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Summit's coming: Broadway fans to get their own convention Summit's coming: Broadway fans to get their own convention
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There will be meet-ups for fans of Andrew Lloyd Webber or Stephen Sondheim and one for theatre fans who have tattoos. Welcome to BroadwayCon, a convention to be held next month in New York.There will be meet-ups for fans of Andrew Lloyd Webber or Stephen Sondheim and one for theatre fans who have tattoos. Welcome to BroadwayCon, a convention to be held next month in New York.
The three-day convention – a kind of Comic Con for thespians – will include panels about sound and costume design, a seminar on producing and masterclasses led by veterans. There will be singalongs, a gameshow and a cabaret.The three-day convention – a kind of Comic Con for thespians – will include panels about sound and costume design, a seminar on producing and masterclasses led by veterans. There will be singalongs, a gameshow and a cabaret.
The event was conceived by Melissa Anelli and Stephanie Dornhelm, who co-founded and lead GeekyCon, and an original star of the Broadway show Rent, Anthony Rapp.The event was conceived by Melissa Anelli and Stephanie Dornhelm, who co-founded and lead GeekyCon, and an original star of the Broadway show Rent, Anthony Rapp.
The BroadwayCon lineup includes stars from shows including Spring Awakening, Matilda, Fun Home, In the Heights and the sellout smash Hamilton – including Renée Elise Goldsberry . Twitter this week reported more than one million tweets about the hip-hop show featuring the life of the US’s first treasury secretary, Alexander Hamilton, and is told by a young African-American and Latino cast. The BroadwayCon lineup includes stars from shows including Spring Awakening, Matilda, Fun Home, In the Heights and the sellout smash Hamilton – including Renée Elise Goldsberry. Twitter this week reported more than 1m tweets about the hip-hop show featuring the life of the US’s first treasury secretary, Alexander Hamilton, and is told by a young African-American and Latino cast.
Anelli said about half of the several thousand people expected to attend BroadwayCon are under 30 years of age, 80% are from outside the state with a similar proportion women, reflecting the Broadway audience.Anelli said about half of the several thousand people expected to attend BroadwayCon are under 30 years of age, 80% are from outside the state with a similar proportion women, reflecting the Broadway audience.