One doesn’t get that many opportunities to see Teddy & Alice, the 1987 Broadway musical. So when Shadow Lawn Stage in West Long Branch, New Jersey announced it was doing the little-known show, I was there.essay about yourselfIt starts the same type ...

MTI's Chairman and CEO is back with his latest, thought-provoking article on the Huffington Post.  In this piece, Freddie takes an inspiring look at our nation's educators and the critical role they play in shaping ALL lives.  Please read the ...

Many schools and after-school programs that have been “going green” environmentally are about to go green theatrically, too.For that lovable green ogre known as Shrek, the subject of a 2008 Broadway musical, has now given birth to the ...

writing paper If you attend a Broadway show this August in New York we hope you hold onto your Playbills!  In the August editions of Playbill, MTI's Chairman and CEO Freddie Gershon is highlighted for his creation of the MTI Broadway Junior ...

Many of you have had the joyful, fulfilling, heartening experience of producing one of MTI's most popular and beloved holiday shows, THE CHRISTMAS SCHOONER.  While many theatres have done multiple productions and some have even made the show an ...

Musical theatre and the arts at large, lost a giant today. Marvin Hamlisch has, rather suddenly, passed away. He was 68. He became a household name in 1973 when he won three Academy Awards for his incredible composing abilities. One of those awards ...

HAIRSPRAY's co-librettist Mark O'Donnell passed away on August 6th, at the age of 58. A recipient of both a Guggenheim Fellowship and George S. Kaufman Award, Mr. O'Donnell's literary resume is vastly diverse, ranging from musicals and plays to ...

There’s a lot of life in the New Girl yet.New Girl in Town, that is, the 1957 musical of Eugene O’Neill’s Anna Christie. It was a hit in its day and ran over a year, and yet, we don’t see many productions of it.So we must take our hats ...

Attend the tale of Benjamin Barker.Well, that’s Sweeney Todd’s real name, isn’t it? Or so Mrs. Lovett tells us three songs into the 1978-1979 Tony-winning musical.But if you’re considering presenting the Stephen Sondheim - Hugh Wheeler ...

literary essay definitionNobody’s dressed in a tux or a gown, but it’s a world premiere nevertheless.We’re not quite on Broadway, either, but on Tenth Avenue at The 52nd Street Project Theater. But you can feel from the chatter among ...