Music Theatre International (MTI) is a theatrical licensing agency based in New York City and founded in 1952 by American composer and lyricist Frank Loesser and orchestrator Don Walker.

[4] In 2012, the American Theatre Wing recognized MTI Chairman Freddie Gershon with a Tony Honor for Excellence for creating Broadway Junior and audience-building programs for the industry.

Founders Frank Loesser and Don Walker shared a commitment to arts classics like Guys and Dolls to a catalog of contemporary Disney favorites to life in schools and acting programs in more than 60 countries around the world.

By providing scripts and materials to theaters throughout the five boroughs and around the globe, MTI, under the leadership of Freddie Gershon, has expanded the horizons of so many young New Yorkers, and helped engage the next generations of leaders in the performing arts.

[12] During the height of the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic, MTI created a royalty-free revue of songs from their catalog and provided it to any high school or community theatre organization that was interested.

Sponsored by DreamWorks Theatricals and MTI in partnership with NBCUniversal’s Global Talent Development & Inclusion team, the selected writers are Krista Knight, Joriah Kwamé, Veronica Mansour, and Kate Thomas.