John Gore Organization#Assets

The company is a successor to a number of theatrical production and distribution companies acquired through acquisition or merger. These include: Livent,{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1999-jun-02-nc-43417-story.html |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |title=SFX Entertainment to Acquire Livent Assets |date=June 2, 1999 |agency=Bloomberg News}} Clear Channel Entertainment, PACE Theatrical Group,{{cite news |url=http://theater.nytimes.com/2007/04/01/theater/01robe.html |title=A Force in Touring Hits the End of the Road |first=Cambell |last=Robertson |date=April 1, 2007 |newspaper=The New York Times |url-access=subscription}} Magicworks, and others.{{cite news |url=http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1998-08-08/business/9808070444_1_sfx-entertainment-magicworks-entertainment-trading |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141012223029/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/1998-08-08/business/9808070444_1_sfx-entertainment-magicworks-entertainment-trading |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 12, 2014 |title=Magicworks Is Sold |date=August 8, 1998 |newspaper=Sun-Sentinel |location=Ft. Lauderdale}} As such it retains interests in numerous Broadway productions and various related rights. The company was amalgamated into Broadway Across America under Clear Channel Communication's ownership.

Broadway Across America became a business unit of Live Nation, Inc. following the spin-off of Live Nation from Clear Channel Communications on December 25, 2005.{{cite news| title=Clear Channel Gives Details on Spinoff Of Live Nation Unit| url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB113460359053522836| date=December 15, 2005| newspaper=The Wall Street Journal| access-date=January 3, 2021| url-access=subscription}} Clear Channel had acquired the assets of SFX Entertainment, which was owned primarily by Robert F.X. Sillerman, and principally consisted of live concert venues and amphitheaters devoted primarily to rock music in February 2000.{{cite news |url=https://money.cnn.com/2000/02/29/bizbuzz/sfx/ |title=Clear Channel buys SFX |journal=CNN Money |date=February 29, 2000 | access-date=January 3, 2021}}

SFX Entertainment, in turn, was founded by Sillerman in order to "roll up" businesses associated with live entertainment, principally rock music. He began by acquiring Delsner/Slater Concerts in 1996 and a number of acquisitions followed rapidly thereafter. Sillerman's entry into theater began with the acquisition of PACE Theatrical Group in October 1997.{{cite magazine |magazine=Billboard |date=October 24, 1998 |page=8 |title=SFX Hit With Contract Suit }} In September 1998, SFX acquired Magicworks Entertainment, Inc.[http://www.thefreelibrary.com/The+Magic+is+Back!+Marshall+and+Marsh%2c+Magicworks+Entertainment...-a091052541 The Magic is Back! Marshall and Marsh, Magicworks Entertainment Founders, Reunite as Magic Arts & Entertainment, Inc.], BUSINESS WIRE, September 4, 2002 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141016055002/http://www.thefreelibrary.com/The+Magic+is+Back!+Marshall+and+Marsh%2c+Magicworks+Entertainment...-a091052541 |date=October 16, 2014 }} This Miami-based company promoted concerts and managed touring events such as magician David Copperfield and musicals Jekyll & Hyde and Evita. It had been a partner of PACE unit PACE Theatricals for some time. PACE, in turn, was controlled by Texas-based theater veteran Allen Becker.{{cite journal |url=http://www.texasmonthly.com/content/pace-earth |title= Pace on Earth |first=Alexandra |last=Biesada |date=December 1996 |journal=Texas Monthly}} Also acquired was production company American Artists, which controlled several theaters in the Boston area including the historic Colonial Theater.{{cite news |url=https://variety.com/1998/legit/news/bound-for-boston-1117479371/ |title=Bound for Boston: SFX subsidiary gains legit house American Artists |first=Markland |last=Taylor |date=August 11, 1998 |journal=Variety}} Magicworks had been controlled by Lee D. Marshall and Joe Marsh (Lee and Marsh later reunited in the company Magic Arts & Entertainment). The summer of 1999 saw court approval granted for a purchase of the bankrupt Livent (then controlled by Canadian entrepreneur Garth Drabinsky and CAA founder Mike Ovitz), a deal that had been initiated a year earlier. Livent, once one of the premier theatrical production companies, owned such touring shows as Ragtime and Fosse, as well as a number of venues in Canada and the United States. Its bankruptcy had been attributed to widespread accounting fraud.{{cite web| url=http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/SFX-Entertainment-Inc-Company-History.html| title=SFX Corporate History| website=Funding Universe| access-date=January 3, 2021}} In early 2000 SFX acquired Jujamcyn Productions of Minneapolis, a touring theatrical production company. SFX already owned half of Jujamcyn, acquired through PACE Entertainment.{{cite news |title=Twin Cities-based show producer Jujamcyn is sold to N.Y. giant SFX |date=May 11, 2000 |newspaper=Star Tribune |location=Minneapolis |url=http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=MN&p_theme=mn&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EFCCE3E173A4956&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM| via=NewsBank}}

