What Students Can Learn From WORKING

By Kathryn Harris on June 17, 2010
in Education and Arts Advocacy, Show/Author Spotlight | Tags: craig carnelia, International Thespian Festival 2010, james taylor, mary rodgers, micki grant, nina faso, Stephen Schwartz, susan birkenhead, Conferences, Festivals and Special Events, Show Spotlight
A job is more than how a person spends the day.  It's wrapped up in a person's identity - and dreams.  The musical WORKING perfectly illustrates just how important that connection is.  Adapted by Stephen Schwartz (PIPPIN, WICKED) and Nina Faso ...

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 ...

Five MTI Shows Featured at International Thespian Festival

By Jason Cocovinis on June 15, 2010
in Education and Arts Advocacy, Show/Author Spotlight | Tags: EDTA, International Thespian Festival 2010, Thespian Festival, Conferences, Festivals and Special Events, Pippin, Show Spotlight
This year's Thespian Festival in Lincoln, Nebraska features more than fifty productions presented by schools from throughout North America and abroad. A select few have been chosen as Main Stage presentations at the Festival. The select group ...

MTI Shows Featured in the 2nd Annual Jimmy Awards. Is YOUR school nominated?

By GERRY LIU on June 09, 2010
in Education and Arts Advocacy, Announcements, Show/Author Spotlight | Tags: Musical Theater, nederlander, Conferences, Festivals and Special Events, In the News, Show Spotlight
The 2nd Annual National High School Musical Theater Awards, otherwise known as the "Jimmys," are right around the corner...is someone from your school nominated? Presented by Nederlander Alliances and Pittsburgh CLO, the Jimmys recognize outstanding ...

MTI at the Tonys: Past and Present.

By Victoria Saxton on June 08, 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 ...

Non-Profit Spotlight: Signature Theatre

By Kathryn Harris on May 26, 2010
in Show/Author Spotlight | Tags: Arthur Laurents, dana p. rowe, george furth, hugh wheeler, james lapine, john dempsey, john weidman, Stephen Sondheim, Show Spotlight
This is the fourth in our Non-Profit Spotlight Series. The first, on Lincoln Center Theater, can be found here; the second, on Playwrights Horizons, can be found here; and the third, on New York Theatre Workshop, the Public Theatre, and Second Stage ...

Non-Profit Spotlight: New York Theatre Workshop, The Public Theatre, & Second Stage Theatre

By Kathryn Harris on May 21, 2010
in Show/Author Spotlight | Tags: brian yorkey, Jeanine Tesori, john weidman, jonathan larson, road show, Stephen Sondheim, tom kitt, tony kushner, Show Spotlight
This is the third in our Non-Profit Spotlight Series. The first, on Lincoln Center Theater, can be found here, and the second, on Playwrights Horizons, can be found here. Three non-profit theatres have been responsible for a number of innovative ...

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