| TEDxBroadway Announces Speakers: Michael Riedel, David Yazbek, Shaina Taub & More | |
| Posted by: Official_Press_Release 03:03 pm EDT 10/05/17 | |
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| TEDxBroadway Announces Speakers: Michael Riedel, Shakina Nayfack, David Yazbek and Shaina Taub 7th Annual Event Returns to New World Stages Tuesday, February 27, 2018 (New York, NY) – The organizers of TedxBroadway announce today the first group of speakers for the annual event, returning to New World Stages on Tuesday, February 27. A one-day event exclusively dedicated to the vitality of Broadway, TEDxBroadway continues a long tradition of presenting a wide variety of speakers and topics to contribute to the overall question of the day: “What’s the Best Broadway Can Be?’” “Of course, there really isn’t a definitive answer to the question,” says Jim McCarthy, TEDxBroadway Co-Founder and CEO of Goldstar. “But, by exploring the great ideas these speakers share we know we’re sparking discussions, igniting other ideas and creating new realizing possibilities to achieve that goal.” Speakers for TEDxBroadway 2018 include (with more to be named soon): · Shakina Nayfack plays Lola on the Hulu comedy series Difficult People and is the Founding Artistic Director of Musical Theatre Factory, where she has supported the development of over 100 new musicals, including an autobiographical rock musical about her gender confirmation, Manifest Pussy. · Michael Riedel is the theater columnist for The New York Post and host of On the Town with Michael Riedel on AM 970. His New York Times best-selling book, Razzle Dazzle: The Battle for Broadway, won the Marfield Prize for non-fiction writing about the arts in 2016. Michael is a frequent guest on Imus in the Morning, The Mark Simone Show on WOR and The Tom Shillue Show on Fox News Radio. He's at work on a sequel to Razzle Dazzle. · Shaina Taub is a New York-based songwriter and performer. Winner of a Jonathan Larson Grant and Ars Nova’s 2012 Composer-in-Residence, she made her Lincoln Center solo concert debut in their 2015 American Songbook series and is currently an artist-in-residence at Joe's Pub. · David Yazbek’s varied career as a recording artist, Emmy-winning TV and film writer, music producer, and pianist has led him to become one of Broadway’s preeminent composer/lyricists. His three shows, The Full Monty, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown,have all been nominated for Best Score Tony Awards. He’s also received 3 Grammy nominations and a Drama Desk Award. His most recent musical, The Band’s Visit, was a sold-out hit Off-Broadway this year and opens on Broadway this fall. “A big part of planning this year’s event was tapping into this TEDxBroadway community we’ve built over the last six years,” adds Damian Bazadona, TEDxBroadway Co-Organizer and founder of Situation Interactive. “Their commitment to this -- whether it’s introducing new ideas, suggesting speakers, offering sponsorships or just genuinely being ready to talk about the future -- tells us we’re on the right track.” Registration for the TEDxBroadway conference will begin at 1:15PM on February 27, 2018. Tickets are $100. TEDxBroadway is sponsored by Jujamcyn Theatres, Broadway.com, The Shubert Organization, The Nederlander Organization and Disney Theatrical Productions. Interested attendees can purchase tickets at www.TEDxBroadway.com Follow TEDxBroadway on Twitter: @TEDxBroadway About TEDx, x = independently organized event In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TED Talks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized. (Subject to certain rules and regulations.) About TED TED is a nonprofit organization devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading, usually in the form of short, powerful talks (18 minutes or fewer) delivered by today's leading thinkers and doers. Many of these talks are given at TED's annual conference in Vancouver, British Columbia, and made available, free, on TED.com. TED speakers have included Bill Gates, Jane Goodall, Elizabeth Gilbert, Sir Richard Branson, Nandan Nilekani, Philippe Starck, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Sal Khan and Daniel Kahneman. TED's open and free initiatives for spreading ideas include TED.com , where new TED Talk videos are posted daily; the Open Translation Project, which provides subtitles and interactive transcripts as well as translations from thousands of volunteers worldwide; the educational initiative TED-Ed ; the annual million-dollar TED Prize, which funds exceptional individuals with a "wish," or idea, to create change in the world; TEDx, which provides licenses to thousands of individuals and groups who host local, self-organized TED-style events around the world; and the TED Fellows program, which selects innovators from around the globe to amplify the impact of their remarkable projects and activities. Follow TED on Twitter at http://twitter.com/TEDTalks , on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/TED or Instagram at https://instagram.com/ted . |
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