Showstoppers! Celebrating Iconic Women of Broadway

Steven Reineke has established himself as one of North America’s leading conductors of popular music. In addition to his role as Principal POPS Conductor of the Houston Symphony, this season, he celebrates his 10^th anniversary as music director of The New York Pops at Carnegie Hall. Additionally, he is principal pops conductor of the National Symphony Orchestra at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and the Toronto Symphony Orchestra.

Mandy Gonzalez, an accomplished film, TV, stage actor, and author, possesses one of the most powerful and versatile contemporary voices of our time. She is currently guest starring as Norma Desmond in Sunset Boulevard on Broadway. Her first Broadway role was in Aida, and she has since originated the role of Nina Rosario in the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical, In The Heights, for which she received a Drama Desk Award. She is also among the Broadway greats who have taken on the role of Elphaba in Wicked, and most recently, she starred in the megahit Hamilton as Angelica Schuyler for six years.

Along with being a stage actor, Gonzalez has been featured in television and movie roles, including The Good Wife, Madam Secretary, Across the Universe, Quantico, and Only Murders in the Building. A frequent concert soloist, she has performed with symphony orchestras around the world. Highlights include Carnegie Hall with The New York Pops, Boston Pops, Philly Pops, The National Symphony Orchestra, Houston Symphony, and Atlanta Pops, to name a few.

Gonzalez released her debut album Fearless in 2017, which debuted in the top 20 of iTunes pop charts. In her quest to create positive change, she is the proud founder of #FearlessSquad—a social media movement for inclusiveness and positivity. Gonzalez is also an accomplished author who recently published her Young Adult series, Fearless—a four-book middle-grade series that follows young thespians whose brushes with the supernatural teach them about theater, friendship, and themselves.

Gonzalez is deeply committed to advocating for underserved communities and schools. She serves on the boards of BCRF (Breast Cancer Research Foundation) and BCEFA (Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS), where she actively promotes awareness and fundraising efforts.