John Gore (theatre producer)

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John Gore
Born1962 (age 60–61)
OccupationProducer
NationalityBritish
Education Harrow School
London University
GenreTheatre
Notable awards Tony Award, Drama Desk Award, Olivier Award, Emmy Award
Website
www.johngore.com

John Gore (born 1962) is an twenty-time Tony-winning and Emmy-nominated British entertainment producer, known for his live theatre company the John Gore Organization.

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Early life and education

Gore was educated at Harrow School and graduated in film and theatre from London University in 1987. His student production of Joe Orton's What The Butler Saw enjoyed a successful professional run at the Bloomsbury Theatre. Gore's producing and/or directing credits on the West End include: Thunderbirds F.A.B. (produced first in 1989 is currently the most revived show in the history of the West End, returning for a sixth time in 2002); [1] Star Trek – the Lost Voyage of the Enterprise; and Wallace & Gromit .

Career

Gore founded Key Brand Entertainment (KBE) in 2004 to develop theatrical properties in the United States. Broadway Across America (BAA) was acquired in January 2008, from the music company Live Nation, [2] [3] [4] while the e-commerce theatre website Broadway.com was acquired in December 2010, from Hollywood Media Corp. [5] In 2016, KBE was rebranded as the John Gore Organization. [6]

Gore has received 20 Tony Awards, an Olivier Award and 2 NY Emmy Award. [7] [8] [9] Gore has been a member of the board of governors of The Broadway League since 2008. [10]

In 2010 Gore was nominated for a Prime Time Emmy Award for Outstanding Non-Fiction Special for Believe: The Eddie Izzard Story. [11] In 2018 Gore won a NY Emmy Award for At The Tonys with Imogen Lloyd Webber for WCBS-TV. [12]

Gore also has extensive property interests in County Donegal, Ireland. [13]

Gore has been named as one of Variety’s 500 Most Influential Business Leaders in the global media industry. [14]

John Gore Organization

The John Gore Organization (JGO), formerly known as Key Brand Entertainment (KBE), is a producer and distributor of live theater in North America, as well as an e-commerce company, focused on theater. KBE was founded in the UK in 2004 by Gore, who is the company's chairman, CEO and owner.

The company's assets include:

Awards

Theatre
As the John Gore Organization
As Broadway Across America
Television
As Broadway.com


As John Gore (Theater Producer)

Philanthropy

Philanthropically, Gore has supported The Arthur Miller Foundation with a grant to provide theater educators in NYC Public Schools. [24] In 2017, Gore raised $500,000 for Hurricane Maria relief in Puerto Rico by producing a benefit performance of Thornton Wilder's Our Town starring Scarlett Johansson, Robert Downey Jr. and Chris Evans. [25] It was announced in September 2018 that JGO pledged $100,000 to the T. Fellowship at Columbia University, a program that fosters new creative producers. [26]

In 2019, the John Gore Organization donated a $1 million gift to The Princess Grace Foundation-USA toward a new award with the goal to identify and support extraordinary young stage talent annually. [27]

In 2021, Gore launched the Black Theatre Coalition/Broadway Across America Fellowship program to help increase representation of black identifying professionals within the Broadway industry and was a founding funder for The Theater Leadership Project, providing additional fellowships throughout the Broadway industry. In March 2020, after theaters shut down due to the Coronavirus pandemic, Broadway Across America gave purchasers the option to donate the value of their unused tickets to Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, resulting in a $1 million donation towards the cause. [28]

In August 2023, Gore made a substantial contribution to name the Entertainment Community Fund building in honor of EGOT recipient Rita Moreno. This cultural center is part of a larger $135 million development project, which also includes provisions for affordable housing for artists and support for young filmmakers. [29]

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Routledge, Daniel (11 December 2001). "Thunderbirds FAB Aldwych Theatre". What's On.
  2. 1 2 Cox, Gordon (24 January 2008), "Live Nation sells off theater division", Variety
  3. 1 2 Robertson, Campbell (25 January 2008), "Live Nation Finds a Buyer for its Theater Business", The New York Times
  4. 1 2 Smith, Alistair (28 January 2008), "Live Nation theatrical business sale finalised", The Stage
  5. ↑ Gans, Andrew (16 December 2010), "Key Brand Acquires Broadway.com", Playbill
  6. ↑ Cox, Gordon (31 May 2016). "Broadway's Key Brand Entertainment Gets a New Name". Variety.
  7. 1 2 "John Gore – Broadway Cast & Staff". IBDB.
  8. ↑ "John Gore – Broadway Cast & Staff | IBDB" (PDF). www.ibdb.com. Retrieved 14 November 2022.
  9. ↑ Shenton, Mark (21 March 2010). "Spring Awakening, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and Wicked Win Olivier Awards". Playbill.
  10. ↑ "Board of Governors". The Broadway League.
  11. ↑ "2010 Primetime Emmy Award Nominations", cbsnews.com, CBS News, 8 July 2010
  12. 1 2 "The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, New York Chapter Announces Results of the 61st Annual New York Emmy Awards" (PDF). www.nyemmys.org (Press release). 14 April 2018.
  13. ↑ McKinney, Seamus (24 January 2020). "Major Tory donor buys arson-hit Co Donegal hotel". The Irish News . The Caiseal Mara hotel is the latest addition to his Co Donegal portfolio of properties.
  14. ↑ viapiuser (11 July 2019). "John Gore". Variety. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
  15. ↑ Jones, Kenneth (24 January 2008), "Key Brand Entertainment Acquires Live Nation Tour Markets, Plans to Nurture New Work", Playbill , archived from the original on 6 July 2014
  16. ↑ Cox, Gordon (5 September 2017). "Season Subscriptions Hit Record High for Broadway Across America". Variety.
  17. ↑ Gans, Andrew (16 December 2010). "Key Brand Entertainment Inc. Acquires Broadway.com". Playbill.
  18. ↑ Gans, Andrew (16 December 2010), "Key Brand Entertainment Inc. Acquires Broadway.com", Playbill , archived from the original on 15 September 2011
  19. ↑ "Lucky Seven! Broadway.com Named #1 Theater Source in Broadway League Report for the Seventh Year in a Row". Broadway.com.
  20. ↑ "Broadway.com and Broadway Across America Group Sales Merge with Group Sales Box Office". Broadway.com.
  21. ↑ "BroadwayBox has been acquired by Key Brand Entertainment, Inc". Oaklins.
  22. ↑ Cox, Gordon (4 March 2015). "The Broadway Channel Acquired by Broadway Across America's Parent Company". Variety.
  23. ↑ Ramachandran, Naman (31 August 2023). "'Dracula' Studio Hammer Films Acquired by Renowned British Theater Mogul John Gore (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
  24. ↑ "Arthur Miller Theater Education Program Kick-Off Celebration". Arthur Miller Foundation. 5 October 2017.
  25. ↑ "Inside the Avengers Cast's One-Night-Only Performance of Our Town". Vanity Fair. 7 November 2017.
  26. ↑ "John Gore Organization Pledges 100K to the T. Fellowship with Columbia University". Columbia - School of the Arts.
  27. ↑ Lang, Brent (15 July 2019). "Princess Grace Foundation Establishes New Honor Thanks to $1 Million John Gore Organization Grant (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
  28. ↑ "Broadway Across America, ticket buyers donate $1 million to Broadway Cares". Broadway News. 4 December 2020. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
  29. ↑ Gardner, Chris (16 August 2023). "New Building Named in Rita Moreno's Honor Thanks to $5M Donation From Theatrical Producer John Gore". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 30 August 2023.

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