Nederlander Worldwide Entertainment, LLC, founded and managed by
Robert Nederlander, Jr. a third generation member of the
Nederlander entertainment family, manages theatres and presents
Broadway productions in emerging international markets, produces
international productions for Broadway and elsewhere around the
world, and undertakes cultural educational initiatives. NWE's
expertise covers the gamut of theatre management and
operations, along with all facets of live entertainment, including
ticketing, management, promotion, marketing, and advertising.
Nederlander Worldwide Entertainment (NWE) is one of the pioneers
in international theatrical industry covering every aspect of the
industry from venue design and operation, show creation, touring
and production as well as education and ancillary services.
China
Operating for over 15 years in the Chinese cultural Industry,
NWE created the first foreign joint venture in 2005 to operate in
China's live performance industry, presented four Broadway shows
across China including 42nd Street, the first tour of a
Broadway show across China, and the first to present a Chinese
show, Soul of Shaolin, on Broadway in New York City.
Today, NWE manages Chinese theatres utilizing the Broadway
management model and is now developing Mandarin language
productions of Broadway shows.
Chinese tours include, in part, West Side Story,
42nd Street. Elton John and Tim Rice's AIDA,
Fame: The Musical; Luma and Broadway
Rox. Nederlander shows have toured through eighteen
cities across China, including Beijing, Shanghai, Xi'an, Wuhan,
Tianjin, Hangzhou, Ningbo, Nanjing, Suzhou, Hefei, Hohot, Nanning,
Xiamen, Fuzhou, Chengdu, Tiacang, Changzhou and Chengde.
An outgrowth of production efforts in China, Mr. Nederlander
established the "China on Broadway" initiative to bring the best of
Chinese culture to Broadway in New York City. NWE presented "Soul
of Shaolin," the first production from China to appear on Broadway,
at the Marquis Theater. The productions received both Tony Award
and Drama Desk Award nominations. Mr. Nederlander also presented
The Dream of the Red Chamber, a production the city of Shanghai
gave as a "cultural exchange gift" to the City of New York, at
Lincoln Center's Rose Hall Theater.
Educational initiatives in China include The Cultural Trade
& Industry Exchange Program in New York, established in
conjunction with China's Ministry of Culture, introducing Chinese
cultural officials and theatre professionals to all facets of the
Broadway industry. Collaboration with various educational
institutions across China including Peking University the Shanghai
Theatre Academy, and collaboration with the Beijing Central
Academy of Drama in the creation of a Chinese language version of
FAME
Cuba
On December 24, 2014 NWE opened RENT at the Bertolt Brecht
Theatre in Havana for a three month run. This Spanish
language production with an all Cuban cast, produced in partnership
with the Cuban National Council of the Performing Arts, is the
first authentic Broadway musical produced and presented in the
nation of Cuba in over 50 years. http://rent.nederlanderworld.com
Previously, NWE presented Broadway Ambassadors at the 2011 Havana
Theatre festival, a concert featuring leading Broadway actors
performing the best of the Broadway song book.
In the fall of 2015, NWE will tour RENT from Havana through
seven markets across Latin America and culminating with a limited
run special engagement on Broadway. The Broadway production
of RENT from Havana will be the first performance in Spanish on
Broadway in New York City, and the first to include a full Cuban
cast.
Future initiatives include the creation of original Cuban
productions and facility management operations in Havana and
elsewhere.
Turkey
In 2012, NWE Entertainment (NWE) joins forces with Zorlu
Property Group to open, program and produce localized productions
for a world-class performing arts center complex at Istanbul's
Zorlu Center. The Zorlu Center for the Performing Arts is
comprised of three theatres (2,300, 750 and 300 seats) on 50,000
square meters construction area, making this Istanbul's largest
multi-purpose performing arts center. Following its
highly-anticipated opening in November 2013, the performing arts
center has been host to concerts, dance performances, art
exhibitions, auctions and Broadway musicals including Phantom
of the Opera, Cats, Jersey Boys, Beauty
and the Beast, and Hugh Jackman in Concert.
Taiwan
In March 2012, Mr. Nederlander and NWE entered into an agreement
to manage and operate two theatres in Taiwan, located in the
Hualien Hakka Tulou Buildings Humanities Center. Situated in
Hualien City and close to the famed Takoro Gorge visited by
millions of visitors each year, the theatres include a world-class
1,350 seat theater in the heart of the development and a 500 seat
dramatic house, scheduled to open in 2015.
International Education Programs
Mr. Nederlander and New York Institute of Technology have
jointly developed a Masters of Arts (M.A.) degree program which
specializations in Business, Art and Technology, and is designed
primarily for international arts managers and students
worldwide. The program, based out of NYIT's New York City
campus located on Broadway, is designed for the training of arts
practitioners in managerial and financial skills, within the
context of pertinent artistic disciplines, and an understanding of
marketing dynamics and the business environment as well as matters
relevant to the artist and 21st century artistic process. http://www.nyit.edu/arts_leadership.
The program's inaugural class will begin in June, 2015.