Livent

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Livent was a prominent Canadian theatrical production company best known for staging large-scale Broadway and touring musicals in the 1990s.

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Livent canonical 7

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instanceOf theatrical production company
activePeriod 1990s
areaServed Canada
North America
United States
basedInCity Toronto
basedInCountry Canada
basedInRegion Ontario
country Canada
financialEvent filed for bankruptcy protection in 1998
foundedBy Garth Drabinsky
Myron Gottlieb
genreFocus musical theatre
headquartersLocation Canada
Ontario
Toronto
industry live entertainment
theatre production
keyPerson Garth Drabinsky
Myron Gottlieb
legalIssue accounting fraud scandal
notableFor influential role in Canadian commercial theatre in the 1990s
large-scale Broadway musicals
lavish production values
touring musical productions
notableWork Kiss of the Spider Woman (musical)
Parade (musical, early involvement)
linked to: Parade

Ragtime (musical)
linked to: Ragtime

Show Boat (revival)
linked to: Show Boat

Sunset Boulevard (Canadian production)
The Phantom of the Opera (Toronto production)
operatedOn Broadway
North American touring circuits
operatedTheatre Ford Center for the Performing Arts (Chicago)
Ford Center for the Performing Arts (New York)
Ford Centre for the Performing Arts (Toronto)
Pantages Theatre (Toronto)
productionScale large-scale commercial productions
status defunct
successor assets acquired by various producers and theatre operators
timeOfProminence late-1990s
mid-1990s

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Ragtime producedBy Livent
Side Show producer Livent
Fosse producer Livent
Garth Drabinsky employer Livent
The Life originalBroadwayProducer Livent
subject linked to: The Life (Broadway musical)