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Toby Simkin
Theatrical Producer |
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Toby
is a prolific theatrical impresario – in North America, Australia,
China, Europe and between. Through
his wholly owned Chinese corporation, Toby consults with various live
and film entertainment companies, and controls worldwide rights to
various new musical & film projects in development including
Sacrifice
of Yang GuiFei (Musical & Film), Tea 4 Two
(Play & Film) and The Great Big Chinese Show
(tour) as well as various live theatrical entertainment projects.
Since 1982, Toby has been privileged to work with major Oscar®,
Tony® and Grammy® winning stars and has produced, managed and/or marketed over 150 productions bringing
unparalleled experience within the theatrical community.
Highlights of major productions include Eileen Atkins in The
Female of the Species (West End); Jefferson Mays in Tony®
Award winning I Am My Own Wife (West End, Broadway and USA
tour); Brian Dennehy in Tony® Award winning Death of a Salesman
(West End and Broadway); Vanessa Redgrave, Brian Dennehy and
Phillip Seymour Hoffman
in the Tony® Award winning Long Day’s Journey into Night
(Broadway); Liam Neeson and Laura Linney in Tony® Award nominated
The Crucible (Broadway) and Julie Andrews in
Victor/Victoria (Broadway).
In Asia, as V.P. Asia Pacific and Executive Producer of TML
Enterprises, Korea and Taiwan tours of Jekyll & Hyde
starring Brad Little and Korean, New Zealand and Singapore tour of
The Rocky Horror Show and the Australasian production of
A Chorus Line. As V.P. & Executive Producer of Nederlander Worldwide Entertainment (since 2000)
include mainland China tours of 42nd Street; Elton John & Tim Rice's
AIDA, the light spectacular LUMA, and FAME the musical,
and consulting work in Istanbul, Turkey, and Taiwan.
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Toby co-produced
The 3 Tenors in a
new years eve
engagement in 1995. |
Other
production credits worldwide include Plácido Domingo, José Carreras and
Luciano Pavarotti in The 3 Tenors; Forever Plaid;
Blood Brothers (UK, Canada and Broadway);
Countess Rula Lenska
in Temptation (West End); Jerry Lewis in Damn
Yankees (West End); The Shanghai Ballet’s White
Haired Girl; Savion Glover; Arsenic and Old Lace;
Driving Miss Daisy; Victor Garber in Love Letters;
plus marketing over 120 Broadway/Off-Broadway/West End shows and tours
from Annie to W;t.
An
award-winning internet pioneer, Toby is credited with leading the
Broadway theatre industry into cyberspace in the early 1990s. Toby served as
President and Chief Operating Officer of Theatre.com Inc., a company
he founded as Buy Broadway in 1995, which grew from a
personal vision for how to reach more international ticket buyers
to a public corporation in 1998 and
sold in 2000.
 During this period, he personally
produced the vast majority of online marketing
campaigns for over
100
Broadway shows and 50
companies on Broadway and in the West End. Shows that
Toby has been involved in marketing have garnered an
additional 243 Tony®
nominations and 96 wins.
For 12 years, prior to relocating to China, Toby was a consultant to
Music Theatre International, the leading licensor of the majority of
musical theatre.
Toby often lectures on theatrical production, management and marketing in major educational
institutions and at arts conferences worldwide and is a consultant to various theatrical
corporations on 4 different continents.
TOBY SIMKIN is a
prolific theatrical impresario worldwide – The Female of the Species (West
End); Tony®
Award winning I Am My Own Wife (West End,
Broadway and USA tour); Tony®
Award winning Death of a Salesman (West End and
Broadway); Vanessa Redgrave and Brian Dennehy in Tony®
Award winning Long Day’s Journey into Night
(Broadway); Liam Neeson and Laura Linney in Tony®
Award nominated The Crucible (Broadway)
and Julie Andrews in Victor/Victoria (Broadway).
In Asia, his credits include the national tours of
42nd Street (China); Elton John & Tim Rice's
AIDA (China), LUMA (China),
FAME (China), Jekyll & Hyde
(Taiwan) and The Rocky Horror Show (Korea, New
Zealand, Singapore). Other production credits worldwide include Plácido
Domingo, José Carreras and Luciano Pavarotti in The 3
Tenors; Forever Plaid; Blood Brothers
(UK, Canada and Broadway); Temptation (West End); Jerry
Lewis in Damn Yankees (West End); The Shanghai Ballet’s
White Haired Girl; Savion Glover;
Arsenic
and Old Lace; Driving Miss Daisy; Victor
Garber in Love Letters; plus marketing over 120
Broadway/Off-Broadway/West End shows and tours from
Annie to W;t. An award-winning internet
pioneer, Toby is credited with leading the Broadway
theatre industry into cyberspace in the early 1990s.
Toby is a consultant to various theatrical corporations
and is currently living in Shanghai. Next major West
End/Broadway project - a new musical telling one of China's most beloved stories. Online at
www.TobySimkin.com.
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Toby Simkin |
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Chairman & CEO |
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DJ Wizniak |
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Executive V.P., Creative |
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Tim Lawson |
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Producer, Australasia |
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Richard Hardwick |
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UK Liaison |
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Zacchary Barfield |
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UK Liaison |
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Korean Liaison |
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Andrew Wu |
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Accountant |
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Wendy Wang |
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Licensing Manager |
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Jack Chen Lin |
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China Relations |
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Leo Liao |
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China Advisor |
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Jones Yan |
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PA to Toby Simkin |
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Ryan Chen |
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PA (Film & TV) |
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Jake Chen |
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China Photographer |
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Long Day's Journey Into
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