| BroadwayCon 2025 welcomes Lin-Manuel Miranda for an exclusive Spotlight Conversation Event...10th Annual Broadway Convention to take place at NY Hilton Midtown...2/7-2/9 | |
| Posted by: Official_Press_Release 10:02 am EST 01/11/25 | |
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| BROADWAYCON 2025 WELCOMES LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA FOR EXCLUSIVE SPOTLIGHT CONVERSATION EVENT *** 10th Annual Broadway Convention to take place at The New York Hilton Midtown (1335 Sixth Avenue between 53rd and 54th Streets) February 7-9 New York, NY – BroadwayCon is thrilled to welcome cultural icon Lin-Manuel Miranda back to its stage for the third time for BroadwayCon 2025. Lin-Manuel Miranda: Creatively All In will be an in-depth, spotlight conversation on Saturday, February 8, 2025 with Miranda about his inspirations, collaborations, and the stories behind his groundbreaking work in theater, film, and songwriting. From In the Heights, Hamilton, and Encanto to Warriors, Mufasa: The Lion King, and All In, and others in between, Lin-Manuel looks at the evolution of his creative process and discusses what he's excited to explore in the future. The session will also feature special guest appearances and performances, which will be announced in the coming weeks. BroadwayCon 2025 will take place February 7-9, 2025 at the New York Hilton Midtown (1335 Sixth Avenue between 53rd and 54th Streets). Guests will join the Broadway community to perform, discuss, debate, and celebrate theatre. BroadwayCon 2025 will feature panels, performances, interviews, workshops, singalongs, and more, all packed into an epic three-day weekend. Past panels have included previews from upcoming Broadway shows, conversations with the casts and creatives of this season's hits, and discussions featuring the industry's top producers and designers, not to mention the giant Opening Celebration and nighttime fun and games. BroadwayCon is produced by Mischief Management. Other confirmed guests this year include: David Adjmi (Stereophonic ), Beowulf Boritt (Come From Away), Darlesia Cearcy ( A Wonderful World), Jenn Colella (Suffs), Peter Friedman (Ragtime; "Succession"), Julie Halston (Tootsie), Winnie Holzman (Wicked), David Henry Hwang (Yellow Face), Francis Jue (Yellow Face), David Lindsay-Abaire ( Kimberly Akimbo), Craig Lucas (Reckless), Gregory Maguire (Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West), Lesli Margherita (Gypsy), Jenny Mollet (SIX), Fergie L. Philippe (Hamilton), Anthony Rapp (Rent), Justin "Squigs" Robertson (The Lights of Broadway Show Cards), Jen Silverman (Spain), Ephraim Sykes (Our Town), John Weidman (Assassins), Doug G. Wright (Good Night, Oscar), and many others. There will be performances from: Real Women Have Curves, Redwood, A Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical, & Juliet, and many more. Highlights of BroadwayCon 2025 include: BroadwayCon Night at A Wonderful World: The Louis Armstrong Musical, A "Writing Wicked" panel with novel writer Gregory Maguire and Wicked book writer Winnie Holzman, BroadwayCon First Look where attendees can get a special sneak peek at exciting new Broadway and off-Broadway shows, BroadwayCon "Star to Be" contest, Cosplay Contest, a panel on Latin American Voices and the Broadway Exchange, and BroadwayCon Feud. Please visit www.BroadwayCon.com for an updated list of performances and panels. Tickets for BroadwayCon 2025 are on sale now at www.BroadwayCon.com. Weekend and Day passes are available. Please click here to request BroadwayCon Media Credentials. Since 2016, BroadwayCon has been the premiere fan convention for all things Broadway. Highlights from previous years include show spotlights with and performances by the casts of The Outsiders (2024), The Notebook (2024), A Wonderful World (2024), Suffs (2024), A Strange Loop (2022), POTUS (2022), SIX (2020, 2022), Hamilton (2016, 2017), Harry Potter and the Cursed Child (2019), Mean Girls (2019), and Dear Evan Hansen (2017), reunions with the original casts of Rent (2016), In the Heights (2018), Avenue Q (2023), and The Who's TOMMY (2023) performances by Sara Bareilles (2016, Waitress), Jenn Colella (2016, Come From Away), Christy Altomare (2017, Anastasia), appearances by Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton (2022), Lin-Manuel Miranda (2017), Chita Rivera (2017), and Kristin Chenoweth (2019), and so much more. # # # About Lin-Manuel Miranda Lin-Manuel Miranda is a Pulitzer Prize, Grammy, Emmy, and Tony award-winning songwriter, actor, director, and producer. He is the creator and original star of Broadway's Tony-winning Hamilton and In the Heights, and the co-writer of Warriors, a new concept album with Eisa Davis, based on the 1979 film. His additional Broadway credits include All In; New York, New York (Additional Lyrics; Tony nomination, Best Musical); Freestyle Love Supreme (Co-Founder, Guest Performer; Special Tony Award Recipient); Bring It On: The Musical (co-composer/co-lyricist; Tony nomination, Best Musical); and West Side Story (2009 revival, Spanish translations). Miranda is the recipient of the 2015 MacArthur Foundation Award, the 2018 Kennedy Center Honors and the 2019 Portrait of a Nation Prize. He has received stars on both the Puerto Rico Walk of Fame and the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Select TV/Film credits include Mufasa: The Lion King; tick, tick… BOOM! ; Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe ; Vivo; In the Heights; Hamilton (Emmy Award); "Percy Jackson and the Olympians;" "His Dark Materials;" "Fosse/Verdon;" "Brooklyn Nine-Nine;" "Curb Your Enthusiasm" (Emmy nomination); "Saturday Night Live" (Emmy nomination); "Bluey;" "Sesame Street;" "The Electric Company;" "House;" "DuckTales;" 200 Cartas; "Big Mouth;" Mary Poppins Returns; The Little Mermaid (live-action); Moana (Oscar nomination; Grammy Award); and Encanto (Oscar nomination; two Grammy Awards).Mr. Miranda, and The Miranda Family, are active supporters of initiatives that increase the representation of people of color throughout the arts and government, ensure access to women's reproductive health, and promote resilience in Puerto Rico. He lives with his family in New York. www.linmanuel.com. About BroadwayCon BroadwayCon is theatre's answer to comic-con, tailor made for fans. From February 7-9, 2025, join some of Broadway's biggest fans, performers, and creators from classic and current shows as we gather at the Hilton Midown to perform, discuss, debate, and celebrate theatre. BroadwayCon 2025 will feature panels, performances, interviews, workshops, singalongs, and more, all packed into an epic three-day weekend. Past panels have included previews from upcoming Broadway shows, conversations with the casts and creatives of this season's hits, and discussions featuring the industry's top producers and designers, not to mention the giant Opening Celebration and nighttime fun and games. BroadwayCon is produced by Mischief Management. For more information, please visit www.BroadwayCon.com. Facebook: www.facebook.com/bwaycon / Twitter: @bwaycon Instagram: @bwaycon / TikTok: @broadwaycon About Mischief Management Mischief Management produces fan conventions focusing on community, content, and creativity. Since 2009, it has served over 200,000 fans, providing a fun, vibrant, and safe space to enjoy the things they love. Mischief Management's event lineup includes BroadwayCon (for fans of theatre and Broadway), EnchantiCon (for fans of fantasy and magical worlds), and Romance Con (for romance authors and readers). More information about each of Mischief Management's events can be found at MischiefManagement.com. |
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