theatrical producer

Examples:

Harley Granville-Barker

English actor and dramatist and critic and director noted for his productions of Shakespearean plays (1877-1946)

Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree

English actor and theatrical producer noted for his lavish productions of Shakespeare (1853-1917)

Florenz Ziegfeld

United States theatrical producer noted for a series of extravagant revues known as the Ziegfeld Follies (1869-1932)

Type of:

producer

someone who finds financing for and supervises the making and presentation of a show (play or film or program or similar work)