Craig Zadan is a producer and writer. Working alone and with Neil Meron, his partner in the production company Storyline Entertainment, he produced such films as Footloose, Chicago and Hairspray. 

Neil Meron is a film producer known for producing the 2002 film Chicago and the 2007 film Hairspray. With partner Craig Zadan he ran the production company Storyline Entertainment.

Storyline Entertainment has had success with film musicals, such as Chicago (2002) and Hairspray (2007). Other films they have produced include If Looks Could Kill, Brian's Song, Living Proof, The Bucket List, and Footloose (1984 and 2011). They have also produced the live telecasts of The Sound of Music Live!, Peter Pan Live!, The Wiz Live! and the Broadway revivals of How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying and Promises, Promises. They have produced the Oscars telecasts since the 85th Academy Awards (2012).

They’ve put Broadway on the minds of millions and millions of people, and they sat down with me to talk all about why the theater is important, and . . .

The lesson Joe Papp taught them about how to pick a project.

Just what is happening with the Broadway production of Bombshell and when???

What Hollywood has taught them and what they think Broadway should learn.

How they’ve managed to convince the biggest names in entertainment, from Barbra Streisand to Bette Midler, to do their stuff. And how you can learn to convince people to.

Which one reads the chat rooms and which one doesn’t, and how they feel about the social media audience.

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