On December 16, 2010, Key Brand completed the acquisition of Theater Direct International from Hollywood Media Corp. for an announced price of {{US$|43.1|link=yes}}{{nbsp}}million (equivalent to ${{Inflation|US-GDP|43.1|2010|r=1}}{{nbsp}}million in {{Inflation/year|US-GDP}}) in cash and other consideration,{{cite web| url=http://www.hollywoodmedia.com/Hollywood_Media_Corp_2010_Special_Shareholder_Meeting_Proxy_Statement.pdf| title=Hollywood Media 2010 Special Meeting Proxy Statement| page=2| date=December 10, 2010| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120312004758/http://www.hollywoodmedia.com/Hollywood_Media_Corp_2010_Special_Shareholder_Meeting_Proxy_Statement.pdf| archive-date=2012-03-12}} Theater Direct owned and operated the content-driven e-commerce websites Broadway.com, Theater.com, Theatre.com, and Theatre.co.uk. In May 2012, Key Brand completed the acquisition of BroadwayBox.com, a website for discount theater tickets in New York. That December, Key Brand completed the acquisition of Group Sales Box Office (GSBO), the a group-sales ticket agency.

In March 2020, when COVID-19 shuttered Broadway; when the shutdown was extended in April, the John Gore Organization (JGO) announced that individuals who had purchased their tickets through one of its platforms (Broadway.com and Broadway Across America), had the option to donate the value of their unused tickets to Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS and the COVID-19 Emergency Assistance Fund, raising $1{{nbsp}}million (equivalent to ${{Inflation|US|1|2020|r=1}}{{nbsp}}million in {{Inflation/year|US}}) by November 2020.{{Cite web |last=Huston |first=Caitlin |title=Broadway Across America, ticket buyers donate $1 million to Broadway Cares |website=broadwaynews.com |date=2020-12-04 |url=https://broadwaynews.com/2020/12/04/broadway-across-america-ticket-buyers-donate-1-million-to-broadway-cares/ |access-date=2021-04-17}} Including other fundraising efforts created by JGO, and a direct contribution by the company, the total by year-end 2020 was more than $2.6{{nbsp}}million (equivalent to ${{Inflation|US|2.6|2021|r=1}}{{nbsp}}million in {{Inflation/year|US}}).{{Cite magazine |author= |title=2020 Variety500 Honorees {{!}} John Gore |magazine=Variety |department=Variety500 |date=2019-07-11 |url=https://variety.com/exec/john-gore/ |access-date=2021-04-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120005137/https://variety.com/exec/john-gore/ |archive-date=2021-01-20 |url-status=dead}}

In 2020, the Gore family introduced a social and web programming to raise awareness of the anti-racism movement, reaching upwards of 3 million Broadway fans.

The company's assets include:

