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David, who began his career onstage in Merrily We Roll Along, quickly became one of Broadway's most notable music directors working closely with Sondheim, Ahrens & Flaherty, and Kander & Ebb to name a few.

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About David Loud:

David Loud (NYC) occupies a unique place in Broadway history. In addition to his distinguished career as one of Broadway’s most respected music directors and arrangers, he originated three Broadway roles as an actor, including his appearance in the original cast of Stephen Sondheim’s legendary failure (and cult classic) Merrily We Roll Along, directed by Harold Prince. In a career spanning several decades, he served as music director for the original Broadway productions of Ragtime, Curtains, Sondheim on Sondheim, The Visit, The Scottsboro Boys, A Class Act, The Look of Love, and Steel Pier, as well as revivals of She Loves Me, Company, and Sweeney Todd. He also appeared alongside Zoe Caldwell and Audra McDonald in Terrence McNally’s Tony-winning play, Master Class.

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Van, former programmer, runs a Broadway record label in addition to producing Broadway shows.

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About Van Dean:

Van Dean is a Tony® Award and Grammy® Award-winning producer of 13 Broadway musicals and plays (including Jagged Little Pill, Anastasia, Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella, The Gershwins’ Porgy & Bess, Big Fish, Catch Me If You Can, Evita, The Best Man, The Velocity of Autumn), 260+ musical theater-related recordings (including Matilda, The Color Purple, Anastasia, My Fair Lady, If The Fates Allow: Hadestown Holiday Album, Caroline, or Change, Assassins, The Lightning Thief), as well as numerous Broadway/National Tours, Off-Broadway musicals, concert events, a West End production and a documentary film. Van is President and Co-Founder of Broadway Records and his philanthropic work includes being a producer of “Broadway For Orlando: What The World Needs Now is Love”, Broadway United’s “We Are The World”, “Broadway Kids Against Bullying: I Have a Voice”, “From Broadway With Love” benefit concerts for Sandy Hook, Orlando (Emmy Award winner for sound design) and Parkland as well his work with NewArts in Sandy Hook/Newtown, CT.

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Currently swinging in Tina on Broadway, Michelle has kept up her Fitness/Nutrition Coaching business that she created during the pandemic.

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About Michelle West:

Michelle West is a dancer, actress, teacher, fitness, and nutrition coach born in Philadelphia, PA and based in Fort Lee, NJ. She is currently a Swing in Tina: The Tina Turner Musical on Broadway. Other Credits Include; Tours: Disney’s Aladdin (1st Nat’l), Memphis, Sid the Science Kid, Live! NY: Goddess (Berkeley Rep), Carnegie Hall (West Side Story). Regional: Sacramento Music Circus (The Wiz, Legally Blonde, Hello! Dolly), Alliance Theater (The Prom), Walnut Street Theater (The Wizard of Oz) Asolo Repertory Theater (West Side Story). BFA Dance from Temple University. Connect with me: @chelleywest / www.youtube.com/michellewestimi

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Find out how this financial analyst founded Broadway's first subscription box, Broadway Boxed Up!

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About Anant Das:

Anant Das (He/Him) is a producer, theatre investor, and CEO of Broadway Boxed Up, the longest-running theatre-themed subscription box. He is currently a producer of the new musical, How to Repair a Mechanical Heart, and the Broadway Makers Marketplace, the first Broadway Pop-Up Shop, and has experience as an investor with Fairycakes Off-Broadway and the Museum of Broadway. He also serves as a young patron of the New York Theatre Workshop as part of their 4th Street Bar Association. With a background in financial valuation, computer science, and as a consultant with PricewaterhouseCoopers, Anant is passionate about the intersection of theatre, tech, and finance, as well as energized to increase access to both theatrical opportunities and theatre education. He also serves as a film screener for the Washington West Film Festival.  

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Carole breaks down the basics of voice and speech study and how it can be applied to life onstage and off.

