Tony Award-Winning Producer Ken Davenport Announces 'The Producer's Perspective' Super Conference

Tony Award-winning Producer Ken Davenport (Once On This Island, Getting The Band Back Together) has announced the first-ever Producer's Perspective Super Conference will be held November 11th and 12th in New York City at The Mainstage Theater, 416 West 42nd St.

Ken Davenport says, "Every time I'm in a room with theatre people I leave inspired to create more theatre. You're going to see incredibly passionate people on the stage and in the audience all that love the theatre, and it's going to inspire you to do the same thing."

The 2-day conference that brings together writers, producers and theatre professionals will include panels on over a dozen topics ranging from creating stories for musicals to raising money for your show. Ken Davenport and Jennifer Ashely Tepper (54 Below) will be amongst the panel's moderators.

Initial panelists include Tony Award-Winner Lynn Ahrens (Ragtime, Anastasia), Tony Award-Nominated Leigh Silverman (Violet), Tony Award-Winner John Rando (Urinetown: The Musical), Grammy Award-Winner Glenn Slater (Tangled), Randy Weiner (Sleep No More), Steve Cuden (Jekyll & Hyde), Jonathan Lomma (WME), Beth Blickers (APA) and more. Speakers and schedule are subject to change.

General Admission pricing of $397 (reg. $497) is available through October 31st, 2017. Additionally, registrants can customize their experience with add-on activities such as discounted tickets to the upcoming Broadway revival of Once On This Island or a "Shark Tank"-style pitch session with Davenport, VIP packages, and more. Full details can be found at theproducersperspective.com/conference.

To view a full itinerary and secure your seat, visit www.theproducersperspective.com/conference.

Ken Davenport is a Broadway producer whose credits include Deaf West Theatre's Spring Awakening, Kinky Boots (Tony Award), The Visit (Tony nomination), It's Only a Play, Mothers and Sons (Tony nomination), The Bridges of Madison County, Macbeth starring Alan Cumming, Godspell, Chinglish, Oleanna starring Bill Pullman and Julia Stiles, Speed-the-Plow, Will Ferrell's You're Welcome America (Tony nomination), Blithe Spirit starring Angela Lansbury (Broadway, West End and National Tour), and 13, as well as Daddy Long Legs, That Bachelorette Show, Altar Boyz, My First Time, The Awesome 80s Prom, and Miss Abigail's Guide to Dating, Mating, & Marriage Off-Broadway. He also produced the award winning These Magnificent Miles: On the Long Road with Red Wanting Blue, a documentary on one of the top unsigned rock bands in the country. Ken was featured on a national commercial for Apple's iPhone, named one of Crain's "40 Under Forty" and is one of the co-founders of TEDxBroadway. He created and developed the Broadway board game Be A Broadway Star. His blog, TheProducersPerspective.com, has been featured in Vanity Fair, New York Magazine, The Gothamist and more.

BroadwayWorld is the Presenting Sponsor of the event. BroadwayWorld is largest theatre site on the Internet covering Broadway, the West End and beyond to 100 US cities, and more than 40 countries worldwide. With over 5.5 million monthly visitors, BroadwayWorld delivers complete up-to-the-minute Broadway, off-Broadway, and regional theatre news, in-depth interviews, extraordinary photo coverage, entertaining video features, lively message boards, ticket discounts, reviews, and more.

To secure your seats for The Producer's Perspective Super Conference, visit www.theproducersperspective.com/conference.

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