history that remains larger than life even to this day. This newspaper reporter, short-story writer and humorist captured the essence of New York ...

Duncan Sheik on Whisper House and SPRING AWAKENING Fast-Track

By Marcus Woollen on March 16, 2009

in Announcements, Show/Author Spotlight | Tags: Duncan Sheik, Whisper House, In the News, New Shows

Alt-Rock star and composer of Spring Awakening is back with a new album of songs intended for a new musical, Whisper House. The album has so far gotten some very nice reviews, and a stage production is in the works for later this year. We've been ...

High School Actors Play Broadway’s Rising Stars

By Marcus Woollen on March 15, 2009

in Show/Author Spotlight, Announcements | Tags: New York Times, Papermill Playhouse, Rising Star Awards, In the News

The future is bright for a new crop of high school actors currently performing their hearts out on stages all across New Jersey. What's their motivation? How about winning the High School equivalent of a 'Tony' Award at a statewide competition? Enter ...

WEST SIDE STORY on Letterman Thursday

By Marcus Woollen on March 11, 2009

in Announcements, Show/Author Spotlight | Tags: Arthur Laurents, David Letterman, Stephen Sondheim, In the News

Set your DVRs or Tivos - or just do it the old-fashioned way and watch it live, because the cast of the innovative new Broadway production of West Side Story (Directed by original bookwriter Arthur Laruents) will be performing on The Late Show with ...

Broadway Holding On So Far

By Marcus Woollen on March 11, 2009

in Announcements | Tags: Broadway, Economy, In the News

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MyMTI - Get the Most from MTIshows.com

By Marcus Woollen on February 24, 2009

in Announcements | Tags: account, How-to, MTIshows.com, MyMTI, usability, Website, General MTI News

Logging In and Accessing Your Account To help you get the most out of your MTI experience we encourage you to login to "MyMTI." If you've already been working with "MyMTI" on our older site, your login information will remain exactly the same. ...

Rumors of Broadway's demise have been greatly exaggerated!

By Marcus Woollen on January 29, 2009

in Announcements | Tags: In the News

Despite the global economic slowdown and recent show closings...the "Fabulous Invalid" is alive and well! By the time the 2008-2009 Broadway season is over, more than 40 new productions will have opened - with 22 new shows coming this ...