9:30 AM
9:30 AM
- Singers Who Move Workshop Jacob K. Javits Convention Center - Special Events Hall
- 9:30 AM - 10:20 AM | 50 minutes
- Attending a workshop at BroadwayCon requires submitting an application in advance. Workshops are included in the cost of a ticket, but since these ...
- Workshop
10:00 AM
10:00 AM
- BroadwayCon Feud Jacob K. Javits Convention Center - MainStage
- 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM | 50 minutes
- Survey Says...BroadwayCon Feud is going to be epic! Thanks to our friends at Playbill we’ve surveyed theatre fans to get the answers to the most bu...
- Game
- Define Talent: Casting Seminar Jacob K. Javits Convention Center - Programming Room A
- 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM | 50 minutes
- Booking a Broadway show takes everything from training, networking, audition skills, websites, unions, and social media, to the right song cut, but...
- Seminar
- Theatre Teachers Meetup Jacob K. Javits Convention Center - Programming Room B
- 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM | 50 minutes
- Share your ideas and stories with theatre teachers from around the country and around the world. Discuss what you're doing in your classrooms and a...
- Panel
- Curtain Up On Cosplay Jacob K. Javits Convention Center - Programming Room C
- 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM | 50 minutes
- An “introduction to cosplay” program for those who would love to cosplay but don’t know how to get started. Participants for t...
- Panel
- Masters of the House Jacob K. Javits Convention Center - Programming Room D
- 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM | 50 minutes
- From the moment you enter a theatre, the house staff is responsible for making sure you are comfortable, safe, and enjoying yourself. Hear from the...
- Panel
- Dance Captain Dance Attack Jacob K. Javits Convention Center - Marketplace Stage
- 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM | 50 minutes
- Special Event
- Shakespeare Lovers Meetup Jacob K. Javits Convention Center - Programming Room E
- 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM | 50 minutes
- If you feel no one appreciates the art of Shakespeare as much as you do, come spend an hour with us and obsess over Shakespeare and his work. We’ll...
- Meetup
10:30 AM
10:30 AM
- Intermediate Theatre Dance Workshop Jacob K. Javits Convention Center - Special Events Hall
- 10:30 AM - 11:50 AM | 1 hour 20 minutes
- Attending a workshop at BroadwayCon requires submitting an application in advance. Workshops are included in the cost of a ticket, but since these ...
- Workshop
11:00 AM
11:00 AM
- Everybody Say Yeah: Three Years at Kinky Boots Jacob K. Javits Convention Center - MainStage
- 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM | 50 minutes
- You change the world when you change your mind, but what about when your cast changes? Join Todrick Hall and the company of Kinky Boots to d...
- Panel
- Long, Straight, Curly, Fuzzy: Wigs and Hair Design Jacob K. Javits Convention Center - Programming Room A
- 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM | 50 minutes
- Panel
- A Day in the Life of Broadway General Managers and Lawyers Jacob K. Javits Convention Center - Programming Room B
- 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM | 50 minutes
- They’re always there behind the scenes making sure the business runs smoothly. Now, they’re here to pull back the curtain and show you exactly what...
- Panel
- Theatre Accessibility: Today and Beyond Jacob K. Javits Convention Center - Programming Room C
- 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM | 50 minutes
- Come look through the lens of theatre access and find out what is involved with providing performances that can be enjoyed by people with disabilit...
- Panel
- Redefining Success on Broadway Jacob K. Javits Convention Center - Programming Room D
- 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM | 50 minutes
- Panel
- Greenifying Demonstration Jacob K. Javits Convention Center - Marketplace Stage
- 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM | 50 minutes
- Demonstration
- Beyond Power of Speech: Social Media and Broadway Jacob K. Javits Convention Center - Programming Room E
- 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM | 50 minutes
- Broadway's social media managers keep the dialogue going, keep the ticket sales flowing, and keep us all in the know...ing. How do they manage to d...
