Show Notes
What changes when we stop trying to be the most impressive person in the room and start taking care of the room itself?
Broadway director, educator, and producer Marc Tumminelli joins Dre and Em for a deeply moving conversation about creativity, collaboration, grief, leadership, and the courage to open ourselves to possibility.
Marc shares how theater helped save his life, why the most powerful creative spaces are built on connection, and what sitting in circle taught him about listening, restraint, and receiving love. He opens up about the sudden loss of his mother, the signs and rituals that have accompanied his grief, and the spiritual awakening that has changed how he moves through the world.
From rehearsal rooms and Broadway dreams to manifestation, self-consciousness, and the unforgettable lesson he learned from Cynthia Erivo, this conversation reminds us that great leadership begins with care—and that anything can happen when we allow ourselves to celebrate the dream while it is happening.
Marc Tumminelli is the founder of Broadway Workshop and Broadway Events and an award-winning theatrical director whose work spans Broadway, film, cabaret, and arts education.
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