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| BroadwayHD and Talkback Series | Talkback Series Only: Suggested Donation | Talkback Series Only: Without Suggested Donation | |
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| BroadwayHD and Talkback Series | Talkback Series Only: Suggested Donation | Talkback Series Only: Without Suggested Donation | |
| GA | 22.00 | 7.00 | 0.00 |
Even though stages across the country are still dark, Broadway is alive and well…wherever you stream online content!
The Mendel Center’s Broadway Talkback Series gives you access to national and international award-winning Broadway directors, writers, choreographers, and actors from well-known performances during five, 40-minute live Zoom talks where YOU can ask the questions.
This series is unique to The Mendel Center - you won't find it anywhere else!
You also unlock more than 300 Broadway and performing arts productions with BroadwayHD that you can stream on demand with your 3-month subscription!
With one Broadway Talkback Series pass, you gain online access to five sessions hosted by The Mendel Center through Zoom, each on the topic of a particular Broadway performance.
Join the pre-talk back watch party during which time you can chat online with other Mendel Center patrons about the show you are watching and submit questions for the guest speaker. Immediately following the watch party, the talkback will begin.
Don't have time to join the watch party? No problem. Watch the featured performance any time before or after the talkback. You can jump directly into the talkback Zoom session at its start time
Sunday, December 6
Watch party, 5:10 pm
Talkback interview, 7 pm with Cathy Rigby, starring role of Peter Pan
During her gymnastics career, Cathy won numerous international medals- including eight gold. When Cathy retired from the sport, she joined ABC Sports for 18 years, providing expert commentary on the sport of gymnastics around the world. After seven years of intense voice and theatrical training, she embarked on a new career in performing arts. National and regional tour credits include: Annie Get Your Gun, Meet Me in St. Louis, South Pacific, Paint Your Wagon, The Unsinkable Molly Brown, Silvia, and Steel Magnolias. On Broadway, she starred as the title role in Peter Pan in 1991 and 1998, and in Seussical the Musical as Cat-In-The-Hat in 2002. Cathy has been honored with the National Broadway Theatre Award, “Ovation” Lifetime Achievement Award and the 2004 Distinguished Lifetime Service Award from The League of American Theatres and Producers.
Saturday, December 12
Watch party, 4:50 pm
Talkback interview, 7 pm with Jerry Mitchell, choreographer
Jerry Mitchell received the Tony Award for Best Choreography twice, initially for the revival of La Cage aux Folles and thereafter for the Tony Award-winning Best Musical, Kinky Boots, for which he was also nominated as Director. Jerry was most recently represented on Broadway as Director/Choreographer of Pretty Woman, now playing on the West End and in Hamburg. He directed the Gloria Estefan Broadway musical, On Your Feet! and its international tour, recently presented in London’s Coliseum Theatre and was nominated for an Olivier Award for his choreography in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, which he also directed and co-produced in London. In the 35 preceding years, Jerry has been involved with more than 50 Broadway, West End and touring productions.
Kinky Boots BroadwayHD Preview
Saturday, December 19
Talkback interview, 2 pm with Laurence Connor, director
Connor’s credits and awards include Theatre: Joseph…Dreamcoat (London Palladium), Chess (ENO West End), School of Rock (Broadway, West End, U.S. tour), Les Misérables (Broadway, West End, worldwide, U.S. tour), Miss Saigon (West End, U.S and U.K. tours, worldwide), Jesus Christ Superstar (U.K. arena tour, Australia), the entirely new stage production of The Phantom of the Opera (U.S., U.K. tours), Oliver! (U.K. tour). Concerts: The Phantom of the Opera 25th anniversary (Royal Albert Hall, worldwide cinema streaming, DVD), Les Misérables 25th anniversary (O2 Arena, worldwide cinema streaming, DVD), Miss Saigon 25th anniversary (cinema release, DVD). Awards: Miss Saigon West End (Best Direction – WhatsOnStage, Broadway World awards), Miss Saigon Australia (Best Director of a Musical – Green Room Awards), Les Misérables Korea (Best Director of a Musical).
A closer look at BroadwayHD
Enjoy musicals such as An American in Paris, Billy Elliot, Jekyll & Hyde, Kinky Boots, Kiss Me Kate, and Memphis, concert events such as Les Miserables in Concert and The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall, classics such as The King and I, Oklahoma, and Gypsy, plays such as Driving Miss Daisy, Ann and Death of a Salesman, and 10 astounding productions from Cirque du Soleil.
In addition to Broadway, a huge range of performing arts are featured including ballet (Swan Lake, Nutcracker, Sleeping Beauty, and more), BBC’s Proms concerts, Disney’s Broadway hits live in concert, Riverdance, Live from Lincoln Center concerts featuring Broadway favorites Sutton Foster and Stephanie J. Block, documentaries such as Carole King: Natural Woman, and The Making of West Side Story, the Nunsense collection of 7 side-splitting musicals, and much more.
High definition (HD) cameras capture the excitement of a Broadway performance in front of an audience and deliver the best angles, video quality, and audio quality right to your living room. With a catalog of over 300 shows from Broadway, the West End, and beyond, there’s something for everyone. Check out BroadwayHD on any streaming-enabled device.
Bring Broadway to your home
If you already subscribe to Broadway HD, you can extend your subscription by 3 months for $25 and have access to all five talkback sessions.
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