- Panel
- Jayne Houdyshell and Reed Birney Autograph Session Jacob K. Javits Convention Center - Audience Rewards Autograph and Photograph Area
- 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM | 50 minutes
- Autograph Session
- Carolee Carmello Photobooth Session Jacob K. Javits Convention Center - Audience Rewards Autograph and Photograph Area
- 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM | 50 minutes
- Photograph Session
12:00 PM
12:00 PM
- "Speech & Debate" Panel and Preview Jacob K. Javits Convention Center - MainStage
- 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM | 50 minutes
- Based on the critically acclaimed Off-Broadway hit, "Speech & Debate" follows three teenagers brought together by a series of mishaps. This session...
- Panel
- Song Interpretation Workshop - Jenn Colella Jacob K. Javits Convention Center - Special Events Hall
- 12:00 PM - 1:20 PM | 1 hour 20 minutes
- Attending a workshop at BroadwayCon requires submitting an application in advance. Workshops are included in the cost of a ticket, but since these ...
- Workshop
- Casting Roxie, Raoul, and Rafiki Jacob K. Javits Convention Center - Programming Room A
- 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM | 50 minutes
- We hear a lot about shows' exalted original casts, but less about the process of replacing them. Join some of Broadway's top casting directors--who...
- Panel
- Makeup Design on Broadway Jacob K. Javits Convention Center - Programming Room B
- 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM | 50 minutes
- Need a brush up on the "basic foundation" of stage make up? Get the inside scoop on the intricacies and challenges of designing make up for the Bro...
- Panel
- Case Study: Designing for Circle in the Square Jacob K. Javits Convention Center - Programming Room C
- 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM | 50 minutes
- Broadway has only one theater that can house shows in the round: Circle in the Square. The ultimate chameleon venue, Circle can also be transformed...
- Panel
- Annoyed Altos Meetup Jacob K. Javits Convention Center - Programming Room D
- 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM | 50 minutes
- Let's discuss the legitimacy of the song "Alto's Lament" and share our own experiences, both positive and negative, from venting about the roles we...
- Meetup
- "I Just Love Theatre!!" Meetup Jacob K. Javits Convention Center - Programming Room E
- 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM | 50 minutes
- A meetup for fans who love theatre, but may not have any or very little experience in the industry. Discussion could be how we fell in love with t...
- Meetup
- Jayne Houdyshell and Reed Birney Q&A Jacob K. Javits Convention Center - Marketplace Stage
- 12:00 PM - 12:25 PM | 25 minutes
- Q&A Session
- Alysha Umphress and Jay Armstrong Johnson Photobooth Session Jacob K. Javits Convention Center - Audience Rewards Autograph and Photograph Area
- 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM | 50 minutes
- Photograph Session
- Carolee Carmello Autograph Session Jacob K. Javits Convention Center - Audience Rewards Autograph and Photograph Area
- 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM | 50 minutes
- Autograph Session
1:00 PM
1:00 PM
- "Madam Secretary" Panel Jacob K. Javits Convention Center - MainStage
- 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM | 50 minutes
- Many of TV’s hottest talents started out on performing eight shows a week. Join stars from the CBS hit show "Madam Secretary" as they discuss what ...
- Panel
- The History of the Ensemblist Jacob K. Javits Convention Center - Programming Room A
- 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM | 50 minutes
- The Ensemblist, the only podcast that shows Broadway from the inside out, presents a live version of our most recent season: The History of The Ens...
- Panel
- Dorothy Fields: Blazing a Trail for Today's Women Writers Jacob K. Javits Convention Center - Programming Room B
- 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM | 50 minutes
- In this “year of women” in theatre, it’s interesting to discuss Dorothy Fields—for five years she kept pace with Rodgers & Hammerstein, Jerome Kern...
- Lecture
- Resident and Associate Directors Jacob K. Javits Convention Center - Programming Room C
- 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM | 50 minutes
- We know what a director does, but what do they do once a show is open? Or when a show is playing in multiple places at once? In comes their Associa...