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About Carole Healey:

Carole Healey is a teacher, director and actor and has worked at most of the major regional theatres in the country including The Oregon Shakespeare Festival, The Utah Shakespeare Festival, The Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Southwest Shakespeare, Great Lakes Theatre, Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, Theatreworks, CA, Kingshead Theatre, London, Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, The Olney, The Cape Playhouse, Pittsburgh Public and many others. Carole produced an original translation of “The Misanthrope”, and the New York premiere of “The Libertine” with The Hartshorn Theatre, which she founded. Carole received her MFA from The Professional Theatre Training Program at The University of Delaware.

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After establishing a career in stage management, Matt discusses his shift to directing

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Matt is currently the Resident Director for Moulin Rouge! on Broadway and the Associate Director for the show’s upcoming North American Tour. He staged the Off-Broadway production and North American Tour of The Play That Goes Wrong and recently returned from South Korea, where he restaged the Broadway production of Beetlejuice for its run in Seoul at the Sejong Center for the Performing Arts. Matt was the Associate Director for the first national tour of The Color Purple revival and the second national tour of Rock of Ages.

As a Production Stage Manager, Matt helmed the Broadway productions of Beetlejuice, The Play That Goes Wrong, the Tony-winning revival of The Color Purple, Honeymoon in Vegas, and Rock of Ages. He also worked as the PSM for the world premieres of A Walk on the Moon (A.C.T.), Up Here (La Jolla Playhouse), and Piece of My Heart: The Bert Berns Story (Off-Broadway). Other stage management credits include Broadway Bares 2017, Broadway Backwards 6, 7 & 8, and over 12 productions at Paper Mill Playhouse, including The Sound of Music, Peter Pan, Steel Magnolias, Little Shop of Horrors, and The Full Monty. 

Matt’s corporate event experience includes projects with Empire Entertainment, David Stark Design, and Civic Entertainment. Favorites include events with Target, McDonald’s, and the AMC Upfronts. Matt currently is on the faculty at Columbia University and has guest lectured at several universities including Yale and Carnegie Mellon. He graduated with a BFA from Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University. Matt currently lives in South Orange, NJ with his financé, Joey, and their sweet little Morkie, Max.

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In the second part of our conversation with Cheryl Dennis, we chat new front of house protocols, making sure aisles are clear during the performances, late entry and so much more!

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ABOUT CHERYL DENNIS

Cheryl Dennis is a general manager, producer, and entertainment executive specializing in taking creative ventures from concept to fruition. Within her experience on broadway, off broadway, in a-list commercial events, and the non-profit sector she has championed creatives, theatre companies, and business partners, creating new, innovative strategies for production, audience, and revenue.

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In the first part of our conversation with Cheryl Dennis, we chat working at Circle in the Square, how to prepare the theatre for a new production, and so much more!

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ABOUT CHERYL DENNIS

Cheryl Dennis is a general manager, producer, and entertainment executive specializing in taking creative ventures from concept to fruition. Within her experience on broadway, off broadway, in a-list commercial events, and the non-profit sector she has championed creatives, theatre companies, and business partners, creating new, innovative strategies for production, audience, and revenue.

CONNECT WITH CHERYL:

cheryldennisproductions.com

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In the second part of our conversation with Toni, welcoming theatregoers back to Broadway, reframing the narrative that Broadway is for you, and so much more!

