Music Theatre International has launched Dramatic Moments, a new offering that turns songs and scenes from musicals into curriculum for the classroom. Each package, which costs $35 to license, includes a short scene, sheet music for the accompanying song, a piano accompaniment track, and a 10鈥�15 minute virtual master class with the work's authors. The initial slate includes excerpts from Shrek the Musical, A Man of No Importance, The Theory of Relativity, Something Rotten!, and more.
Dramatic Moments is the first product to come out of the theatrical licensor's MTI Classroom initiative, which seeks to elevate arts education by putting works from the MTI catalog into the classroom as curriculum.
鈥淢TI Classroom represents the evolution of MTI鈥檚 investment in theatre education," shares MTI Chief Operating Officer and Director of Education and Development John Prignano in a statement. "Dramatic Moments 鈥榩eels back the curtain鈥� on the creative process with exclusive 鈥榖ehind-the-scenes鈥� access to the show鈥檚 creators. We are launching 11 Dramatic Moments (with more on the way), and each scene/song can be used as part of an academic lesson, an acting workshop, a performance, or all of the above."
Take a look at the debut line-up of Dramatic Moments:
"Don't Go," from Elephant & Piggie's "We Are in a Play!"
Book and lyrics by Mo Willems; Music by Deborah Wicks La Puma
鈥淗ope,鈥� from She Persisted: The Musical
Book and Lyrics by Adam Tobin; Music by Deborah Wicks La Puma
鈥淚 Know It鈥檚 Today," from Shrek the Musical
Book and Lyrics by David Lindsay-Abaire; Music by Jeanine Tesori
鈥淧erfect/Not,鈥� from She Persisted: The Musical
Book and Lyrics by Adam Tobin; Music by Deborah Wicks La Puma
鈥淧rincess," from A Man of No Importance
Book by Terrence McNally; Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens; Music by Stephen Flaherty
鈥淧romise Me This,鈥� from The Theory of Relativity
Book by Brian Hill; Music and Lyrics by Neil Bartram
鈥淩ight Hand Man,鈥� from Something Rotten!
Book and Lyrics by Karey Kirkpatrick, Wayne Kirkpatrick and John O'Farrell; Music by Karey Kirkpatrick and Wayne Kirkpatrick
鈥淪treets of Dublin,鈥� from A Man of No Importance
Book by Terrence McNally; Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens; Music by Stephen Flaherty
鈥淭he Butterfly,鈥� from The Story of My Life
Book by Brian Hill; Music and Lyrics by Neil Bartram
鈥淭ime to Get Dressed,鈥� from Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed: The Rock Experience
Book and Lyrics by Mo Willems; Music by Deborah Wicks La Puma
鈥淲hat Could Have Been,鈥� from Don鈥檛 Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus: The Musical
Book and Lyrics by Mo Willems; Music by Deborah Wicks La Puma
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