The Curtain Up! Kick-Off Event on Friday, September 17 at 12 PM will feature speakers and special guests Brian Stokes Mitchell and Jessica Vosk with music director John McDaniel and additional participants to be announced. The event will ignite excitement on the mainstage and include a celebratory countdown to the official start of the festival.
The Jimmy Awards® Reunion Concert! will take place on Friday, September 17 at 5:30 PM in Duffy Square.Hosted by Jelani Alladin, this concert event will bring together alumni of the famed Jimmy Awards®/National High School Musical Theatre Awards® program.
Black to Broadway – It’s “Play” Time is a panel eventwhich will take place on September 18 at 12:15 PM in Duffy Square. As Broadway performances resume following the global pandemic and social reckoning that have taken place over the past 18 months, no less than seven new productions of plays by Black writers are slated to open this fall—including four by Black women. Join this entertaining and informative live conversation to get to know some of the writers, directors, and performers who are bringing these works to Broadway stages. Participants include artists from: Chicken and Biscuits, Thoughts of a Colored Man, Clyde’s, Lackawanna Blues, Skeleton Crew, Pass Over and Trouble in Mind. Harriette Cole, the nationally renowned lifestylist, and branding coach and Dreamleapers founder, will moderate.
¡Viva! Broadway When We See Ourselves concert will take place on Saturday, September 18 at 5:00 PM in Duffy Square, This event is a musical celebration of the joy, diversity, and extensive contributions of the Latin and Hispanic Broadway with artists including Daphne Rubin-Vega, Robin de Jesús, Bianca Marroquín, Ana Villafañe and more to be announced.
Curtain Up: This is Broadway!, a grand, outdoor event that marks the culmination of the Curtain Up! Festival will take place on Sunday, Sept 19 at 11:00 AM in Duffy Square. This concert will spotlight marquee talent from returning and new Broadway productions, showcasing Broadway to the world, trumpeting the message that BROADWAY IS BACK! This concert will celebrate all of Broadway and the re-opening of New York City.
Details for Curtain Up! can be found at Playbill.com/CurtainUp as they are announced.