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ABOUT TONI R. ISREAL

Toni R. Isreal, is the CEO and Founder of REALEMN Productions LLC, Broadway’s leading multicultural marketing and PR team, run by Black Women. ‘The Real Team’s’ current client list includes Broadway’s leading shows including 8 Time Tony Award Winning HADESTOWN, JAGGED LITTLE PILL, Antoinette Chinonye Nwandu’s "powerful and provocative," PASS OVER, 2021 FIRST Broadway show to open - MJ THE MUSICAL, CHICKEN & BISCUITS, and also, New York Theatre Workshop, Princeton’s McCarter Theatre Center, New Brunswick’s George Street Playhouse, and the North American HADESTOWN Tour 2021. In addition to being a proud member of New York Women in Film & Television, this co-founding member of The Industry Standard Group is also a consultant with New York’s World-Famous Apollo Theater, where she has secured over a million dollars in sales. Previously, Isreal was the Managing Director of Walker International Communications Group (WICG) where she led a team providing all aspects of marketing consultation to arts organizations including audience development, media support, and socially & technology driven initiatives. A proud member of CTI – Commercial Theater Institute, Isreal was instrumental in multiple projects inclusive of, 2018 Tony Award Winning ONCE ON THIS ISLAND, Disney’s ALADDIN and THE LION KING, A RAISIN IN THE SUN, A TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL, A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE, BABY IT’S YOU and STICKFLY, Boston’s BORN FOR THIS at ArtsEmerson Theatre and Off-Broadway’s SMOKEY JOE’S CAFÉ, LITTLE ROCK, THROUGH THE NIGHT, ONE NIGHT, BOOTYCANDY, KING LIZ, WHORL, INVISIBLE THREAD, SMART PEOPLE, DOT, and AUTUMN. REALEMN Productions is actively prospecting producing and marketing opportunities for film, television, and/or theater. Proud to state my first of many Producing credit under ReAct; HADESTOWN North American Tour and in Oct 2021 (NEW) Fellow Member of the Broadway League. And as a sincere advocate for BIPOC, Isreal enjoys promoting arts and entertainment to multicultural communities and delivering engaging experiences that encourage audiences to secure their seats and tune in! www.RealemnProductions.com follow @realemnproductions and listen to Callbacks Podcast, that’s powered by Realemn Productions.

Connect with Toni! realemnproductions.com

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In the first part of our conversation with Toni R. Isreal, BIPOC Marketing for Chicken & Biscuits, we chat Realemn Productions, finding an audience for the show, ways to dive into the world of the play through marketing and so much more!

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ABOUT TONI R. ISREAL

Toni R. Isreal, is the CEO and Founder of REALEMN Productions LLC, Broadway’s leading multicultural marketing and PR team, run by Black Women. ‘The Real Team’s’ current client list includes Broadway’s leading shows including 8 Time Tony Award Winning HADESTOWN, JAGGED LITTLE PILL, Antoinette Chinonye Nwandu’s "powerful and provocative," PASS OVER, 2021 FIRST Broadway show to open - MJ THE MUSICAL, CHICKEN & BISCUITS, and also, New York Theatre Workshop, Princeton’s McCarter Theatre Center, New Brunswick’s George Street Playhouse, and the North American HADESTOWN Tour 2021. In addition to being a proud member of New York Women in Film & Television, this co-founding member of The Industry Standard Group is also a consultant with New York’s World-Famous Apollo Theater, where she has secured over a million dollars in sales. Previously, Isreal was the Managing Director of Walker International Communications Group (WICG) where she led a team providing all aspects of marketing consultation to arts organizations including audience development, media support, and socially & technology driven initiatives. A proud member of CTI – Commercial Theater Institute, Isreal was instrumental in multiple projects inclusive of, 2018 Tony Award Winning ONCE ON THIS ISLAND, Disney’s ALADDIN and THE LION KING, A RAISIN IN THE SUN, A TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL, A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE, BABY IT’S YOU and STICKFLY, Boston’s BORN FOR THIS at ArtsEmerson Theatre and Off-Broadway’s SMOKEY JOE’S CAFÉ, LITTLE ROCK, THROUGH THE NIGHT, ONE NIGHT, BOOTYCANDY, KING LIZ, WHORL, INVISIBLE THREAD, SMART PEOPLE, DOT, and AUTUMN. REALEMN Productions is actively prospecting producing and marketing opportunities for film, television, and/or theater. Proud to state my first of many Producing credit under ReAct; HADESTOWN North American Tour and in Oct 2021 (NEW) Fellow Member of the Broadway League. And as a sincere advocate for BIPOC, Isreal enjoys promoting arts and entertainment to multicultural communities and delivering engaging experiences that encourage audiences to secure their seats and tune in! www.RealemnProductions.com follow @realemnproductions and listen to Callbacks Podcast, that’s powered by Realemn Productions.

Connect with Toni! realemnproductions.com

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