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34-427: The theatre dates back to 1904, when it was designed by Wilhelmus Barnardus van Liefland and was built to house Circus Schumann during the summer season. When the publics interest in the circus declined, the theatre was transformed in 1964 to a regular theater to house concerts among others. Over the following decades the theatre started to deteriorate. Joop van den Ende , Stardust B.V. and Xelat Recrea B.V. acquired

68-498: A theatre building in Europe is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Joop van den Ende Johannes "Joop" Adrianus van den Ende (born 23 February 1942) is a Dutch theatrical producer , co-founder of international television production company Endemol and founder/owner of Stage Entertainment , Europe's largest live entertainment company. Stage Entertainment was established in 1998 after being split off from

102-655: A Dutch version of the musical Barnum in the Scheveningen Circustheater, starting a new musical tradition in the Netherlands that continues to this day. In October 1993 he opened his first show on Broadway: Cyrano . The production ran until March 1994, and although the show resulted in a financial loss, the musical was van den Ende's introduction to Broadway and earned him the respect of his American peers. In 1993, Van den Ende and John de Mol created television production company Endemol , combining

136-564: A co-production with Whoopi Goldberg . This marked the beginning of a new phase in van den Ende's longstanding ambition to develop a continuous stream of original musical content. Following successful launches in Germany ( Ich war noch niemals in New York , Der Schuh des Manitu , Ich will Spass! ) and the Netherlands ( 3 Musketiers , Ciske , Petticoat , Hij Gelooft in Mij ), he produced Rocky at

170-600: A renovation the theater reopened in 2009 with Beauty and the Beast . From 2009 til 2012 the company also operated a theatre in Rome, but this lease wasn't renewed. In 2016 Stage Entertainment acquired a second theatre in Milan, Teatro Lirico , with a planned opening in 2021. Current Romeo & Julia - Liebe Ist Alles Upcoming Ku'Damm '56 (January 2024) Ku'Damm '59 (May 2024) &Juliet (Fall 2024) After

204-520: A sponsor since the re-opening in 1991. This started with VSB from 1991 till 2004, when VSB merged with Fortis changing the name into Fortis Circustheater. When the bank went under during the financial crisis the sponsorship stopped in 2010. In 2011 a new sponsor was found in AFAS, resulting in the current name of the complex. 52°6′39″N 4°16′57″E  /  52.11083°N 4.28250°E  / 52.11083; 4.28250 This article about

238-538: A steady flow of revenue. Therefore, in 1998 van den Ende decided to buyout the entire Endemol Live Entertainment Division for ƒ 169,5 million and forming a new company called Stage Holding , which would be renamed Stage Entertainment in 2005. That same year construction started on a second open-end theater in Utrecht, which would open in 1999 called Beatrix Theater . Van den Ende stayed on as board member and shareholder for Endemol until 2000, when Telefonica acquired

272-523: Is an international operating live entertainment company, a subsidiary of Advance Publications . The company was founded in 1998 by Joop van den Ende in Amsterdam. The root of the company lays in The Netherlands in the 1970s when Joop van den Ende - until then an agent and television producer - started producing theater, in the first years he mostly produced plays and comedies. This changed at

306-897: The Winter Garden Theatre on Broadway and Made in Dagenham at the Adelphi Theatre in London (both in 2014). Rocky won one Tony Award , one Outer Critics Circle Award , and two Drama Desk Awards . In 2001, van den Ende and his wife Janine established the VandenEnde Foundation, one of the Netherlands’ largest private foundations, which supports cultural and educational projects and stimulates cultural entrepreneurship. The foundation also provides scholarships to talented young performing artists. One of

340-521: The American Holiday on Ice , a year later the company entered into a joint venture with Dodger Theatrical and formed Dodger Endemol Theatricals . The joint venture created several musicals and also established a theater complex in New York's Hell's Kitchen named New World Stages ( Dodger Stages at opening) in 2004. Stage Entertainment took full control of the complex in 2006, they sold it in 2014 to The Shubert Organization In 2001

374-557: The Beast , Tarzan , The Little Mermaid , Aladdin ) and an intensive collaboration in Europe with Littlestar, Mamma Mia! 's production company. This enabled the business to expand into Germany, Spain, Russia, France, Italy and the UK. In 2007 he became president of the Stage Entertainment Supervisory Board. Van den Ende returned to Broadway in the spring of 2011 with the musical Sister Act ,

