The Road to Success: Meet Broadway & Beyond Theatricals
Friday 9/23, 2022 at 5:00 eastern time
Community Gathering on Zoom - register with the bright red reservation box to receive the Zoom link. These gatherings are a service for the theater community and are offered free for TRU members; we ask that non-members help keep us running by making a donation or joining as a member.
In the room: Victoria Lang and Ryan Bogner, founders and co-presidents of Broadway & Beyond Theatricals, dedicated to the distribution and creation of quality branded theatrical content for traditional and non-traditional venues throughout North America and beyond. And producers of the The Kite Runner on Broadway. We'll talk about increasing the longterm success of a project by building a tour into your producing plan, and the various models (and markets) that can be successful for different projects and different goals. How do you know where to launch a project? How do you know where your show might be most successful? We'll also look at the path of The Kite Runner to Broadway and beyond.
Panelists
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RYAN BOGNER
has been at the intersection of intellectual property and theater for the majority of his career. He has worked on the development, production, financing and licensing of theatrical productions with Theatrical Rights Worldwide, CBS, The Public Theater, Williamstown Theater Festival, Sony Music, Playscripts, and RKO, where from 2012-2016 he managed the stage rights in the golden age film library and was in charge of the studio’s theatrical licensing, producing and investing operations. Notable productions include: The Woodsman, Here Lies Love, The Orion Experience, Yeast Nation, Doctor Zhivago, Top Hat, Big Fish, and Cheers: Live On Stage. Prior to beginning his producing career, Ryan worked in the executive and theater operations departments at Jujamcyn Theaters, and in the professional licensing department at Theatrical Rights Worldwide, managing licenses of such shows as SPAMALOT and THE COLOR PURPLE for major professional theaters domestically and internationally.
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VICTORIA LANG
is a Founder of Broadway & Beyond Theatricals, has enjoyed an award-winning producing career in theatre, television and film. On the cutting edge of the best Off Broadway theatre she has produced such hits as Found: A New Musical, Silence! The Musical (Best Musical: Off Broadway Alliance Award, Top 5 Musicals: Time Magazine), Shout! The Mod Musical, Johnny Guitar (Best Off-Broadway Musical: Outer Critics Circle Award), Matt & Ben (Top 5 Plays: Time Magazine), and David Friedman’s Listen to My Heart (Drama Desk Award); and tours of Shout!, Girls Night and Divorce Party The Musical. Recent Broadway productions include Tootsie (Tony nomination), The Cher Show, Sylvia, 1984, The Lightning Thief and Escape To Margaritaville. This season: Paradise Square, Funny Girl, The Kite Runner. West End includes Funny Girl, Bat Boy and Shout! Television: Live With Regis & Kathie Lee (3 Emmy nominations), Specials for PBS and A&E. Film: Macbeth in Manhattan, Dark Tides & more. Victoria has managed the operations and finances of several successful businesses as Co-Founder/President of Plus Media & Plus Entertainment and President of Lang Entertainment Group, as well as co-Founder of Off Broadway Touring. She is a member of the Broadway and Off Broadway Leagues, the Off Broadway Alliance and BAFTA.
