Joe Dziemianowicz, New York Daily News Beam me up, Broadway. George Takei, aka “Star Trek” helmsman Hikaru Sulu, is passionate about a personal enterprise. The 75-year-old actor has had a longtime dream of telling the story of his childhood in an internment camp on Broadway. The tale was told last fall in the musical “Allegiance” ...

Robert Simonson, Playbill The organizers of the Jan. 28 TEDxBroadway conference are hoping to change the fortunes of the theatre community through conversations spinning off from the question, “What Is the Best Broadway Can Be?” Last Year, Vincent Gassetto, a principal at the Academy of Applied Mathematics and Technology (M.S. 343) in The Bronx, spoke ...

Mark Kennedy, AP Before long plane flights, Thomas Schumacher likes to download talks from some of the world’s brightest and creative minds speaking at TED conferences, watching them on his iPad while thousands of feet in the air. “I marvel at the range of stuff. I like the passion of the speakers and love the ...

Michael Gioia, Playbill The second annual TEDxBroadway, a day-long event where artists come together to discuss the future of Broadway, will be held Jan. 28 from 11 AM-6 PM at New World Stages. Actor George Takei, producer Daryl Roth and playwright Kristoffer Diaz are among the speakers who have joined the 2013 lineup. TEDxBroadway, according ...

TEDxBroadway: What Is the Best That Broadway Can Be? Seth Pinsky, Thomas Schumacher, Randi Zuckerberg, Terry Teachout and Others Take the Stage to Discuss the Future for Broadway NEW YORK, N.Y. (October 23, 2012)—The second-annual TEDxBroadway— a one-day event about the highest aspirations of Broadway as a location and destination—will kick off on January 28th, ...

Kristina LaFountai, TicketNews Leaders from the entertainment, academic, and marketing industries gathered on January 23, 2012, for the TEDxBroadway Conference held at the New World Stages in New York City. For the theme of this first annual conference, event organizers chose the future of Broadway—what Broadway will be like in the year 2032 and what ...

Suzy Evans, Back Stage What’s the best that Broadway can be 20 years from now? For Damian Bazadona, finding a new creative pool is a key to success. “The best thing that Broadway can do is attract as much talent as possible,” argued the founder of digital marketing firm Situation Interactive. “Innovator development is the ...

Philip Boroff, Bloomberg Producers, consultants and entrepreneurs gathered yesterday in Manhattan’s Theater District to fantasize about Broadway 20 years from now in what was billed as the first annual “TEDxBroadway.” Some things, however, kept them focused on the here and now. Anna Wilson, for example, an actress sitting down front wearing almost nothing above the ...

The inaugural TEDxBroadway— a one-day event about the future of Broadway as a place—will kick off at 11am on Monday January 23, 2012 at New World Stages in New York City. TEDxBroadway is being co-sponsored by Jujamcyn Theaters, Broadway.com with supporting sponsorship by Google, BroadwayWorld and Audience Rewards. To read more, click here.