Founded 1997 (1997) | ||
Industry Film, Theater, Special Events Founder Michael Wolk
Kumiko Yoshii Headquarters New York City, New York Products Motion pictures, Plays, Musicals, Festivals, Concerts Website www.gorgeousentertainment.com | ||
Gorgeous Entertainment is an American film, theater, and special event production company co-founded by Michael Wolk and Kumiko Yoshii in 1997. It primarily exports American theater to Japan and imports Japanese theater to America. In this regard, Gorgeous Entertainment has been a longtime collaborator with famed Japanese director Amon Miyamoto. Gorgeous Entertainment also organizes the annual Japanese cultural festival Japan Day@Central Park, which has taken place for the past ten years and included such noteworthy performers as AKB48, Akiko Yano, Jero, Sonim, and America's Got Talent winner Kenichi Ebina.
Noteworthy past theater projects include the 2004 Broadway revival of Pacific Overtures (which was nominated for four Tony awards), and Japanese productions of The Fantastiks, Macbeth, The Producers, The Sound of Music, and the 2015 Harold Prince revue musical Prince of Broadway.
Gorgeous Entertainment has also produced films, including You Think You Really Know Me: The Gary Wilson Story, a documentary about the famed musician Gary Wilson. Gary Wilson credited the film as being one of the driving forces behind his return to mainstream attention, even calling it "one of the highlights of [his] life."