Broadway & Beyond is a full service production office and continues its work developing and producing quality theatrical productions for venues around the country in partnership with some of the best producers and co-producers, general managers and IP stakeholders in the industry.
The company and its leadership team are available for hire as Executive Producer for properties that need hands on production management from inception through distribution, or as a production consultant in specific areas.
Ryan Bogner
President of Producing
Ryan Bogner is a Tony-nominated producer and has been at the intersection of intellectual property and theater for the majority of his career. In his role as President of Content at Broadway & Beyond Theatricals, he is responsible for producing the company’s productions, acting as a consultant and executive producer for BBT’s clients, and developing new growth opportunities for BBT within the content and booking divisions
He has worked as Lead Producer of BBT’s productions THE FANTASTICKS (Broadway), IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE: A LIVE RADIO PLAY (Broadway), THE KITE RUNNER (Broadway and National Tour), THE COTTAGE (Broadway), BEACHES, A NEW MUSICAL (Broadway and National Tour), JUDGMENT DAY (Chicago) and CAMBODIAN ROCK BAND (National Tour). Executive Producer of AVAAZ (National Tour), WHERE WE BELONG (National Tour), and the industrial BILL PAY: THE MUSICAL!. Co-Producer on PARADISE SQUARE (Tony Nomination). Upcoming BBT Productions: SAFETY NOT GUARANTEED, TRADING PLACES, FIVE and DIME.
Prior to co-founding BBT he worked on the development, production, financing and licensing of theatrical productions with Theatrical Rights Worldwide, CBS, The Public Theater, Williamstown Theater Festival, Sony Music, Playscripts, and RKO, where from 2012-2016 he managed the stage rights in the golden age film library and was in charge of the studio’s theatrical licensing, producing and investing operations.
Notable past productions include: THE WOODSMAN, HERE LIES LOVE, THE ORION EXPERIENCE, YEAST NATION, DOCTOR ZHIVAGO, THE CHER SHOW, TOP HAT, BIG FISH, and CHEERS: LIVE ON STAGE.
Before beginning his producing career, Ryan worked in the executive and theater operations departments at Jujamcyn Theaters, and in the professional licensing department at Theatrical Rights Worldwide, managing licenses of such shows as SPAMALOT and THE COLOR PURPLE for major professional theaters domestically and internationally.
Ryan holds a B.F.A. in Musical Theater and Directing from The Boston Conservatory, and an M.F.A. in Theater Management and Producing from Columbia University.
Tracey Stroock McFarland
President of Booking
Tracey is a seasoned theatrical executive and Tony-nominated producer with over two successful decades of touring industry experience. As President of Booking at BBT, Tracey directs the company’s theatrical touring division whose diverse roster features not only Broadway favorites (The Cher Show, A Christmas Story, The Music Man, South Pacific, Little Women the Musical), but also family fare (The Cat in the Hat Live, Madagascar The Musical, Dinosaur World Live), and Variety and Special Events (Forbidden Broadway, Triple Espresso.)
As one of BBT’s principals, she has been part of the producing team for BBT’s various productions on Broadway and regionally and is a member of the Broadway League, where she sits on the intra-industry committee.
Tracey graduated Magna Cum Laude from Hamilton College with a degree in Theatre. After a year in UCLA’s MFA Actor/Waitress Training Program and a stint as an almost working actor, Tracey discovered the world behind the curtain and never looked back. She has held senior positions at The Booking Group and The Road Company, where she worked on a wide variety of touring theatricals, including RENT, THE PRODUCERS, MAMMA MIA!, CABARET, ANNIE, DAVID COPPERFIELD, RUGRATS LIVE, and MICHAEL FLATLEY’S LORD OF THE DANCE.
In 2014, Tracey founded InHouse Booking, a boutique theatrical booking agency dedicated to bringing the best of live touring entertainment to theatres across North America. There she oversaw the inaugural tours of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer the Musical, The Hip Hop Nutcracker with MC Kurtis Blow, and the YouTubers Dan & Phil’s The Amazing Tour Is Not On Fire, as well as the national tours of Legally Blonde The Musical, An American in Paris, and Matthew Bourne’s Cinderella and Swan Lake, to name a few. In 2019 she co-founded BBT by merging InHouse’s booking business into the new business.
Zachary Hedner
Producing & Operations Associate
Zachary Thomas Hedner is a New York City-based theatrical producer whose work spans Broadway, national touring, cruise line entertainment, and new work development. As an Associate Producer with Broadway & Beyond Theatricals (BBT), his Broadway credits include The Fantasticks; It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play; Beaches, A New Musical; and the one-night-only industrial, Bill Pay: The Musical!. His work with BBT also includes the immersive Off-Broadway production of André De Shields Is Tartuffe and the upcoming Off-Broadway production of Come Back to the 5 & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean: A New Musical.
Zachary is the Executive Producer of the regional and national tour engagements of Triple Espresso: A Highly Caffeinated Comedy, whose tour Is booked by BBT. Previously, Zachary served as Theatrical Operations Manager for Norwegian Cruise Line, overseeing productions including SIX the Musical and Burn the Floor. He has held positions as Executive Director of the Arts Consortium of Carver County, Thesis Operations Manager at Columbia University, and various positions of leadership with Triple Espresso.
Zachary holds an M.F.A. in Theatre Management & Producing from Columbia University and a Bachelor’s in Theatre from the University of Northwestern–St. Paul.