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Top Tips to Transform your High School Stage into a Magical Faraway Kingdom

By Victoria Saxton on September 28, 2010
in Show/Author Spotlight | Tags: alan menken, Elton John, howard ashman, linda woolverton, Stephen Schwartz, Tim Rice, Disney's Beauty and the Beast, Show Spotlight
When you think Disney - you think magic, fairies, sparkle and wonder. But how do you re-create the fairy tale magic that is Disney in your high school gym or auditorium? Can you really put flying carpets, enchanted roses, noses that grow on cue, men ...

URINETOWN: The Musical?

By Victoria Saxton on June 21, 2010
in Education and Arts Advocacy, Announcements, Making Theater, Show/Author Spotlight | Tags: Bertolt Brecht, Greg Kotis, International Thespian Festival 2010, Kander and Ebb, Kurt Weill, Mark Hollmann, Conferences, Festivals and Special Events, In the News, MTI Resources, MTI ShowSpace, Show Spotlight
Don’t let the title put you off. By the end of this show performers and audiences alike will be laughing so hard they’ll… fall off their chairs. Sorry, couldn’t resist. In all seriousness, URINETOWN is pretty much your typical musical. Boy ...

Giving Them What They Want….A Dirty Rotten Musical…

By Victoria Saxton on June 17, 2010
in Education and Arts Advocacy, Show/Author Spotlight | Tags: Central York High School, David Yazbek, educational theatre association, International Thespian Festival 2010, Jack O'Brien, Jeffrey Lane, John Lithgow, Norbert Leo Butz, Sherie Rene Scott, terrence McNally, Tony Awards, Conferences, Festivals and Special Events, Show Spotlight
At this year's Educational Theatre Associations’ Thespian Festival, Central York High School (Pennsylvania) have been chosen to perform a main stage production of DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS, one of five MTI shows which will be performed. We wish CYHS ...

How to Succeed at Putting on a High School Musical Without Really Trying (Or Maybe Trying a Bit)

By Victoria Saxton on June 16, 2010
in Education and Arts Advocacy, Show/Author Spotlight | Tags: abe burrows, Daniel Radcliffe, educational theatre association, Frank Loesser, International Thespian Festival 2010, jack weinstock, Matthew Broderick, Megan Mullally, Pulitzer Prize, willie gilbert, Conferences, Festivals and Special Events, Show Spotlight
What makes a musical appealing to high school students? Which musicals do they want to perform? And which musicals are going to be a sure-fire success for performers and audiences alike? At the Educational Theatre Associations’ Thespian Festival ...

MTI at the Tonys: Past and Present.

By Victoria Saxton on June 8, 2010
in Education and Arts Advocacy, Announcements, Show/Author Spotlight | Tags: Dick Scanlan, joe dipietro, Lynn Ahrens, Stephen Flaherety, Stephen Sondheim, The Tony Awards 2010, Conferences, Festivals and Special Events, In the News, Show Spotlight
Part I – Overview. Click on the above image to go to the official Tony Awards site. MTI has a proud history of association with the Tony Awards. Over the last sixty-three years MTI shows and authors have amassed over two-hundred awards in ...