How to Dance in Ohio Waltzes Up to MTI

The exuberant coming-of-age comedy joins MTI.

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1660 Vine the Musical Now Available for Licensing

This show will go viral on your stage!

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A Year of Sondheim Milestones

We'd like to propose a toast to these six Sondheim titles!

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Filichia Features: Seussical Helps Newtown, Connecticut

By Peter Filichia on August 16, 2013

in Show/Author Spotlight | Tags: ahrens and flaherty, cat in the hat, connecticut, Filichia Features, john tartaglia, Lynn Ahrens, newtown, seussical, stephen flaherty

There have been thousands upon thousands of T-shirts made for hundreds upon hundreds of productions of Seussical. But each one for sale in this lobby has a unique logo in its upper right hand corner.

Filichia Features: Lucky Stiff – It’s Good to Be Alive

By Peter Filichia on May 31, 2013

in Making Theater, Show/Author Spotlight | Tags: lucky stiff, Lynn Ahrens, stephen flaherty, Filichia Features

We’ve seen plenty of teenagers in productions of The Boy Friend, Children of Eden and Godspell. But Lucky Stiff?Isabel Carrington, who runs the Warner Theatre Performance Lab for young performers in Torrington, Connecticut, had seen an adult ...

MTI Shows In Literature: DESSA ROSE

By EllaRose Chary on January 09, 2013

in Show/Author Spotlight | Tags: Lynn Aherns, Shirley Anne Williams, stephen flaherty, Show Spotlight, Shows in Literature

Next up in our series highlighting MTI Shows In Literature is DESSA ROSE. The Shows in Literature series features musicals based on classic works – including novels, plays and children’s books. Based on Shirley Anne Williams’ novel of the ...

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 ...

BLACK HISTORY MONTH - Innovative Musical Contributions: Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty

By EllaRose Chary on February 21, 2012

in Show/Author Spotlight | Tags: Black History Month, Lynn Ahrens, stephen flaherty, terrence McNally, MTI Authors

In honor of Black History Month, we're highlighting shows that deal with the national celebration's themes, and artists whose work has helped shape the diversity of musical theater history. Through song and story musical theatre authors can give ...

RAGTIME Re-Imagined: London's Landor Theater Presents an Intimate Version of the Sweeping Musical

By Tyler Paul on September 19, 2011

in Announcements, Show/Author Spotlight | Tags: Landor Theater, London, Lynn Ahrens, stephen flaherty, In the News, Show Spotlight

RAGTIME - (written by the award-winning composer/lyricist team of Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens and noted playwright Terrence McNally and based on E.L. Doctorow's distinguished novel), intertwines the stories of three extraordinary ...

Discover the Exotic World of Dr. Seuss with SEUSSICAL JR.

By Tyler Paul on October 18, 2010

in Education and Arts Advocacy, Announcements, Show/Author Spotlight | Tags: Dr. Seuss, Eric Idle, Lynn Ahrens, stephen flaherty, MTI Broadway Junior Collection, New Shows, Show Spotlight

Oh, the things you can think if you're willing to try...Think invisible ink! Or a Gink with a stink! Or a stair to the sky... As we celebrate National Teen Read Week, we felt it more than appropriate to spotlight a show with beloved characters that ...

Back to School with RAGTIME: SCHOOL EDITION

By EllaRose Chary on September 21, 2010

in Show/Author Spotlight | Tags: Lynn Ahrens, stephen flaherty, terrence McNally, MTI School Editions, Show Spotlight

EllaRC is a bookwriter/lyricist and musical theatre lover. She’s a new contributor to the MTI Marquee - add her as a friend on MTI ShowSpace or check out her musical theatre and social justice blog, Stageleft. Over the next few weeks I'll be ...

Non-Profit Spotlight: Playwrights Horizons

By Kathryn Harris on May 18, 2010

in Show/Author Spotlight, Announcements | Tags: brian crawley, james lapine, Jeanine Tesori, john weidman, Lynn Ahrens, stephen flaherty, Stephen Sondheim, General MTI News

This is the second in our Non-Profit Spotlight Series. The first, on Lincoln Center Theater, can be found here. For a lot of people, 42nd St has become synonymous with the glitz and glamour of classic Broadway, complete with big sets, big ...

Non-Profit Spotlight: Lincoln Center Theater

By Kathryn Harris on May 14, 2010

in Show/Author Spotlight | Tags: alfred uhry, Jason Robert Brown, Lynn Ahrens, stephen flaherty, Show Spotlight

Throughout New York and the rest of the country, non-profit theatres are hard at work. Whether putting their own takes on adventurous modern musicals or nurturing the latest generation of bookwriters, lyricists, and composers, non-profit theatres ...