Episode 31: Broadway Maven Jim Kierstead

Published: March 27, 2019, 6:18 p.m.

Episode 31 of the Mavens Do It Better Podcast features Jim Kierstead. Jim is a two-time 2013 Tony\xae Award-winning producer of the Broadway, touring, Toronto, and London productions of Kinky Boots and the revival of Pippin. Jim and Heather caught up in person in Hell's Kitchen/Times Square in New York City. \nListen in as Heather talks with Jim about: \nWhat it's like to be a Broadway producer and all the different aspects of theater, business and artistry that it entails. \nHow Jim got started as a producer and all the beautiful productions he has brought to not only Broadway but to touring shows across the United States, London and all around the world. \nThe current state of Broadway today and how telling stories is still the way we relate to each other, change each other and how live theater is still one of our greatest ways to connect and learn empathy.