THE BURNT PART BOYS Songwriters Talk About The Show

By EllaRose Chary on July 06, 2012
in Making Theater, Announcements, Show/Author Spotlight | Tags: Behind-the-Scenes, General MTI News, MTI Authors, New Shows, Show Spotlight, Theatre on the Edge
THE BURNT PART BOYS, book by Mariana Elder, lyrics by Nathan Tysen, and music by Chris Miller, is the newest addition to MTI’s Theatre on the Edge collection. Theatre on The Edge shows are marked by the fact that they have garnered a ...

HAIRSPRAY and HAIRSPRAY JR. Start a Summer Tradition in Des Moines

By EllaRose Chary on July 02, 2012
in Show/Author Spotlight, Education and Arts Advocacy | Tags: Des Moines Community Playhouse, diversity, Jr., Kathy Pingel, Marc Shaiman, mark o'donnell, Scott Wittman, thomas meehan, MTI Broadway Junior Collection, Show Spotlight
Last summer, Des Moines Community Playhouse, a community theater in Des Moines, Iowa, did something they had never done before – a main stage production of a musical running in repertory with a full-blown kids’ musical. The shows? HAIRSPRAY and a ...

3 Historical Women Immortalized by Musical Theatre

By EllaRose Chary on March 19, 2012
in Show/Author Spotlight, Announcements | Tags: Freedom Train, Gertrude Stein, Harriet Tubman, Meredith Wilson, stephen flaherty, The Unsinkable Molly Brown, Women's History Month, General MTI News, In the News, Show Spotlight
Because it's Women's History Month, the MTI Marquee has developed a new series focused on the individuals being celebrated during the month of March. download OS X 10.5Click here to read about women writers represented in the catalogue! Think of ...

Meet the Wonder Women of LEGALLY BLONDE, 9 TO 5 and HAIRSPRAY

By EllaRose Chary on March 15, 2012
in Show/Author Spotlight, Announcements | Tags: Dolly Parton, heather hach, laurence o'keefe, Marc Shaiman, mark o'donnell, nell benjamin, Patricia Resnick, Scott Wittman, thomas meehan, In the News, Show Spotlight
The leading ladies with Dolly Parton. The crowning achievement of the art of musical theater is the ability to use song, dance and comedy to entertain, while conveying a moving and important message. Women's History Month is the perfect time to ...

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