Monday is usually a day of rest for Broadway . But instead of catching up on sleep, this season’s biggest stars were out in force at Variety’s Business of Broadway Breakfast to preview the fall’s buzziest shows.

“I had a really great joke about the name of this breakfast,” said Ethan Slater, who hosted Monday’s event, presented by City National Bank. “I was workshopping it, but it took, like, seven years to develop, and we’re struggling to get the funding. Hopefully next season.”

Slater, the star of “Wicked: For Good” and the upcoming play “Marcel on the Train,” spoke about the close-knit theater community before he introduced the featured conversations, including “Chess” stars Lea Michele, Aaron Tveit and Nicholas Christopher; “The Queen of Versailles” actors and creatives Kristin C

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