| We spoke with Laurie Gayle Stephenson, Star of | | | | corporate audiences love the luxury experience of |
| The Phantom Of The Opera, to discuss | | | | Broadway and enjoy meeting and taking photos |
| performing on Broadway and for Corporate | | | | with the cast after the show. As a performer it is |
| Audiences. | | | | a very fulfilling and gratifying experience. |
| HOB: You starred on Broadway in Phantom. How | | | | HOB: What is one of your favorite experiences |
| do audiences relate to songs from the show? | | | | from a corporate event? |
| LGS: Seeing the Broadway cast of any show is | | | | LGS: At a Hot On Broadway performance last |
| very appealing to an audience – going to any | | | | month, our cast performed for 400 of the top |
| Broadway show is an event since the cast is | | | | leaders and scientists from a major |
| “The Real Deal!” In a show like Phantom, | | | | pharmaceutical company. As Broadway |
| even if they are not familiar with the show, they | | | | performers, we were honored to be entertaining |
| have heard the music. | | | | and meeting some of the most renowned |
| HOB: How is performing for corporate audiences | | | | scientists and doctors in the world. They |
| different from Broadway? | | | | expressed equal enthusiasm for our work and |
| LGS: A Broadway audience knows exactly what | | | | performance. The evening of Broadway songs |
| they are getting. A corporate audience may know | | | | incorporated a specific thematic message: we |
| nothing about what they are about to see. For | | | | celebrated their global efforts in drug research and |
| that reason, it is critical that the audience is | | | | the ongoing efforts in finding cures for diseases |
| immediately brought in and completely WOWED! | | | | including cancer and diabetes. It was a powerful |
| In my experience, I always find that these | | | | and rewarding experience. |