• Broadway Across America (BAA) a major theater touring organization in North America acquired in 2008.{{cite news |first=Gordon |last=Cox |date=January 24, 2008 |title=Live Nation sells off theater division |url= https://variety.com/2008/legit/news/live-nation-sells-off-theater-division-1117979556/ |journal=Variety}}{{cite news |url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/114555-Key-Brand-Entertainment-Acquires-Live-Nation-Tour-Markets-Plans-to-Nurture-New-Work |title=Key Brand Entertainment Acquires Live Nation Tour Markets, Plans to Nurture New Work |journal=Playbill |date=January 24, 2008 |first=Kenneth |last=Jones |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140706083538/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/114555-Key-Brand-Entertainment-Acquires-Live-Nation-Tour-Markets-Plans-to-Nurture-New-Work |archive-date=July 6, 2014}}{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/25/theater/25Live.html?_r=1&oref=slogin |title=Live Nation Finds a Buyer for its Theater Business |newspaper=The New York Times |date=January 25, 2008 |first=Campbell |last=Robertson |url-access=subscription}}{{cite news |url=http://www.thestage.co.uk/news/newsstory.php/19645/live-nation-theatrical-business-sale |title=Live Nation theatrical business sale finalised |newspaper=The Stage |date=January 28, 2008 |first=Alistair |last=Smith}} With over 400,000 season subscribers,{{cite news |first=Gordon |last=Cox |url=https://variety.com/2017/legit/news/broadway-across-america-season-subscriptions-high-1202541795/ |title=Broadway Across America Season Subscriptions Hit Record High |newspaper=Variety |date=September 5, 2017}} BAA has earned 248 Tony Awards in over 35 years of producing and investing in Broadway shows. BAA owns and/or operates five theaters in Boston, Baltimore, and Minneapolis.{{Cite web|title=John Gore – Broadway Cast & Staff {{!}} IBDB|url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/john-gore-478700|access-date=2021-07-08|website=www.ibdb.com}}
• Broadway.com, a ticketing site, with the 2010 acquisition of Theatre Direct NY.{{cite journal |last=Gans |first=Andrew |url=http://www.playbill.com/article/key-brand-entertainment-inc-acquires-broadwaycom-com-174491 |title=Key Brand Entertainment Inc. Acquires Broadway.com |journal=Playbill |date=December 16, 2010 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110915025128/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/145892-Key-Brand-Entertainment-Inc-Acquires-Broadwaycom |archive-date= September 15, 2011}} In 2018, Broadway.com won a New York Emmy for its production of At The Tonys with Imogen Lloyd Webber for WCBS-TV.{{cite press release |url=https://www.nyemmys.org/media/files/files/49ae676a/61st-ny-emmy-awards-winners-press-release-2.pdf|title=The 61st Annual New York Emmy Award Winners |date=April 14, 2018 |website=The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences New York Chapter}} Broadway.com also hosts and presents the Broadway.com Audience Choice Awards annually.
• Group Sales Box Office, merged with Broadway.com/Groups in 2012.{{cite journal |url=https://www.broadway.com/buzz/161416/broadwaycom-and-broadway-across-america-group-sales-merge-with-group-sales-box-office |title=and Broadway Across America Group Sales Merge with Group Sales Box Office |website=Broadway.com |date=April 24, 2012}}
• BroadwayBox.com, a Broadway ticket discounter, was acquired in 2013.{{cite web |url=https://www.oaklins.com/case-study.html?did=39807 |title=BroadwayBox has been acquired by Key Brand Entertainment Inc. |website=Oaklins |access-date=January 3, 2021}}
• The Broadway Channel, a video content brand acquired in 2015.{{cite news |first=Gordon |last=Cox |url=https://variety.com/2015/legit/news/broadway-channel-key-brand-acquisition-1201445575 |title=Broadway Channel Acquired by Key Brand Entertainment |newspaper=Variety |date=March 4, 2015}}
• Hammer Films and Studios acquired in August 2023.

Philanthropically, JGO has supported The Arthur Miller Foundation with a grant to provide theater educators in NYC Public Schools.{{cite web |url=https://arthurmillerfoundation.org/arthur-miller-theater-education-program-kick-off-celebration/ |title=Arthur Miller Theater Education Program Kick-Off Celebration |website=Arthur Miller Foundation |date=October 5, 2017}} In 2017, JGO raised {{US$|500000|link=yes}} ({{Inflation|US|500000|2017|r=-3|fmt=eq}}) 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.{{cite journal |last=Campbell |first=Christopher |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2017/11/avengers-cast-our-town-reading |title=Inside the Avengers Cast's One-Night-Only Performance of Our Town |journal=Vanity Fair |date=November 7, 2017}} It was announced in September 2018 that JGO pledged $100,000 ({{Inflation|US|100000|2018|r=-3|fmt=eq}}) to the T. Fellowship at Columbia University, a program that fosters new creative producers.{{cite press release |url=https://arts.columbia.edu/news/john-gore-organization-pledges-100k-t-fellowship-columbia-university |title=John Gore Organization Pledges 100K to the T. Fellowship with Columbia University |publisher=Columbia School of the Arts |date=September 28, 2018 |access-date=December 14, 2018 |archive-date=December 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211209095056/https://arts.columbia.edu/news/john-gore-organization-pledges-100k-t-fellowship-columbia-university |url-status=dead }} In April 2021, the John Gore Organization became a founding partner in The Theatre Leadership Project to train and mentor a new generation of Black theater industry leaders.{{Cite web|last=Evans|first=Greg|date=2021-04-28|title=Broadway Producers Launch Fellowship Program For New Generation Of Black Leadership|url=https://deadline.com/2021/04/broadway-producers-black-bipoc-theatre-leadership-project-fellowship-program-1234744799/|access-date=2021-06-29|website=Deadline|language=en-US}} In January 2022, JGO launched the Black Theatre Coalition/Broadway Across America Fellowship program, the first national Broadway fellowship program designed to provide an introduction to the Broadway industry for aspiring BIPOC theater professionals.{{Cite web|title=Black Theatre Coalition Announces Inaugural Semester of Broadway Across America Fellows|url=https://www.broadway.com/buzz/201778/black-theatre-coalition-announces-inaugural-semester-of-broadway-across-america-fellows/|access-date=2022-01-26|website=Broadway.com|language=en}}

