New York Hilton Midtown - Sutton Center Room

Sessions

Friday 24 January, 2020

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
10:00 AM
10:00 AM
So You Want To Be a Cosplayer?
1 hour, 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

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Panel

Em Hough, WVU Youth Theater Academy (Moderator)

Cee Kaye (Participant)

Iyana Colby (Participant)

Lindsey Colburn, Phantom on a Budget (Participant)

This panel will bring together several cosplayers with professional, competitive, and amateur backgrounds designing and creating costumes. We inten...
11:15 AM
11:15 AM
Ready, Willing, and Very Abled
1 hour, 11:15 AM - 12:15 PM

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Panel

David W. Connolly, Drayton Entertainment (Moderator)

Sydney Mesher, Radio City Rockettes (Participant)

Michael Rubinoff, Canadian Music Theatre Project at Sheridan College (Participant)

John McGinty, Children of a Lesser God (Participant)

Karyn Casl, Telsey and Company (Participant)

John Heginbotham, Oklahoma! (Participant)

David W. Connolly, the only double amputee to have performed on Broadway, will be joined by a Broadway actor, Broadway choreographer, Broadway cast...
12:30 PM
12:30 PM
Beyond These Palace Walls: A Fan Looks at The Magic and Making of Disney's "Aladdin" on Broadway
1 hour, 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM

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Lecture

Stephen D. Sperandio (Participant)

Journey to “A Whole New World” as we celebrate the magic and making of Disney’s Aladdin, the hit Broadway musical. From the story's roots...
1:45 PM
1:45 PM
Beyond Broadway: The Pleasure and Promise of Musical Theatre Across America
1 hour, 1:45 PM - 2:45 PM

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Lecture

Stacy Wolf, Program in Music Theater at Princeton University (Participant)

Have you participated in high school or community theatre musicals? Join author Stacy Wolf in a lively conversation about the lifeblood of Broadwa...
3:00 PM
3:00 PM
My Favorite Broadway Ad Campaign
1 hour, 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

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Panel

Aaliytha Stevens, SpotCo (Moderator)

Brian Dratch, SpotCo (Participant)

Callie Goff, SpotCo (Participant)

Dante Gianetta, SpotCo (Participant)

Jamie Chew, SpotCo (Participant)

Stacey Lieberman Prince, SpotCo (Participant)

Anne Gordon, SpotCo (Participant)

Working at one of Broadway’s leading advertising agencies, SpotCo team members are always challenging themselves to find unique ways for shows to s...
4:15 PM
4:15 PM
Expanding Broadway's Impact: Education and Outreach Programs
1 hour, 4:15 PM - 5:15 PM

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Panel

Yvette Kojic, Broadway Workshop (Moderator)

Lisa Mitchell, Disney Theatrical Group (Participant)

Katie McAllister, Inside Broadway (Participant)

Olivia Atlas, Roundabout Theatre Company (Participant)

Alexander Santiago-Jirau, New York Theatre Workshop (Participant)

Sean Tecson, Roundabout Theatre Company (Participant)

Millions of people see Broadway and off-Broadway shows every year, but for youth and people who can't afford to spend money on tickets, New York th...

Saturday 25 January, 2020

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
10:00 AM
10:00 AM
How Do you Solve a Problem Like Fandom: On Fan-Shaming, Behaviour-Policing, and Why They Should End Today
1 hour, 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

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Lecture

Kirsty Sedgman, Department of Theatre at University of Bristol UK (Participant)

In order to survive, theatre needs to attract new blood and reverse the trend that sees audiences diminishing, aging, and relatively homogenous. In...
11:15 AM
11:15 AM
"Why We Build the Wall": Death, Industry, and the Enemies of the Underworld in Anaïs Mitchell's Hadestown
1 hour, 11:15 AM - 12:15 PM

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Lecture

Payton McConvey Chapley (Participant)

Jordyn Gabriella-Dorit (Participant)

