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Jacob K. Javits Convention Center - Programming Room A

Sessions

Friday 27 January, 2017

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
10:00 AM
10:00 AM
Self-Tape Seminar
50 minutes, 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM

Jacob K. Javits Convention Center - Programming Room A

Lecture

Tracey Grimaldi (Participant)

You’ve got a great headshot, a great voice, terrific song and monologue and the perfect outfit. So you’re ready to audition, right? WRONG! These da...
11:00 AM
11:00 AM
The Art of Perseverence With Melissa Errico
50 minutes, 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM

Jacob K. Javits Convention Center - Programming Room A

Seminar

Melissa Errico (Presenter)

Did you fall in love with theatre? Do you remember your inspiration? Did you ever feel you can't get started? Did you ever think you can't get o...
12:00 PM
12:00 PM
In Trousers Reunion
1 hour 20 minutes, 12:00 PM - 1:20 PM

Jacob K. Javits Convention Center - Programming Room A

Panel

William Finn (Panelist)

Jennifer Ashley Tepper, Be More Chill (Moderator)

Chip Zien (Panelist)

Ira Weitzman (Panelist)

Mary Testa, Oklahoma! (Panelist)

Alison Fraser (Panelist)

André Bishop (Panelist)

In 1979, William Finn made his off-Broadway debut with In Trousers, the first of the "Marvin" musicals. March of the Falsettos an...
1:30 PM
1:30 PM

Jacob K. Javits Convention Center - Programming Room A

Podcast

Felicia Fitzpatrick, Playbill (Panelist)

Bianca Soto (Panelist)

Gillian Pensavalle, True Crime Obsessed (Panelist)

Tyler Mount (Panelist)

Patrick Hinds, True Crime Obsessed (Moderator)

Laura Heywood, @BroadwayGirlNYC (Panelist)

Andrew Briedis (Panelist)

Lots of people who can't act, sing, or dance (and even those who do!) find their Broadway outlet online. Join Patrick Hinds and some of Broadway's ...
2:30 PM
2:30 PM
Women in the World of Sondheim
1 hour 20 minutes, 2:30 PM - 3:50 PM

Jacob K. Javits Convention Center - Programming Room A

Saturday 28 January, 2017

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
10:00 AM
10:00 AM
Define Talent: Casting Seminar
50 minutes, 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM

Jacob K. Javits Convention Center - Programming Room A

Seminar

Benton Whitley, Stewart/Whitley (Instructor)

Booking a Broadway show takes everything from training, networking, audition skills, websites, unions, and social media, to the right song cut, but...
11:00 AM
11:00 AM
Long, Straight, Curly, Fuzzy: Wigs and Hair Design
50 minutes, 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM

Jacob K. Javits Convention Center - Programming Room A

Panel

Tommy Kurzman (Panelist)

Mark Peikert, Playbill (Moderator)

Mark Bailey Capalbo (Panelist)

Sarah C. Levine (Panelist)

Brittnye Elise Batchelor (Panelist)

12:00 PM
12:00 PM
Casting Roxie, Raoul, and Rafiki
50 minutes, 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM

Jacob K. Javits Convention Center - Programming Room A

Panel

Eric Woodall (Panelist)

Andrew Briedis (Moderator)

Mark Brandon, CSA, Binder Casting (Panelist)

Benton Whitley, Stewart/Whitley (Panelist)

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...
1:00 PM
1:00 PM
The History of the Ensemblist
50 minutes, 1:00 PM - 1:50 PM

Jacob K. Javits Convention Center - Programming Room A

Panel

Mo Brady, The Ensemblist (Moderator)

Nancy Opel, Beautiful (Panelist)

Des McAnuff (Panelist)

Douglas Lyons (Panelist)

Kathleen Marshall, Anything Goes (Panelist)

Nikka Graff Lanzarone (Moderator)

Michael Berresse, Director, [title of show] (Panelist)

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...
2:00 PM
2:00 PM
Trans Representation in Theatre
50 minutes, 2:00 PM - 2:50 PM

Jacob K. Javits Convention Center - Programming Room A

Panel

Aneesh Sheth, Jessica Jones (Panelist)

Maggie Keenan-Bolger (Moderator)

Ty Defoe, Straight White Men (Panelist)

Maybe Burke, "Ramy" (Panelist)

Azure D. Osborne-Lee, Mirrors (Panelist)

Em Grosland (Panelist)

3:00 PM
3:00 PM

Jacob K. Javits Convention Center - Programming Room A

Panel

Ava Briglia, School of Rock (Panelist)

Tim Federle (Moderator)

Brooklyn Nelson (Panelist)

Ava Ulloa (Panelist)