As the John Gore Organization, the company was awarded several awards including Tony Awards, Drama Desk Awards, :{{cite journal |url=http://broadwayworld.com/tonyawardsshowinfo.cfm?showname=Chicago |title=Chicago Tony Awards Info |journal=Broadwau World}}{{cite web |url=http://www.dramadesk.com/history.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20080518085649/http://www.dramadesk.com/history.html |archive-date=May 18, 2008 |title=History |website=Drama Desk Awards |access-date=January 3, 2021}}{{Cite web|title=The John Gore Organization – Broadway Organization {{!}} IBDB|url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-organization/the-john-gore-organization-510424#Awards|access-date=2021-05-11|website=www.ibdb.com}}{{Cite web|title=John Gore - Broadway Cast and Staff Awards|url=https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/john-gore-478700#Awards|website=IBDB}}{{Cite web|title=NY Emmy Award Recipients|url=https://www.nyemmys.org/2021-ny-emmy-award-recipients/|website=NY EMMY}}{{Cite web|title=NY Emmy Award Recipients Press Release|url=https://www.nyemmys.org/media/files/files/49ae676a/61st-ny-emmy-awards-winners-press-release-2.pdf|website=NY EMMY}}

;As the John Gore Organization

• Moulin Rouge! The Musical - 2020 Tony Award for Best Musical
• Special Event Coverage (other than news and sports) - 2020 New York Emmy Award At the Tonys with Imogen Lloyd Webber
• Broadway Profiles, Magazine Program (series) - 2020 New York Emmy Award
• Oklahoma! - 2019 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical
• The Prom (musical) - 2019 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Musical
• The Waverly Gallery - 2019 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Revival of a Play
• The Band's Visit – 2018 Tony Award for Best Musical
• Angels in America – 2018 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play; Drama Desk Award
• Dear Evan Hansen – 2017 Tony Award for Best Musical
• Hello, Dolly! – 2017 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical; Drama Desk Award
• A View From The Bridge – 2016 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play; Drama Desk Award

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;As Broadway Across America

• The Humans – 2016 Tony Award for Best Play; Drama Desk Award
• Pippin – 2013 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical; Drama Desk Award
• The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess – 2012 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical
• War Horse – 2011 Tony Award for Best Play; Drama Desk Award
• Memphis — 2010 Tony Award for Best New Musical; Drama Desk Award
• La Cage Aux Folles — 2010 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical; Drama Desk Award
• Hair — 2009 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical; Drama Desk Award
• Spring Awakening — 2009 Olivier Award for Best New Musical in London
• Passing Strange — 2009 Drama Desk Award for Best New Play
• Boeing-Boeing — 2008 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play; Drama Desk Award

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;Previously and under different names

• Spamalot — 2005 Tony Award for Best New Musical (as Clear Channel)
• Hairspray — 2003 Tony Award for Best New Musical (as Clear Channel)
• The Producers — 2002 Tony Award for Best New Musical (as Clear Channel)
• Fosse — 1999 Tony Award for Best New Musical (as Livent)
• Chicago — 1997 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical (as Pace Theatrical)
• Showboat — 1995 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical (as Livent)
• Kiss of the Spiderwoman — 1993 Tony Award for Best New Musical (as Livent)
• Fiddler on the Roof — 1991 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical (as Pace Theatrical)
• Gypsy — 1990 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical (as Pace Theatrical)
• Jerome Robbins Broadway — 1989 Tony Award for Best New Musical (as Pace Theatrical)

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