| TEDxBroadway Announces More Speakers for 2018 Event | |
| Posted by: Official_Press_Release 10:50 am EST 01/10/18 | |
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| BAM President Emerita Karen Brooks Hopkins, BroadwayCon Co-Founder Melissa Anelli, Three-Time Tony Award-Winning Producer Ron Simons and More Join TEDxBroadway Lineup 7th Annual Event Returns to New World Stages Tuesday, February 27, 2018 The TEDxBroadway stage is being set with an array of speakers -- all with unique viewpoints, perspectives and stories -- for the return of the one-day event exclusively dedicated to asking “What’s the Best Broadway Can Be?” Organizers announce today additional speakers who’ll appear Tuesday, February 27 at New World Stages in New York City for TEDxBroadway 2018. Taking the stage: · Jim Joseph is currently the Theatre Manager at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre, the Broadway home of Manhattan Theatre Club. · Melissa Anelli is the CEO of Mischief Management and Co-Founder of BroadwayCon. She wrote The New York Times-bestselling book, Harry, A History: The true story of a boy wizard, his fans, and life inside the Harry Potter phenomenon, which featured a foreword from J.K. Rowling. · Karen Brooks Hopkins was BAM’s president (where she worked since 1979) from 1999 until her retirement in June 2015. She is the author of the widely read book, Successful Fundraising for Arts & Cultural Organizations. · Ron Simons is a three-time Tony Award-winning producer, four-time Sundance Film Festival selected producer and actor of stage, film and television. Ron is also the Founder and CEO of SimonSays Entertainment. · Ryan Chang is founder of academic services company, Ivy Consulting Group, and restoration artists, Residential Arts Group. He is a member of the Broadway League, serves on the Board of Directors for Broadway for All, and works as an executive producer on theater and film projects. They join previously announced speakers/performers for TEDxBroadway 2018: Shakina Nayfack (Lola on the Hulu comedy series Difficult People and the Founding Artistic Director of Musical Theatre Factory). Michael Riedel (the theater columnist for The New York Post and host of On the Town with Michael Riedel on AM 970). Shaina Taub (New York-based songwriter and performer. Winner of a Jonathan Larson Grant and Ars Nova’s 2012 Composer-in-Residence). David Yazbek (Broadway composer/lyricist for: The Band’s Visit, The Full Monty, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown). TEDxBroadway was co-founded by Damian Bazadona of Situation Interactive and Jim McCarthy, CEO of Goldstar. TEDxBroadway is sponsored by Jujamcyn Theatres, Broadway.com, The Shubert Organization, The Nederlander Organization, Disney Theatrical Productions and EBG (Entertainment Benefits Group). With additional support provided by The Brazen Tavern. Registration for the TEDxBroadway conference will begin at 1:15PM on February 27, 2018. Tickets are $100. 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. |
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