Industry NewsJagged Little Pill Collaborators Diane Paulus and Diablo Cody, Disney's Thomas Schumacher, More Set for Business of Broadway BreakfastThe annual event celebrates the theatre industry, coinciding with the unveiling of Variety's Broadway Players to Watch list.
By
Dan Meyer
September 19, 2019
Diane Paulus
Jenny Anderson
Creative team members behind Jagged Little Pill, as well as Broadway League Chairman and Disney Theatrical Group President Thomas Schumacher,will speak at Variety’s second annual Business of Broadway Breakfast, to be held October 7 in New York City.
Attending on behalf of the Alanis Morissette musical are book writer Diablo Cody, Tony-winning director Diane Paulus, and producers Eva Price, Vivek J Tiwary, and Arvind Ethan David.
Thomas Schumacher
Walt Disney Studios
Schumacher will give a keynote speech highlighting Disney's stage productions, including Beauty and the Beast, The Lion King, Mary Poppins, The Little Mermaid, and Newsies. The Jagged Little Pill team will lead a discussion on the journey a musical makes on its way to Broadway.
The invite-only event, coinciding with the release of Variety's 10 Broadway Players to Watch list, is presented in partnership with City National Bank and held at Bryant Park Grill.
Kearney was a recipient of the Dramatists Guild's Jonathan Larson Musical Theater Fellowship and the Lazarus Family Musical Theater Award, among other honors.
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