Entertainment Industry Competitors

Act like you like theater in London and someone might direct you to a play from Act Productions. The company produces, co-produces, and manages West End, New York, and touring versions of such popular plays as Anything Goes, The Elephant Man, Frost/Nixon, Humble Boy, and Noises Off....

It's not clear how this ambassador measures up in the diplomacy and tact department, but it's a sure thing that it has gaslights and greasepaint down pat. Ambassador Theatre Group (ATG) produces and presents plays and owns about 25 theaters; many of which are located in London's West End....

Spurs aren't the only things that jingle at the AT&T Center (formerly SBC Center). The arena is San Antonio's $175 million entertainment arena home for the NBA's San Antonio Spurs, the WNBA's San Antonio Silver Stars, minor league hockey's San Antonio Rampage, and the San Antonio Stock Show & Rodeo....

If Bill Kenwright calls you a drama queen, it’s not necessarily an insult. Producer and director Bill Kenwright formed his eponymous independent theater and film production company in 1984 and has been filling stages and screens ever since....

Dodger Theatricals never dodges the spot light. The off-Broadway theatrical production company has won nearly 50 Tony awards and produced musical hits such as Into the Woods (1987), The Music Man (2000), and Jersey Boys (2005). It also hosts individual performers like Savion Glover and Mandy Patinkin and an international tour of Jersey Boys....

The Olsen twins, yes those Olsen twins, Ashley and Mary-Kate, are the co-founders and chief product of Dualstar Entertainment Group, LLC. From their early days sharing the role of the toddler on Full House, to their recent exploits as celebrity party gals, the duo has become the face of, and the force behind, a media empire....

Ford Entertainment & Productions knows how to put on a show. The company provides event production services such as sound and stage production, contract negotiation, and talent and stage hand provisions. It also does complete start to finish show productions....

Let's go to a game at the Drum! The Frank C. Erwin Center, or Erwin Center, is a sports and entertainment arena on the campus of the University of Texas at Austin. Owned by the university, the "Super Drum" serves as the home court for UT's men's and women's basketball teams, houses Austin's Arena Football League franchise (the Wranglers), and hosts concerts and other entertainment shows, including Sesame Street Live, the Harlem Globetrotters, and Renegades Extreme Fighting....

Georgica has gotten snookered on bowling. The company has about 160 Rileys snooker and pool halls and about 40 Tenpin bowling centers. Former businesses included Allied Leisure (which owned more than 30 Burger King restaurants and a collection of pubs) and Megabowl, a chain of about a dozen bowling centers....

The Grand Ole Opry, the longest-running live radio show in the world, is grand indeed for country music fans. Since it was founded in 1925, the country music variety show has hosted many of the legends of American music, including Johnny Cash, Dolly Parton, and Loretta Lynn....

Jujamcyn Theaters screws in a lot of the light bulbs on the Great White Way. The company owns and operates five theaters in New York City that house plays and musicals such as the Tony award-winning show The Producers and Pulitzer Prize winner Angels in America....

Music is the fabric of life for KnitMedia. The company operates the Knitting Factory, a downtown New York City music venue that has played host to such artists as Sonic Youth, John Lurie's Lounge Lizards, and Lou Reed. The club is now at the center of a media company that includes several independent record labels, festival and concert promotion services, live Internet broadcasts, and online music sales....

Nationwide Arena brings the world to Columbus. The facility is the $150 million home to the NHL's Columbus Blue Jackets, the Arena Football League's Columbus Destroyers, the United States Hockey League's Ohio Junior Blue Jackets....

The New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority has flowered into one of the Garden State's biggest sources of entertainment. The company operates the Meadowlands Sport Complex, which includes Giants Stadium (home of the New York Giants and Jets), The IZOD Center (formerly Continental Airlines Arena; New Jersey Nets), and thoroughbred racing facility Meadowlands Racetrack....

Old Vic has a new trick or two up its sleeves when it comes to the theater. Old Vic Productions is a leading theater production company in the UK, producing plays and musicals. Since 1993 Old Vic has been involved in more than 70 productions, including The Vagina Monologues, Macbeth, and The Graduate....

It was on her maiden trip when an iceberg hit the ship, and Premier Exhibitions is here to tell the tale. The company owns RMS Titanic, which salvages and displays artifacts from the doomed Titanic ocean liner, runs a touring Titanic exhibit, and sells Titanic merchandise....

From Patsy Cline and Johnny Cash to Dolly Parton and Loretta Lynn, the halls of this former church have heard some of country music's greatest talents. Built in 1892, the Ryman Auditorium hosted the Grand Ole Opry from 1943 to 1974. It is a National Historic Landmark that today seats about 2,300 and hosts a variety of concerts, including bluegrass, classical, gospel, jazz, and rock....

Domo arigato, Ms. Sally Industries. The company makes robotic characters and figures for use in theme parks, museums, motion pictures, and retail stores worldwide. Sally also provides electronic control and audio systems, staging, lighting, and sound track production....

SMG Management wants to take you out to a ball game, or a concert, or a convention. SMG is one of the world's largest entertainment facility management companies. The firm manages arenas, stadiums, performing arts centers, and convention centers throughout North America and Europe, as well as one in Dubai, United Arab Emirates....

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, also known as The Kennedy Center, traces its roots to1958 when president Dwight Eisenhower signed the National Cultural Center Act calling for a privately funded venture featuring a variety of classic and contemporary programming with an educational focus....