Erica Simone Barnett (Panelist)

Eleanor Koski (Panelist)

Kaci Walfall (Panelist)

Sarah Charles Lewis (Panelist)

Sydney Lucas (Panelist)

Jake Lucas (Panelist)

Allie Trimm (Panelist)

Heidi Gray (Panelist)

Taylor Richardson (Panelist)

Sophia Gennusa, Matilda, Doctor Zhivago (Panelist)

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,...
4:00 PM
4:00 PM

Jacob K. Javits Convention Center - Programming Room A

Panel

Ben Furey (Panelist)

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...
5:00 PM
5:00 PM
Getting There: In Transit
50 minutes, 5:00 PM - 5:50 PM

Jacob K. Javits Convention Center - Programming Room A

Panel

Justin Guarini, Wicked (Panelist)

Ruthie Fierberg, Playbill (Moderator)

Rick Hip-Flores (Panelist)

Sara Wordsworth (Panelist)

Russ Kaplan (Panelist)

James-Allen Ford (Panelist)

Kathleen Marshall, Anything Goes (Panelist)

Kristen Anderson-Lopez, "Frozen (Panelist)

Sunday 29 January, 2017

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
10:00 AM
10:00 AM
Activism and Theatre
50 minutes, 10:00 AM - 10:50 AM

Jacob K. Javits Convention Center - Programming Room A

Panel

Celia Keenan-Bolger, To Kill A Mockingbird, The Glass Menagerie, Peter and the Starcatcher (Panelist)

Okieriete Onaodowan (Moderator)

11:00 AM
11:00 AM
Theater People LIVE! 100th Episode
50 minutes, 11:00 AM - 11:50 AM

Jacob K. Javits Convention Center - Programming Room A

Podcast

Celia Keenan-Bolger, To Kill A Mockingbird, The Glass Menagerie, Peter and the Starcatcher (Panelist)

Patrick Hinds, True Crime Obsessed (Moderator)

Beth Malone, Fun Home (Panelist)

Daisy Eagan, Strange & Unexplained with Daisy Eagan (Panelist)

Keala Settle (Panelist)

Andrew Keenan-Bolger, Newsies (Panelist)

12:00 PM
12:00 PM
#SOBLESSED with Annoying Actor Friend
50 minutes, 12:00 PM - 12:50 PM

Jacob K. Javits Convention Center - Programming Room A

Panel

Lesli Margherita, Matilda (Panelist)

Nic Rouleau (Panelist)

Keala Settle (Panelist)

Andrew Briedis (Moderator)

Eric Anderson (Panelist)

Julia Murney, Wicked (Panelist)

Best-selling satirical how-to book "#SOBLESSED: The Annoying Actor Friend's Guide to Werking in Show Business" comes to BroadwayCon! Andrew Briedis...
2:00 PM
2:00 PM
New Musical Theatre
50 minutes, 2:00 PM - 2:50 PM

Jacob K. Javits Convention Center - Programming Room A

Panel

Brian Lowdermilk (Panelist)

Sam Carner, Unlock'd (Moderator)

Joy Son (Panelist)

Kait Kerrigan (Panelist)

Joe Iconis, Be More Chill (Panelist)

Michael R. Jackson (Panelist)

What IS New Musical Theatre and how is it different from musical theatre that is new? Find out about the emerging shape musicals are taking and how...
3:00 PM
3:00 PM
Queer Women in Theatre
50 minutes, 3:00 PM - 3:50 PM

Jacob K. Javits Convention Center - Programming Room A

Meetup

Emily McNally (Moderator)

Much of the focus on theater’s accepting community for LGBTQ+ individuals tends to be on gay males. This program will be a space for queer women wh...
4:00 PM
4:00 PM
Broadway Stories LIVE
50 minutes, 4:00 PM - 4:50 PM

Jacob K. Javits Convention Center - Programming Room A

Special Event

Ann Harada, Avenue Q (Panelist)

Amanda Green (Panelist)

Todd Buonopane (Panelist)

Broadway's best stories are often told backstage! Todd Buonopane (Spelling Bee, Cinderella, Grease, Chicago) brings his live podcast to BroadwayCo...
5:00 PM
5:00 PM
Seth Speaks
50 minutes, 5:00 PM - 5:50 PM

Jacob K. Javits Convention Center - Programming Room A

Special Event

Eva Noblezada, Hadestown (Panelist)

Seth Rudetsky, Sirius XM's On Broadway (Master of ceremonies)

Michael Xavier (Panelist)

Lilla Crawford (Panelist)

Savvy Crawford (Panelist)

Roger Bart, The Producers, Young Frankenstein (Panelist)