| Type | Theatre company |
|---|---|
| Legal status | Active |
| Location | |
Official language | English |
Parent organization | John Gore Organization |
| Website | broadwayacrosscanada |
Broadway Across Canada is a Toronto, Ontario-based theatrical presenter which presents touring Broadway shows, family productions and other live theatrical events across Canada.
Broadway Across Canada was formed by the amalgamation of the historic touring Canada business headed by Ronald Andrew with Garth Drabinsky's Livent operations. Livent was acquired by SFX Entertainment in 1999.[1] SFX was later sold to Clear Channel Communications[2] which renamed the division Broadway Across Canada in 2005. Clear Channel subsequently spun off its live theater operations as Live Nation.[3][4] The company, along with its parent Broadway Across America, was acquired from Live Nation in January 2008 by Key Brand Entertainment (now the John Gore Organization,[5][6][7][8] owned by UK-based producer John Gore. In 2008, Broadway Across America and Broadway Across Canada sold over 6.4 million tickets throughout its 40 theatres in the United States and Canada.[6]
- ^ "SFX Entertainment to Acquire Livent Assets", Los Angeles Times, (Bloomberg), June 2, 1999
- ^ SFX Sells to Clear Channel, CNNfn, February 29, 2000
- ^ Clear Channel Completes Spinoff of Live Nation
- ^ Robertson, Cambell (April 1, 2007), "A Force in Touring Hits the End of the Road", The New York Times
- ^ Cox, Gordon (January 24, 2008), "Live Nation sells off theater division", Variety
- ^ a b Jones, Kenneth (January 24, 2008), "Key Brand Entertainment Acquires Live Nation Tour Markets, Plans to Nurture New Work", Playbill, archived from the original on 2014-07-06, retrieved 2014-10-09
- ^ Robertson, Campbell (January 25, 2008), "Live Nation Finds a Buyer for its Theater Business", The New York Times
- ^ Smith, Alistair (January 28, 2008), "Live Nation theatrical business sale finalised", The Stage