January-February 2023

Ben Cameron is
AACTFest 2023 Keynote
Broadway veteran Ben Cameron’s signature enthusiasm
and razor wit will be front and center for his AACTFest
2023 keynote address Friday, June 16, at the Hyatt
Regency Louisville. The keynote is open to AACTFest
2023 registrants only.
Cameron appeared in the original casts of Wicked and
Footloose, as well in Aida, plus tours of Sweet Charity
(opposite Molly Ringwald), State Fair, Fame, The Who’s
Tommy, and Footloose. Since hanging up his dance
belt he has become one of Broadway’s most beloved
personalities as creator and host of the long-running
variety show Broadway Sessions (2018 MAC Award),
the Broadway Buskers concert series with the Times
Square Alliance, the web series Dance Captain Dance
Attack on BroadwayWorld.com, and the hit podcast, The
Broadway Cast with IHeartRadio Broadway.
His keynote will draw on his remarkable career,
observations and insight, making for an entertaining and
eye-opening experience.
Follow Cameron via @BenDoesBroadway or
visit bencameron.nyc
The AACTFest 2023 Keynote is being
sponsored by Broadway Plus
broadwayplus.com
Cameron is also the MainStage host for BroadwayCon
and was live-audience host for tapings of both A Very
Wicked Halloween on NBC and The Spongebob Musical
on Nickelodeon. He is a frequent face on PBS WNET,
having hosted Hamilton’s America, Broadway on Thirteen
Marathon, and the Downton Abbey New Year’s Marathon.
He recently made his return to the stage as the “Man
in Chair” in The Drowsy Chaperone and starred as “Mr.
Finch” in Broadway Green Alliance’s online presentation
of You’re a Green One, Mr. Finch alongside Idina Menzel.
He has enjoyed sold-out engagements of his one-man
show, Different Is Good, in New York City and beyond.
Cameron is also a sought-after writer, director,
performer, and choreographer, who travels the world,
teaching high-energy theatre and dance masterclasses,
and emceeing Onstage NY talent competitions.
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