- Panel
- Someone in a Tree: Asian-American Representation on Broadway Jacob K. Javits Convention Center - Programming Room D
- 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM | 50 minutes
- Panel
- Reimagined Revivals Jacob K. Javits Convention Center - Programming Room E
- 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM | 50 minutes
- Whether it's Company in space or Anything Goes set in an old folk's home, sometimes directors like to turn a classic show on its head...
- Panel
- Alysha Umphress and Jay Armstrong Johnson Autograph Session Jacob K. Javits Convention Center - Audience Rewards Autograph and Photograph Area
- 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM | 50 minutes
- Autograph Session
- Laura Bell Bundy Photobooth Session Jacob K. Javits Convention Center - Audience Rewards Autograph and Photograph Area
- 1:00 PM - 2:50 PM | 1 hour 50 minutes
- Photograph Session
1:30 PM
1:30 PM
- Acting With Intent Workshop Jacob K. Javits Convention Center - Special Events Hall
- 1:30 PM - 2:50 PM | 1 hour 20 minutes
- Attending a workshop at BroadwayCon requires submitting an application in advance. Workshops are included in the cost of a ticket, but since these ...
- Workshop
2:00 PM
2:00 PM
- Chita Rivera Q&A Jacob K. Javits Convention Center - MainStage
- 2:00 PM - 2:50 PM | 50 minutes
- Don't miss this amazing opportunity to hear from a living Broadway legend! Chita Rivera will discuss her decades-spanning career from West Side ...
- Interview
- Trans Representation in Theatre Jacob K. Javits Convention Center - Programming Room A
- 2:00 PM - 2:50 PM | 50 minutes
- Panel
- International Theatre Fans Meetup Jacob K. Javits Convention Center - Programming Room B
- 2:00 PM - 2:50 PM | 50 minutes
- Meetup
- That is the State of the Art: Projection Design Jacob K. Javits Convention Center - Programming Room C
- 2:00 PM - 2:50 PM | 50 minutes
- How do you transform a blank wall into a lively, kinetic canvas? Color and light. Broadway's leading projection designers are here to talk about ho...
- Panel
- I'm Still Here: Long Runs on Broadway Jacob K. Javits Convention Center - Programming Room D
- 2:00 PM - 2:50 PM | 50 minutes
- Panel
- Susan L. Schulman Q&A Jacob K. Javits Convention Center - Marketplace Stage
- 2:00 PM - 2:25 PM | 25 minutes
- Q&A Session
- I'll Write My Way Out: The World of Songwriting Jacob K. Javits Convention Center - Programming Room E
- 2:00 PM - 2:50 PM | 50 minutes
- Panel
- Lesli Margherita Autograph Session Jacob K. Javits Convention Center - Audience Rewards Autograph and Photograph Area
- 2:00 PM - 2:50 PM | 50 minutes
- Autograph Session
2:30 PM
2:30 PM
- Arielle Jacobs Q&A Jacob K. Javits Convention Center - Marketplace Stage
- 2:30 PM - 2:55 PM | 25 minutes
- Q&A Session
3:00 PM
3:00 PM
- BroadwayCon Star To Be Jacob K. Javits Convention Center - MainStage
- 3:00 PM - 3:50 PM | 50 minutes
- We conducted an online talent search and have narrowed it down to the top 10 acts! Now, our hopefuls will perform in front of Broadway celebrity ju...
- Special Event
- Rock the Audition Workshop Jacob K. Javits Convention Center - Special Events Hall
- 3:00 PM - 4:20 PM | 1 hour 20 minutes
- Attending a workshop at BroadwayCon requires submitting an application in advance. Workshops are included in the cost of a ticket, but since these ...
- Workshop
- Even If You're Little, You Can Do A Lot: Broadway Kids 2017 Jacob K. Javits Convention Center - Programming Room A
- 3:00 PM - 3:50 PM | 50 minutes
- Being in a Broadway show is hard, but it’s even harder when you also have homework to do. Hear from some of Broadway’s kids, both leads and swings,...