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408-593: The Broadway musical Titanic , which he co-produced. In 2001 he was also awarded two Tony Awards for the musical 42nd Street , and in 2002 he received two Tony Awards for his Broadway production Into the Woods , plus three more for the play Urinetown . Under van den Ende's leadership, Stage Entertainment grew rapidly at this time, much attributed to a licensing agreement made in 2000 with Disney Theatrical Productions ( Aida , The Lion King , Beauty and

442-595: The German part of See Tickets for €145 million. In February 2011 Parcom sold its stakes in the Dutch, Belgium, French, Austrian and Spanish operations to Stage Entertainment after which Parcom became the sole owner of See Tickets UK, which it sold in 2011 to Vivendi for £94 million. In 2014 CTS Eventim and Stage Entertainment reached an agreement for the sell of their remaining ticket companies. The Live Entertainment Division of Endemol acquired Holiday On Ice in 1996, after

476-685: The Live Entertainment Division of Endemol. The company has offices and theatres in eight countries (the Netherlands, Germany, the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Spain, Italy and Russia). Van den Ende started his career at age 15 as a trainee set carpenter for the Dutch Opera. Ten years later, in 1968, he opened his first independent theatrical and television production agency, Spotlight, followed by

510-579: The Russian activities although this was never confirmed by the company. Stage Entertainment acquired Théâtre Mogador in 2005 and refurbished it until 2007, when they reopened it with The Lion King. The company also often rents other theaters for their productions, like Les Folies Bergère in 2006 for Cabaret. Due to the acquisition of Teatro Nazionale in Milan the company could enter the Italian market, mirroring their approach in other countries. After

544-512: The activities of their respective television production companies. Endemol went on to become the world's largest independent television production company, creating popular TV formats such as Big Brother , Fear Factor , Dancing with the Stars and Wipeout . Endemol was listed on the stock exchange in 1996, and in 2000 was sold to the Spanish telecom giant Telefónica for €5.5bn. In 2007 Endemol

578-591: The combination was unsuccessful and therefore dissolved after only two years. After The Netherlands, the United States of America and Germany the company opened an office in London's West End in 2002, where they produced shows like Fame and Blue Man Group . Adam Spiegel Productions was acquired in 2006, the year after the acquisition the company signed a long-term lease for the Shaftesbury Theatre , for their production of Hairspray . Adam Spiegel and Stage Entertainment went their separate ways in

612-508: The company also started creating own musicals for the Dutch, German and international market such as 3 Musketeers , Sister Act , Petticoat and Tina: The Tina Turner Musical . Dutch competitor Albert Verlinde Entertainment - a company that was specialised in touring productions - was acquired in 2015 and van den Ende made Albert Verlinde managing director of the Dutch subsidiary. That same year he sold 60% of Stage Entertainment to CVC Capital Partners , he would only stay on as advisor to

646-483: The company and as 40% shareholder. Stage Entertainment was again sold in 2018, this time the entire company was bought by Advance Publications . Following the Dutch success of Cyrano , van den Ende decided to bring the musical to Broadway in 1994. The production was a critical and financial flop, but it gave van den Ende the chance to co-produce several other titles in the following years such as Victor/Victoria , Titanic and Hamlet . In 1996 Endemol bought

680-707: The company entered the Germany marked when it acquired the Colosseum Theater in Essen and the Theater im Hafen in Hamburg, where Elizabeth and The Lion King opened respectively. Until then the German market was for the most part served by Stella AG , but this company had severe financial troubles and ceased operation in 2002. Van den Ende acquired a large part of their assets including theaters and running productions, making Stage Entertainment directly one of

714-417: The company several theaters were left vacant or sold, so the company could only focus on Stuttgart, Berlin and Hamburg. Stage Entertainment created several own musicals for the German market such as Ich War Noch Niemals in New York , Hinterm Horizont and Der Schuh des Manitu . Stage Entertainment together with ID&T started a joint venture in 2005 to produce a German version of Sensation White ,

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748-406: The creation in 1971 of Joop van den Ende Theaterproducties. Over the next decade his stage and television activities continued to expand, establishing him as one of the Netherlands' leading impresarios. In 1983 he bought a former flower auction building near Amsterdam which he turned into a large studio complex where he could record his television productions. In September 1988, van den Ende produced

782-591: The early 2010s, both remaining active on West End. Joop van den Ende entered the Spanish market in 2003 via a joint venture with the already in Spain active CIE , the combination lasted until 2005 when Stage Entertainment acquired CIE's stake and becoming sole owner. They majority of the productions were played in Teatro Coliseum and Teatro Lope de Vega in Madrid, which they rented. Together with Rockspring

