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December 15, 2022 55 mins

When her father passed very suddenly, Wendy Federman was thrust into the role of family business owner. In her true entrepreneurial spirit, Wendy was able to meet the challenge head-on and eventually fulfill her childhood dream on the Broadway stage.

Wendy Federman is a thirteen-time Tony Award-winning theatre and film producer. She has also received two Olivier Awards, eleven Drama Desk Awards, nineteen Outer Critics Circle Awards, eighteen Drama League Awards, and three GLADD Media Awards for many of her over ninety co-productions. Her current and upcoming shows on and off-Broadway, on US National Tour, and in London & Australia include CompanyDear Evan HansenHadestownTo Kill a MockingbirdAin’t Too Proud-The Life and Times of the TemptationsBeetlejuiceMoulin Rouge!Jagged Little PillTina: The Tina Turner MusicalThe MinutesSing StreetGet Up, Stand Up! The Bob Marley MusicalFunny GirlThe Play That Goes WrongLittle Shop of HorrorsThe Piano Lesson, and The Devil Wears Prada Musical.

Today, Wendy joins us to share her unlikely path from her father’s floral factory to Broadway.

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