- Panel
- Preserving Theatre on Film Jacob K. Javits Convention Center - Programming Room B
- 3:00 PM - 3:50 PM | 50 minutes
- Part of the joy of theatre is that you had to be there in person. But another part of the joy is bonding with your friends over which PBS recordin...
- Panel
- Everyone's A Critic Jacob K. Javits Convention Center - Programming Room D
- 3:00 PM - 3:50 PM | 50 minutes
- As a growing number of news outlets cut their arts coverage and criticism, the number of critics is only rising as anyone with an internet connecti...
- Panel
- Adapting Musical Properties Jacob K. Javits Convention Center - Programming Room E
- 3:00 PM - 3:50 PM | 50 minutes
- When your favorite books, movies, and television shows are made into musicals, do you ever wonder who is calling the shots behind the scenes? In th...
- Panel
- Chita Rivera Autograph Session Jacob K. Javits Convention Center - Audience Rewards Autograph and Photograph Area
- 3:00 PM - 3:50 PM | 50 minutes
- Autograph Session
- Patrick Hinds, Nikka Graff Lanzarone, Mo Brady Photobooth Session Jacob K. Javits Convention Center - Audience Rewards Autograph and Photograph Area
- 3:00 PM - 3:50 PM | 50 minutes
- Photograph Session
4:00 PM
4:00 PM
- Joel Grey Q&A Jacob K. Javits Convention Center - MainStage
- 4:00 PM - 4:30 PM | 30 minutes
- Join stage and screen legend Joel Grey in a candid question and answer session about his career from Borscht Capades to The Cherry Orchar...
- Interview
- The Lips, The Teeth, The Tip of the Tongue: Vocal and Dialect Coaches Jacob K. Javits Convention Center - Programming Room A
- 4:00 PM - 4:50 PM | 50 minutes
- How does someone from South Carolina develop a Cockney flower seller's accent? Find out from some of Broadway’s leading experts in making actors so...
- Panel
- The Play's the Thing! A Playwriting Panel Jacob K. Javits Convention Center - Programming Room B
- 4:00 PM - 4:50 PM | 50 minutes
- Panel
- Being Out on Broadway Jacob K. Javits Convention Center - Programming Room D
- 4:00 PM - 4:50 PM | 50 minutes
- Some of Broadway's biggest stars come together for an honest discussion of what it means to be Out in the Broadway community. Topics will include t...
- Panel
- Friends of the ABC: A Les Misérables Meetup Jacob K. Javits Convention Center - Programming Room E
- 4:00 PM - 4:50 PM | 50 minutes
- Meetup
- Donna Murphy Autograph Session Jacob K. Javits Convention Center - Audience Rewards Autograph and Photograph Area
- 4:00 PM - 4:50 PM | 50 minutes
- Autograph Session
- Sydney Lucas, Jake Lucas, Sarah Charles Lewis, Daisy Eagan Autograph Session Jacob K. Javits Convention Center - Audience Rewards Autograph and Photograph Area
- 4:00 PM - 4:50 PM | 50 minutes
- Autograph Session
4:30 PM
4:30 PM
- Cosplay Fashion Show Jacob K. Javits Convention Center - MainStage
- 4:30 PM - 4:50 PM | 20 minutes
- After all your hard work putting your cosplay together, now's the time to show off your skills to all of BroadwayCon! Participants will be chosen i...
- Special Event
- Beginner Theatre Dance Workshop II Jacob K. Javits Convention Center - Special Events Hall
- 4:30 PM - 5:50 PM | 1 hour 20 minutes
- Attending a workshop at BroadwayCon requires submitting an application in advance. Workshops are included in the cost of a ticket, but since these ...
- Workshop
- The Doo Wop Project Performance Jacob K. Javits Convention Center - Marketplace Stage
- 4:30 PM - 5:20 PM | 50 minutes
- Come hear a performance from The Doo Wop Project, an a capella group featuring current and former stars of Broadway’s smash hits Jersey Boys and Mo...