816-576: The end of the 1980s when he discovered that there was a demand for American musicals and his first try at this was with the musical Barnum in 1988. Several musicals followed, with titles as Sweet Charity and Cabaret . Owing to the success of these productions van den Ende doubled down on musicals, with a dedicated reservation line in 1990, an open-end theatre in The Hague called Circustheater in 1991 and his own musical Cyrano: The Musical in 1993. Van den Ende and John de Mol - until then

850-449: The entire company for $ 5.3 billion. After the sell van den Ende could focus entirely on his new company which he wanted to grow into an international enterprise focusing on owning theaters and producing musicals. In order to do that he arranged licensing deals with Disney Theatrical , Little Star , Cameron Mackintosh , Really Useful Group and Vereinigte Bühnen Wien for their productions. Besides producing third party musicals,

884-733: The foundation's most high-profile accomplishments was the reconstruction of the historic DeLaMar Theatre complex in the heart of Amsterdam. The VandenEnde Foundation — in close cooperation with the Dutch government and together with the Bankgiro Loterij, the Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds, and the VSBfonds— initiated the Blockbuster Fund, a fund designed to provide a sustainable way to make large-scale investments in culture. From 2005 to 2008, Van den Ende

918-534: The launch of a dedicated reservation line in 1990 in The Netherlands, the company also set up similar systems in the countries they entered in continental Europe. Stage Entertainment acquired the U.K. based See Tickets from the Really Useful Group in 2008, merged it with its own ticket company and renamed it See Tickets International, 60% of the new company was sold in the same year to Parcon Ventures . CTS Eventim announced in 2010 it had acquired

952-475: The leading entertainment companies. In the following years the company grew and acquired several new theaters in Berlin (Theater des Westens in 2003 and Stage Bluemax Theater in 2007) , Oberhausen (Metronom Theater in 2005) , Munich (Werk7 Theater in 2018) and built a fourth theater in Hamburg (Stage Theater an der Elbe in 2015) . After CVC Capital Partners in 2015 and Advance Publications in 2018 took control of

986-653: The separation of Endemol and the live entertainment division the company operated as a separated entity within Stage Entertainment. After a reorganisation in 2011 the company was placed in a new division called Stage Entertainment Touring Productions . In 2014 Stage Entertainment and CTS Eventim entered into a new joint venture when CTS Eventim acquired a 50% stake in Holiday On Ice/Stage Entertainment Touring Productions, two years later CTS Eventim acquired

1020-420: The theatre from the municipality of The Hague for the symbolic amount of ƒ 1,-. The consortium invested ƒ 25 million and transformed the site into the first open-end musical theatre of The Netherlands, the new theatre was designed by architect Meijs. The theatre is currently owned and operated by Stage Entertainment, the international live-entertainment company founded by Joop van den Ende. The theatre has had

1054-505: The two biggest competitors - decided to merge their companies into Endemol in 1993, all live entertainment was folded into the Endemol Live Entertainment Division . The company went partially public in 1996 and due to the uncertain income of live entertainment part of the board of directors and shareholders were getting unhappy with the division and wanted to only focus on television productions to create

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1088-583: The two theaters were acquired in 2017, the company is also actively looking for a third theater in Madrid to acquire. The Russian market was entered in 2004 with a lease of the MDM Theatre in Moscow, with a second theater that followed in 2012 the Rossia Theatre . After the acquisition by Advance Publication in 2018 no new shows were produced and the leases on both theaters weren't renewed, ending

1122-573: Was active in real estate development through a joint venture that concentrated in mixed-use development and urban regeneration schemes around theatres, active in the Netherlands and abroad. Together with his business partner Hubert Deitmers, van den Ende is also active as an investor. Van den Ende & Deitmers Venture Capitalist Partners focuses on West European cross media companies via two venture capital funds. For an overview of all of Joop van den Ende's theatre productions, go to Stage Entertainment Stage Entertainment Stage Entertainment

1156-517: Was sold on to a consortium including Silvio Berlusconi , the former prime minister of Italy, as well as John de Mol, in a deal valued at €2.6bn. In 1998, before the sale of Endemol, Van den Ende personally bought and took control of Endemol's live entertainment division. This was the beginning of Stage Entertainment , which soon grew into an international entertainment group. Van den Ende's early work in live entertainment received international critical acclaim. In 1995 he received five Tony Awards for

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