Sucks-Yes! Beetlejuice JR. is Available for Licensing

Do you hear that sound?

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Beware of Evil Dead The Musical High School Version!

License at your own risk...

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MTI Acquires Once Upon a One More Time

The new musical featuring Britney Spears’ biggest hits will also be developed as a Broadway Junior® show and a High School Version.

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The Legendary Arthur Laurents Passes Away at 93

By Jason Cocovinis on May 06, 2011

in Show/Author Spotlight, Announcements | Tags: Arthur Laurents, In the News, MTI Authors

Music Theatre International is deeply saddened by the loss of beloved librettist, playwright, screenwriter, director and friend Arthur Laurents. Arthur died in Manhattan on May 5th and was 93 years old. Among his many accomplishments, Arthur was ...

MTI Authors Sweep TONY® Award Nominations

By Marcus Woollen on May 03, 2011

in Announcements | Tags: General MTI News, In the News

MTI family of authors completely sweep categories of BEST MUSICAL, BEST BOOK and BEST ORIGINAL SCORE Music Theatre International is incredibly proud of our authors nominated for this year's TONY® Awards. No matter what the TONY® voters ...

The Freddie G. Teacher Experience - Introducing the Class of 2011

By Tyler Paul on May 01, 2011

in Education and Arts Advocacy, Announcements | Tags: Freddie G., iTheatrics, Junior Theater Festival 2011, Teacher Experience, Conferences, Festivals and Special Events, Freddie G Broadway Experience 2011, Freddie Gershon, MTI Broadway Junior Collection

Music Theatre International is proud to officially announce and introduce the 2011 honorees of the second-annual Freddie G. Teacher Experience scheduled for July 15, 16, and 17th in New York City. The Freddie G. Teacher Experience (named for Music ...

MTI Responds to University's RENT Script-Changing Violation

By Jason Cocovinis on April 28, 2011

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

MTI wishes to address an important copyright issue surrounding a recent production of RENT at Maryland's Towson University in which director Diane Smith-Sadak cut lines from the show creating an alternate ending. BroadwayWorld.com reported on the ...

MTI Shows in Literature: THE APPLE TREE

By EllaRose Chary on April 28, 2011

in Show/Author Spotlight | Tags: Frank Stockton, Jerome Coopersmith, jerry bock, Jules Feiffer, Mark Twain, Roundabout Theatre Company, sheldon harnick, Shows in Literature

THE APPLE TREE with a score by lyricist Sheldon Harnick and Composer Jerry Bock (best known for shows like FIDDLER ON THE ROOF and SHE LOVES ME) and a book by Bock, Harnick and Jerome Coopersmith, THE APPLE TREE is a unique adaptation.Rather than ...

"Penguins Can't Fly...But They Can Soar" by Freddie Gershon via The Huffington Post

By Jason Cocovinis on April 26, 2011

in Announcements | Tags: Freddie Gershon

"We can measure reading and math, so that is what we think is important. But if you cut the arts and music because you think that's peripheral, you're wrong because "actually central" are poetry, sports and anything that keeps kids in school." This ...

The Power of Union Jacks in SHOUT! - by Producer Victoria Lang

By Tyler Paul on April 26, 2011

in Show/Author Spotlight | Tags: Show Spotlight

The Union Jack dresses clearly make a great finale in SHOUT! So we’ve put those dresses to work in marketing the show since they are such attention-grabbers off stage as well as on. an expository essay Depending on the configuration of your ...

Open Registration Begins for Junior Theater Festival 2012

By Jason Cocovinis on April 21, 2011

in Education and Arts Advocacy | Tags: Junior Theater Festival 2012

Open Registration Has Begun for the 2012 Junior Theater Festival in Atlanta, Georgia. The Festival takes place on January 13, 14, 15, 2012, so REGISTER BEFORE IT SELLS OUT!!! PERFORM: Present fifteen minutes from a Broadway JR. or KIDS Collection ...

"Mister President: The Kennedy Center for What?" by Freddie Gershon via The Huffington Post

By Jason Cocovinis on April 20, 2011

in Announcements | Tags: Freddie Gershon

MTI Chairman and CEO Freddie Gershon's latest article for The Huffington Post is an open letter to President Obama about the dire consequences of the impending cuts in arts education funding: Mister President: 40 million dollars for arts education ...

MTI Shows In Literature: ALL IN LOVE

By EllaRose Chary on April 19, 2011

in Show/Author Spotlight | Tags: Bruce Geller, Charles Kimbrough, Jack Urbont, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, The Rivals, Shows in Literature

ALL IN LOVE is a little known musical from 1961 based on Richard Brinsley Sheridan’s 18th Century, British comedy of manners, The Rivals, first staged in 1775! The book and lyrics are by Bruce Geller and the music is by Jack Urbont – and the ...