Licensing the world's greatest musicals since 1952.

The perfect musical for every audience!

At MTI, it’s about enabling as many theatres to perform as many shows as possible – to have the shared experience that is musical theatre.– Drew Cohen, President and CEO

Music Theatre International (MTI) is one of the world's leading theatrical licensing agencies, granting theatres from around the world the rights to perform the greatest selection of musicals from Broadway and beyond. Founded in 1952 by composer Frank Loesser and orchestrator Don Walker, MTI is a driving force in advancing musical theatre as a vibrant and engaging art form.

MTI works directly with the composers, lyricists and book writers of these musicals to provide official scripts, musical materials and dynamic theatrical resources to over 100,000 professional, community and school theatres in the US and in over 150 countries worldwide.

MTI is particularly dedicated to educational theatre, and has created special collections to meet the needs of various types of performers and audiences. MTI’s Broadway Junior® shows are 30- and 60-minute musicals for performance by elementary and middle school-aged performers, while MTI’s School Editions are musicals annotated for performance by high school students.

MTI maintains its global headquarters in New York City with additional offices in London (MTI Europe) and Melbourne (MTI Australasia).

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Our Reach

North America

25 million
The number of audience members who see an MTI musical each year.

1 million
The number of households actively taking part in an MTI musical each year.

100,000+
The number of performances of MTI’s shows taking place each year.

70,000+
The number of professional/regional/community theatres, elementary/middle/high schools, universities and camps that license MTI shows.

25,000+
The number of productions of MTI’s shows taking place each year.

International

7,000+
The number of productions of MTI shows across Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Africa and the Middle East.

500+
The number of productions taking place across Japan, Singapore, the Philippines, Malaysia, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam and China each year.

100+
The number of foreign language translations of our shows.

60+
The number of countries licensing MTI shows.

24
The number of time zones in which MTI shows are currently playing.

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