The Bumpy Road to New York...
Join us 12/18 for the next TRU panel!
Developmental Paths for New Works
It's not easy getting a show to New York, and there's no one way to do it. We'll look at various developmental trajectories, including regional productions, not-for-profit partnerships, college collaborations and testing the waters in the West End, as well as the early steps from table readings to industry presentations. We will also talk about the producer’s role as a creative collaborator, options and other ways a producer can be attached to a project, the pros and cons of having a producer come on board during early development and the reasonable expectations a writer and producer may have of each other during the road to production.
With producer Van Dean of The Broadway Consortium (Tony® Award winning producer of The Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess with 4 other Tony® Award nominations for the revivals of Evita, Gore Vidal’s The Best Man, Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella and Catch Me If You Can; also Matilda, Big Fish, Bonnie & Clyde, Chinglish, Rooms: a rock romance; Grammy nominee for Matilda recording) and general partner on an incoming Broadway show; producer Larry Kaye of Hop Theatricals (revival of Mamet’s Oleanna, the Tony Award winning American Idiot, Tony Award winning revival of Blithe Spirit, off-Broadway's Rooms: a rock romance) and general partner on an incoming Broadway show; producer Jana Robbins (Little Women, Ragtime revival, Through the Night) who has been working with writer D. Tucker Smith to bring in Smith’s play Roof of the World (formerly The Great Game); and Ken Waissman (the original Grease, Agnes of God, Torch Song Trilogy) who is working on bringing in Josephine, a musical about legendary Josephine Baker.
Doors open at 7:00pm for networking and refreshments, roundtable introductions of everyone in the room will start at 7:30pm - come prepared with your best one-minute summary of who you are, and what you need. Free for TRU members; $12 for non-members. Please call at least a day in advance (or much sooner) for reservations: 212/714-7628; or e-mail TRUStaff1@gmail.com
With producer Van Dean of The Broadway Consortium (Tony® Award winning producer of The Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess with 4 other Tony® Award nominations for the revivals of Evita, Gore Vidal’s The Best Man, Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella and Catch Me If You Can; also Matilda, Big Fish, Bonnie & Clyde, Chinglish, Rooms: a rock romance; Grammy nominee for Matilda recording) and general partner on an incoming Broadway show; producer Larry Kaye of Hop Theatricals (revival of Mamet’s Oleanna, the Tony Award winning American Idiot, Tony Award winning revival of Blithe Spirit, off-Broadway's Rooms: a rock romance) and general partner on an incoming Broadway show; producer Jana Robbins (Little Women, Ragtime revival, Through the Night) who has been working with writer D. Tucker Smith to bring in Smith’s play Roof of the World (formerly The Great Game); and Ken Waissman (the original Grease, Agnes of God, Torch Song Trilogy) who is working on bringing in Josephine, a musical about legendary Josephine Baker.
Doors open at 7:00pm for networking and refreshments, roundtable introductions of everyone in the room will start at 7:30pm - come prepared with your best one-minute summary of who you are, and what you need. Free for TRU members; $12 for non-members. Please call at least a day in advance (or much sooner) for reservations: 212/714-7628; or e-mail TRUStaff1@gmail.com
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The Bumpy Road to New York: Developmental Paths for New Works
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Wednesday, Dec 18, 2013, 07:00 PM
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