The program will include a producers panel featuring Amanda Lipitz, Haley Swindal, Susan Kelechi Watson, and Brian Lee. Business of Broadway is sponsored by City National Bank and will be hosted by Tom Felton. Variety has announced programming for its annual Business of Broadway Breakfast, presented by City National Bank.
The program, on Oct. 5 in New York City, will feature Rachel Zegler, Aaron Sorkin, Bradley Whitford and Diego Rodriguez. The event will be hosted by actor Tom Felton (“Harry Potter and the Cursed Child”), who is reprising his role as Draco Malfoy in the “Harry Potter” series. Zegler and Rodriguez will be joined by co-star James Olivas for a keynote conversation about the upcoming, “Evita,” which is set to hit the stage in early 2027.
Joining Aaron Sorkin and Bradley Whitford for the “A Few Good Men” keynote are Tom Blyth, actor and singer Krysta Rodriguez and six-time Tony Award-winning director Michael Arden. The theater adaptation of Sorkin’s 1992 classic film “A Few Good Men” will be revived on Oct. 8 at Lincoln Center’s Vivian Beaumont Theater in New York City. The day’s final keynote will feature the cast and crew of “Dolly: A True Original Musical,”opening at the St.
James Theater on Jan. 19, on what would have been Dolly Parton’s 81st birthday. Producer Adam Speers, director Bartlett Sherr and the cast bring Dolly Parton and Maria S. Schlatter’s book to life following Dolly from Tennessee to the bright lights of Hollywood.
The Producers Panel will feature Amanda Lipitz (“Galileo”), Haley Swindal (“Damn Yankees”), Susan Kelechi Watson (“School Girls; Or, The African Mean Girls Play”) and Brian Lee (“Awake and Sing!” and “Here There Are Blueberries”). The panel will be moderated by Erik Piecuch, Senior VP/team leader of entertainment & sports banking at City National Bank. Variety will also feature the individuals profiled in its 10 Broadway to Watch list, published on Sept. 30, presented by City National Bank.
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