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. ; Star Trek – the Lost Voyage of the Enterprise; and Wallace & Gromit.
Career
Gore founded Key Brand Entertainment in 2004 to develop theatrical properties in the United States. Broadway Across America 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 13 Tony Awards, an Olivier Award and a 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.
John Gore Organization
The John Gore Organization, formerly known as Key Brand Entertainment, 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 13-time Tony Award-winning producer John Gore, who is the company's chairman, CEO and owner. The company's assets include:
Broadway Across America a major theater touring organization in North America acquired in 2008. With over 400,000 season subscribers, BAA has earned 215 Tony Awards in over 30 years of producing and investing in Broadway shows. BAA owns and/or operates five theaters in Boston, Baltimore, and Minneapolis.
Broadway.com, the e-commerce site, with the 2010 acquisition of Theatre Direct NY. Broadway.com has been cited as the number one source of information on Broadway based on the Broadway League Audience Demographic Survey In 2018, Broadway.com won a NY Emmy for its production of At The Tonys with Imogen Lloyd Webber for WCBS-TV.
Group Sales Box Office, merged with Broadway.com/Groups in 2012.
BroadwayBox.com, the top source for Broadway discounts was acquired in 2013.
The Broadway Channel, the video content brand acquired in 2015.
Awards
As the John Gore Organization, Gore and his company were awarded several awards including Tony Awards, Drama Desk Awards, and a NY Emmy Award for At The Tonys with Imogen Lloyd Webber for WCBS-TV. ;Theatre: ;As the John Gore Organization
Passing Strange — 2009 Drama Desk Award for Best New Play
Boeing-Boeing — 2008 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play; Drama Desk Award
;Television:
At The Tonys with Imogen Lloyd Webber - 2018 NY Emmy Award for Special Event Coverage
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.
Politics
He is a regular and substantial contributor to the Conservative Party in the UK; in 2018 his donation of £1.6 million was the largest that the party received. During campaigning for the 2019 General Election, Gore again donated £1.5 million to the Conservative Party, topping the list of single-donations that the party received in this period.
