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Ken Davenport, Playwright-Broadway Producer-Episode #4

Mar 31, 2017 | 0 comments

Ken Davenport is an Award-Winning producer of over a dozen Broadway shows, including: Deaf West Theatre’s Spring Awakening, The Visit, Mothers and Sons, Speed the Plow, Godspell, The Bridges of Madison County, Allegiance, Chinglish, Oleanna, Macbeth, Will Ferrell’s You’re Welcome America, and Kinky Boots, for which he won the Tony.

Ken’s also produced six Off Broadway Shows, including Altr Boyz, The Awesome 80s Prom, That Bachelorette Show, and Daddy Long Legs. In addition to his own work, Ken was recently named the Executive Producer of North America for Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Really Useful Group.

Beyond theater, he’s produced an award-winning documentary entitled These Magnificent Miles: On the Long Road with Red Wanting Blue, and an award-winning TV pilot entitled The Bunny Hole, which has appeared at the LA Indie Film Festival, and The Orlando Film Festival among others.

Prior to his career as a Producer, Ken was a Company Manager and General Manager for Broadway shows and National Tours including Show Boat, Ragtime, Chicago, Candide, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Gypsy and Jekyll & Hyde, the Musical. 

Upcoming projects include the new musical Gettin’ the Band Back Together, which premiered at the George Street Playhouse, and revivals of The Great White Hope, Mass Appeal and Once On This Island.​

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