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Bill Kenwright, CBE (born 4 September 1945, Liverpool, Lancashire) is a leading West End theatre producer and film producer. He is also the chairman of Everton Football Club. He attended Booker Avenue County Primary School, and then Liverpool Institute High School from 1957 to 1964 and appeared in school productions (including Shylock in ''The Merchant of Venice'') on the stage in the Mount Street building (predecessor to LIPA). He was also treasurer of the Christian Union at school. In 2007, Kenwright was a judge in the BBC1 television series ''"Any Dream Will Do."'' ==Theatre== Kenwright is one of the UK's most successful theatre producers, best known for the long-running West End hit ''Blood Brothers'' and the record breaking tour of ''Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat''. Other recent productions have included West End runs of ''Whistle Down the Wind'' at the Palace Theatre, ''Festen'' in London, on a UK tour and now on Broadway, ''The Big Life'', ''Elmina's Kitchen'', ''Scrooge – The Musical'', ''The Night of the Iguana'', ''A Few Good Men'', ''A Man For All Seasons'' alongside UK tours of ''Jesus Christ Superstar'', ''Tommy'', ''Whistle Down the Wind'', ''Tell Me on a Sunday'' and ''This is Elvis''. He produced the London revival of ''Cabaret'' at the Lyric Theatre in September 2006, starring Anna Maxwell Martin, James Dreyfus and Sheila Hancock. He has helped start the careers of many current West End theatre producers, including Mark Rubinstein and Marc Sinden. It has been estimated that he employs more actors in a year than any employer other than the BBC. He also directs many productions, including ''Blood Brothers'', ''Whistle Down the Wind'' and more recently, was asked by Andrew Lloyd Webber to make changes to the direction of ''Love Never Dies''. Current and recent productions include: * ''Fame (musical)'' - UK National Tour (2014) * ''Blood Brothers'' – Phoenix Theatre, London and on UK National Tour, starring Helen Hobson and Steven Houghton * ''Cabaret'' – Savoy Theatre, London with Will Young, Michelle Ryan and Sian Phillips * ''Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat'' – UK National Tour * ''The Wizard of Oz'' – London Palladium, London (2011) * ''Jekyll and Hyde'' – UK National Tour (2011) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bill Kenwright」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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