Tony-Winning Broadway Producer Barbara Whitman and 'More' Editor Lesley Jane Seymour Speak in Mamaroneck Nov. 13

The following announcement is from The Center for Continuing Education:

Barbara Whitman, a 2014 Tony-award winning producer of “Hedwig and the Angry Inch” and the producer of many other Broadway shows, will be sharing her experiences as part of The Center for Continuing Education’s “Notable Neighbors” series on Thursday, November 13 at 7:30 PM at Mamaroneck High School. Lesley Jane Seymour, the editor of More Magazine, will moderate the evening.

In addition to “Hedwig,” Ms. Whitman is represented on Broadway this season by “If/Then” starring Idina Menzel. She is working on the transfer of the award-winning Off-Broadway musical “Fun Home” to Broadway this spring. Ms. Whitman also produced “Legally Blonde,” “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels,” “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee,” the 2004 revival of “A Raisin in the Sun,” the Pulitzer Prize-winning “Next to Normal” and “Of Men and Men” with James Franco.

According to Blythe Hamer, The Center’s Executive Director, “Our tagline is ‘Take A Different Course,’ and Barbara has done just that. She had a career as an actress and singer, followed by a move to Larchmont where she raised her two boys, then a job in finance and finally an MFA in Theatre Managing and Producing. I’m eager to hear her insights on Broadway as well as her story of reinvention.”

Ms. Whitman said, “I am an example of ‘It’s never too late.’ My passion for theatre combined with my experience in finance made becoming a producer a logical next step. However,” she added, “while the song ‘I Want To Be a Producer’ from The Producers makes it sound simple, finding projects and figuring out what might be successful is a complex process requiring imagination and determination.”

Lesley Jane Seymour was named Editor-in-Chief of More and More.com in 2008. Under her guidance, the magazine published its first compilation book, “More Magazine’s 287 Secrets of Reinventing Your Life: Big and Small Ways to Embrace New Possibilities.”

Ms. Seymour is looking forward to speaking with Barbara about her transformation to Broadway producer, what she looks for in projects, the current climate on Broadway and anecdotes from attending the Tony Awards and being a Tony voter. They will also discuss what it’s like to be the mother of two sons pursuing careers on Broadway. Barbara’s son Daniel Carlyon is an assistant sound designer working on “Disgraced” and Will Carlyon is appearing in “Cabaret.”

“Inside Broadway” will take place at 7:30 PM on Thursday, November 13 in the Tiered Classroom at Mamaroneck High School. There will be refreshments beginning at 6:45. Tickets are $30. All paying attendees will be entered into a raffle for two tickets to “If/Then” compliments of Ms. Whitman.

The Center’s next “Notable Neighbors” event is a private tour of the Frick Collection with its director Ian Wardropper on Monday, December 15. The museum is closed that day and the tour is limited to 30 people.

For more information or to purchase tickets to either event, please visit LMCCE.org. or call The Center at 914-698-9126.

Photo: Left, Barbara Whitman, photo credit: Marisa S. Cohen, 2014; right, Lesley Jane Seymour, photo credit: Melanie Acevedo, 2012