- Performance
5:00 PM
5:00 PM
- Making Mondays: Live on Saturday Jacob K. Javits Convention Center - MainStage
- 5:00 PM - 5:50 PM | 50 minutes
- You've watched on Facebook Live and Periscope, now be part of #MakingMondays LIVE! Join Jordan Roth, singer/songwriter Robbie Roth and your favorit...
- Special Event
- Getting There: In Transit Jacob K. Javits Convention Center - Programming Room A
- 5:00 PM - 5:50 PM | 50 minutes
- Panel
- Let's Go to the Movies! Jacob K. Javits Convention Center - Programming Room B
- 5:00 PM - 5:50 PM | 50 minutes
- This session will examine the film versions of our favorite Broadway shows, compare them to their stage counterparts, and explore the history of mo...
- Lecture
- Setting the Stage: Broadway Scenic Design Jacob K. Javits Convention Center - Programming Room C
- 5:00 PM - 5:50 PM | 50 minutes
- Set the stage with these remarkable Broadway designers; what goes into constructing a set model that will soon be 10x its size on the Broadway stag...
- Panel
- Hamilton Meetup Jacob K. Javits Convention Center - Programming Room D
- 5:00 PM - 5:50 PM | 50 minutes
- You could’ve been anywhere in the world today, and you’re here with us. Meet others who are just as addicted as you are, sing some songs, have some...
- Meetup
- It's 11:00 Somewhere: Eleven O'Clock Numbers Singalong Jacob K. Javits Convention Center - Programming Room E
- 5:00 PM - 5:50 PM | 50 minutes
- Curtain up! Light the lights! We'll be all dolled up and singin' the songs you love to belt, including "Gimme Gimme," "Always Starting Over," and "...
- Singalong
- Joel Grey Autograph Session Jacob K. Javits Convention Center - Audience Rewards Autograph and Photograph Area
- 5:00 PM - 5:50 PM | 50 minutes
- Autograph Session
6:00 PM
6:00 PM
- Lesli Margherita Variety Hour Jacob K. Javits Convention Center - MainStage
- 6:00 PM - 6:50 PM | 50 minutes
- Special Event
7:00 PM
7:00 PM
- BroadwayCon Blizzard Party Line Jacob K. Javits Convention Center - MainStage
- 7:00 PM - 7:50 PM | 50 minutes
- We started it on a whim last year and now it's a BroadwayCon MainStage Mainstay. Join us as we call some of Broadway's best and brightest. You neve...
- Special Event
8:00 PM
8:00 PM
- Best Worst BroadwayCon Panel: A Merrily We Roll Along Conversation Jacob K. Javits Convention Center - MainStage
- 8:00 PM - 8:50 PM | 50 minutes
- It’s been 35 years since Merrily We Roll Along premiered on Broadway. And it’s been 35 years since it closed after 16 performances, marking ...
- Panel
9:00 PM
9:00 PM
- BroadwayCon Jukebox Jacob K. Javits Convention Center - MainStage
- 9:00 PM - 9:50 PM | 50 minutes
- In our first late-night, anything-goes session, you make the set list. Put a quarter in the jukebox (or download the BroadwayCon app) and choose th...
- Performance
10:00 PM
10:00 PM
- LAKES Jacob K. Javits Convention Center - MainStage
- 10:00 PM - 10:20 PM | 20 minutes
- LAKES is a grunge-pop band that formed in Brooklyn in 2015 when bf-gf bandmembers Libby Winters and John Gallagher went into a practice room to shr...
- Performance
10:30 PM
10:30 PM
- Teen Commandments Jacob K. Javits Convention Center - MainStage
- 10:30 PM - 11:00 PM | 30 minutes
- Teen Commandments are best friends from Williamsburg, Brooklyn who throw parties, collect synthesizers and worship at the altar of pop music. Accor...
- Performance