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Joshua Ellis

he/him

Former Broadway Press Agent
Into the Woods
Participates in 1 Session

Josh Ellis started his career as a Broadway publicist exactly 50 years ago. The shows he publicized include the original "Into The Woods," "Fences," "42nd Street," "Nicholas Nickleby," "Big River," "The Elephant Man, and the award-winning revivals of "The King and I" (Yul Brynner), "Peter Pan" (Sandy Duncan), "Dracula" (Frank Langella) and "Morning's at Seven" (1980). He is particularly happy that Broadway now has a Lena Horne Theatre. He publicized her now-legendary "Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music." Josh tells his theatre stories in his one-man show: "Call My Publicist! -- The Starry Education of a Broadway Press Agent."

Sessions in which Joshua Ellis participates

Friday 24 January, 2020

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
10:00 AM
10:00 AM
Broadway Anecdotes
1 hour, 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

New York Hilton Midtown - Nassau Room

Panel

Joshua Ellis, Into the Woods (Participant)

Ken Bloom, Eubie Blake: Rags Rhythm and Race (Moderator)

Kenneth Kantor, Phantom of the Opera (Participant)

Loni Ackerman (Participant)

Ken Bloom, Broadway historian and the author of Show and Tell: The New Book of Broadway Anecdotes, hosts a lively panel of Broadway raconteu...