“The first thing I had to do,” says Marcy Heisler, “was to find a way to get rid of all the horses.”Yes, that is the problem for a bookwriter-lyricist when adapting a film in which equine beings literally run rampant. The era that Ever ...
10th ANNIVERSARY STUDENT SHARE CELEBRATION OF
THE SHUBERT FOUNDATION and MUSIC THEATRE INTERNATIONAL’S
“BROADWAY JUNIOR”
Hosted by Mary Page Nance
From Broadway’s “Finding Neverland”
TUESDAY, June 2nd ONSTAGE at the Brooklyn Center ...
You’ll typically find Sheldon Harnick behind the scenes. But the lyricist of Fiddler on the Roof will step center stage later this month to discuss the creation and legacy of one of the stage’s most enduring musicals in the golden anniversary ...
Michael Presser, Executive Director of Inside BroadwayWhen Michael Presser was a wee student in junior high (which is what we used to call middle school), he opened up the newspaper and saw a full-page ad for the then-new musical HOW TO SUCCEED ...
On March 8, 1971, Stephen Schwartz – making all of $22.50 a week thanks to one of his songs -- agreed to provide music and some additional lyrics for an upcoming off-Broadway show.Never mind that he had to have everything ready in thirty-four ...
10th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION OF
THE SHUBERT FOUNDATION and MUSIC THEATRE INTERNATIONAL’S
“BROADWAY JUNIOR”
Hosted by DARREN CRISS
Star of Broadway’s “Hedwig and the Angry Inch”
TUESDAY, MAY 19th ONSTAGE AT THE IMPERIAL ...
Music Theatre International's CEO Freddie Gershon was recently featured on HuffPost Live discussing a powerful production of Lynn Ahrens, Stephen Flaherty, and Terrence McNally's award-winning Ragtime in Syracuse, NY. The production combined ...
It may very well be the most valuable and enriching musical a school can possibly do.And although it’s been around for decades, you may not be familiar with it.What’s made FAME a too-well-kept secret is that it’s never played on Broadway. ...
May 5, 2015— The Educational Theatre Association (EdTA), Music Theatre International (MTI), and iTheatrics have selected three pilot schools for JumpStart Theatre, a new pilot program designed to build sustainable theatre programs in middle schools ...
Ragtime, the Tony-award winning musical that is the cornerstone of St. David's Episcopal Church's 2015 Celebration of the Arts, is a community-wide production with a diverse group of actors, musicians, crew members, collaborators and ...