David Nellis

Music Theatre International

Music Theatre International (MTI) is one of the world's leading theatrical licensing agencies, granting schools as well as amateur and professional theaters from around the world the rights to perform the largest selection of great musicals from Broadway and beyond. MTI is the exclusive licensor of the most celebrated musicals in the industry and has remained the market leader since its inception. Founded in 1952 by Tony Award-winning composer/lyricist Frank Loesser and Broadway orchestrator Don Walker, MTI works directly with the composers, lyricists and book writers of musicals to create and distribute performance licenses, official scripts, musical materials and dynamic theatrical resources to over 100,000 theatrical organizations in the US and in over 150 countries worldwide. Our catalog contains over 300 of the world's most loved classic and contemporary musicals from GUYS AND DOLLS and THE MUSIC MAN to RENT and HAIRSPRAY. MTI is a driving force in cultivating new work, as well as sustaining and expanding the theatre audience for generations to come. MTI's dedication is unsurpassed as a pioneer of new resources to aid the rehearsal, production and marketing of a musical. MTI's proactive commitment to musical theatre results in over 25,000 productions and 100,000+ performances a year by professional, amateur, and educational organizations internationally–a number which only continues to grow.