John Gore (born 1962) is British entertainment producer, known for his live theatre company the John Gore Organization.

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); 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, while the e-commerce theatre website Broadway.com was acquired in December 2010, from Hollywood Media Corp. In 2016, KBE was rebranded as the John Gore Organization. Gore has received 20 Tony Awards, an Olivier Award and 2 NY Emmy Award. Gore has been a member of the board of governors of The Broadway League since 2008. In 2010 Gore was nominated for a Prime Time Emmy Award for Outstanding Non-Fiction Special for Believe: The Eddie Izzard Story. In 2018 Gore won a NY Emmy Award for At The Tonys with Imogen Lloyd Webber for WCBS-TV. Gore also has extensive property interests in County Donegal, Ireland. Gore has been named as one of Variety’s 500 Most Influential Business Leaders in the global media industry.

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

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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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.

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