Haddonfield Theater Group Participates In Worldwide Fundraiser

HADDONFIELD, NJ — Haddonfield Plays & Players will stand in unity with theater companies around the world this weekend as they recover from the coronavirus pandemic that shut down the theater world for the last year.

Music Theatre International (MTI) is a New York-based licensing house that provides rights to perform musicals to theater companies, including MTC, on a local level. This weekend, MTI is waiving all fees to allow schools and theatres around the globe with an exclusive musical revue featuring songs from MTI's catalog of shows.

“All Together Now!” serves as a fundraiser for local theaters to perform this weekend, Nov. 12-15.
There will be two performances at the theater, 957 East Atlantic Avenue in Haddonfield.

The first is 7 p.m. Friday, followed by an 8:30 p.m. showing on Saturday night. Contact the box office for ticket information at 856-429-8139 or boxoffice@haddonfieldplayers.com.

“We’ve streamlined our licensing process for this special event, and there are no restrictions or limits on how many theatres in a particular geographical area can license the revue,” MTI Chief Operating Officer and Director of Education & Development John Prignano said. “Instead, we hope that as many theatres as possible produce the revue on their own, or come together with other organizations in their communities to mount a joint production. We also wanted to give theatres as much creative input as possible.”

More than 2,500 theatrical organizations from all 50 states and more than 40 countries will participate in the fundraiser, according to MTI.

“The revue can be presented as a concert-like performance or groups can fully stage, choreograph and costume each song as it is presented in the full version of the show,” Prignano said. “Theatres are encouraged to feature as diverse a cast as possible, in order to reflect the composition of the entire community. ‘All Together Now!’ is about bringing people back to the theatre, whether as audience members or cast, crew and musicians. Productions will benefit from a variety of races, genders, abilities, body types, and sizes, so we encourage groups to spread diversity as best they can across all the roles in the production.”

“The excitement for All Together Now! among our customers is growing by the day,” MTI Worldwide President and CEO Drew Cohen said. “Our theatre industry colleagues have also been incredibly supportive and we are thrilled to have a growing roster of Partners (listed below) contributing from so many disciplines within the professional theatre community. This is truly a collaborative effort, and we are all extremely excited that any and every type of theatre from schools to the pros has the opportunity to produce MTI’s All Together Now! in their communities.”