Sponsored by

Oklahoma City University
Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department
Oklahoma Arts Council
COX Communications 

 

The summit will give a candid look at the strengths, weakensses, and future of musical theater and offer a practical approach to the creative process of writing, perfoming, and producing. The summit will feature a combination of roundtable and panel discussions, musical performances, Q-and-A sessions, presentations, and excerpts from four new musicals, selected in a national competition.

 

Featured participants:
  • Stephen Schwartz (Godspell, Pippin)
  • John McDaniel (Bandleader for Rosie O'Donnell)
  • Harvey Schmidt and Tom Jones (The Fantasticks, 110 in the Shade)
  • Bill Russell (Side Show, Pageant)
  • Max Weitzenhoffer (Will Rogers Follies)
  • Larry Payton (President/Founder Celebrity Attractions)
  • Patty Dworkin Freedman (Freedman Public Relations)
  • Andrew E. Freedman (Freedman Public Relations)
  • Jean Banks (director, BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theater Workshop)
  • Brad Lohrenz (head of Musicals Division, Samuel French)
  • Russell Ochocki (Music Theater International)
  • Bert Fink (Rodgers & Hammerstein)
  • Howard Kissel (New York Daily New)
  • Amy Danis (Performer/Producer, MARS Theatricals, Inc.)
  • Moderator: Midge Woolsey (WQXR & PBS announcer, performer)