The Making of JOY

ABOUT JOY

Joy Mangano is a legendary product inventor, fearless female entrepreneur, and one of the most influential voices in TV shopping history. Trusted by millions of people worldwide, Joy has been reinventing clean for over 30 years with game changing products designed to make life better and brighter for you and your family. Her $3 billion clean empire includes products across virtually every category, including the iconic Miracle Mop, the billion-dollar Joy Hanger, and now CleanBoss, the world’s most powerful non-toxic cleaning brand. Joy’s journey inspired the Oscar-nominated movie JOY, starring Jennifer Lawrence, and will soon come to life on the stage. Joy has been named one of Fast Company’s “Most Creative People” and has been featured on Good Morning America, 20/20, the TODAY Show, The View, Glamour, InStyle, O, The Oprah Magazine, and many more.

ABOUT BETSY

Betsy Wolfe recently wrapped her acclaimed tenure with the hit new musical & Juliet as Anne Hathaway where her performance was nominated for the 2023 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical. Previously, Wolfe starred in the Tony nominated musical Waitress, where she gave a multi-faceted performance as Jenna. Prior to that, she played Cordelia, one of the lovable “lesbians from next door,” in the Broadway revival of Falsettos, which aires frequently on PBS. She is perhaps best known for her critically acclaimed performance as Cathy in the Off-Broadway revival of The Last Five Years. In 2018 Wolfe founded BroadwayEvolved, a groundbreaking musical theatre training program for students which has been named (seven years in a row) as one of the best summer programs along with top universities. www.broadwayevolved.com

ABOUT LORIN

Lorin Latarro (Director) directed Candace Bushnell’s one woman show, Is There Still Sex in the City – NYTimes Critics Pick, Queen of the Night which garnered a Drama Desk Award, Kill the Boy Band by Lowdermilk and Kerrigan, #DATEME at The Westside Theatre, Taste of Things to Come at Chicago’s Nederlander Broadway, Swelling and Irritation by Jodi Picoult and Tim McDonald, Trails, Rodgers after Hammerstein – 92Y Lyrics and Lyricists, Beth Malone’s Three Part Harmony. Lorin is currently developing Lauren Sandler’s novel This Is All I Got with Kirsten Greenidge and Crystal Monee Hall, Begin Again with music by Train, and an immersive Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy.

ABOUT ANNMARIE

AnnMarie Milazzo: Lucky Us (co-music & lyrics with David Foster), A Walk On The Moon, The Snow Guardian, Pretty Dead Girl, (winner of the Special Jury Award Sundance Film Festival) and JOY. As Vocal Designer: Spring Awakening, Next to Normal, If/Then, Finding Neverland, revival of Carrie, Bright Lights Big City, Superhero, Dangerous Beauty, Prometheus Bound, Some Lovers, Dave, A Walk On The Moon, revival of 1776, Almost Famous, A Beautiful Noise. As Co-Orchestrator of Once On This Island, AnnMarie was nominated for a Tony, Grammy, Drama Desk, and Outer Critics Circle Award. She is the Grammy-nominated female vocalist for East Village Opera Company.

ABOUT KEN

Ken Davenport is a Tony Award-winning Broadway Producer and writer whose credits include Harmony: A New Musical written by Barry Manilow and Bruce Sussman, A Beautiful Noise: The Neil Diamond Musical, Once On This Island (Tony Award), Gettin’ the Band Back Together, The Play that Goes Wrong, Groundhog Day (Tony nomination), Deaf West Theatre’s Spring Awakening (Tony nomination), It’s Only a Play, Macbeth starring Alan Cumming, Godspell, Kinky Boots (Tony Award), and more, including multiple Off-Broadway productions such as Altar Boyz, The Awesome 80s Prom and more.

Ken created the best-selling board game, Be A Broadway Star, one of the highest-ranking Broadway gifts on Amazon.com.  Ken was also the Executive Producer for North America for Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Really Useful Group and is the Theatrical Consultant for Primary Wave, a music management and publishing company.

For more information, visit www.KenDavenport.com.

ABOUT KATHARINE

Katharine Quinn is a digital strategist and the founder of And That’s Showbiz, a multi-faceted Broadway marketing and media company taking a digital-first and fan-forward approach to amplifying theater beyond traditional spaces. From viral TikToks to photography, video production, influencer activations, partnerships, and fan events, ATS advances Broadway brands where audiences most frequently engage: online. The recently launched ATS YouTube channel featuring Broadway stars and innovators reached 250,000+ views in just one month. ATS’ strategy uses social media as both a growth engine and brand amplifier, extending the theatrical experience beyond the theater walls and bringing Broadway’s talent directly to global audiences. www.andthatsshow.biz @andthatsshow.biz @itskatharinequinn