Using adaptation theory and literary analysis, this panel aims to provide an academic deconstruction of the development of Hades in Anaïs Mitchell'...
12:30 PM
12:30 PM
Welcome To Our Panel About Death: Beetlejuice Fan Meetup
1 hour, 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM

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Meetup

Kris Williams (Moderator)

Channa Schachet-Briskin (Participant)

Em Moxley (Participant)

Li Ben (Participant)

Maggie McAuliffe (Participant)

Ella Korn (Participant)

Join us for a special Q&A, a hilarious game of Kahoot, the first ever Beetlejuice Meme review, and many other surprises! Our cosplay cast is v...
1:45 PM
1:45 PM
Self(ie) Creation: Influencing the Arts
1 hour, 1:45 PM - 2:45 PM

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Lecture

Shawn Ryan, Young Actors' Theatre Camp (Participant)

Get up and do ONE THING EVERY DAY! That's all you have to do to have the creative life that you've always dreamed of. Come learn about how we can u...
3:00 PM
3:00 PM
Disney on Broadway: A Magical Fan Meetup Celebration
1 hour, 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

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Meetup

Ally O’Brien (Participant)

Amanda Bohlmann (Participant)

4:15 PM
4:15 PM
Black Broadway Movers And Shakers: Black Lead Producers
1 hour, 4:15 PM - 5:15 PM

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Panel

Linda Armstrong, New York Amsterdam News (Moderator)

Stephen Byrd, Front Row Productions (Participant)

Alia Jones-Harvey, Front Row Productions (Participant)

Stephen Byrd and Alia Jones-Harvey with Front Row Productions have been the only Black lead producers on Broadway for 15 years. In that time, they'...

Sunday 26 January, 2020

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
10:00 AM
10:00 AM
What Is A Legacy? - Lessons Learned From Hamilton
1 hour, 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

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Panel

Dr. Alisa Hurwitz, DrDrama.com (Moderator)

Karla Puno Garcia, Hamilton (Participant)

Gillian Pensavalle, True Crime Obsessed (Participant)

Andrea Koehler, Coloring Broadway (Participant)

Martha Southgate (Participant)

Musical theater can influence and shape its audience, as well as the artists who create it. Many of us have been “changed for good” by the shows w...
12:30 PM
12:30 PM
Audio Description: Because Blind People like Theatre Too
1 hour, 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM

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Panel

Sabrina Martinez (Participant)

Amy Fuchs (Participant)

Audio Description is a narration service which shares descriptions of scenes, sets, costumes, body language and visual jokes with patrons via heads...
1:45 PM
1:45 PM
The Psychology of Sondheim: Heroes and Villains
1 hour, 1:45 PM - 2:45 PM

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Lecture

Dr. Jaime Holtzer (Participant)

The work of Stephen Sondheim includes some of the most cherished musical theatre material in Broadway history. The complexities of his work transce...
3:00 PM
3:00 PM
Divorced, Beheaded, Live: A "Six the Musical" Fan Panel
1 hour, 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM

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Panel

Lorraine Ruth Rosenberg (Participant)

Kelly Ostazeski (Participant)

Shannon Twitty, Queen of Sassgard Cosplay (Participant)

Amanda-Rae Prescott (Participant)

History is nothing new to Broadway, but Six flipped the point of view with a new, throughly feminist explanation of the stories we don’t hea...
4:15 PM
4:15 PM
Trending on your Timelines
1 hour, 4:15 PM - 5:15 PM

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Panel

Lizzy Hale, TikTok (Participant)

Stephanie Sciandra Smith, Situation Interactive (Participant)

Kyle Fox, SpotCo (Participant)

Mike Karns, Marathon Digital (Participant)

Cherokee McAnelly, Tumblr (Participant)

In this panel, Broadway digital experts come together with representatives from TikTok and Tumblr to chat about trending topics, emerging platforms...