WestBeth Entertainment

WestBeth Entertainment, founded by Arnold Engelman, began in 1977 as WestBeth Theatre Center. With three performance spaces, it made it's mark as the home for experimental, innovative, and daring new works including the original production of Hedwig, and performers like Stephen Colbert, Patti LuPone, Sandra Bernhardt, Margaret Cho, and John Turturro. Now, for over 30 years, Arnold has evolved WBE into a truly unique company that's consistently delivered critically acclaimed, financially successful, and groundbreaking productions that make the artist's and audience's dreams come true. WestBeth has produced and managed some of the most unique shows across North America in venues including Madison Square Garden, Hollywood Bowl, Carnegie Hall, Toronto's Massey Hall, The Chicago Theatre, and Lincoln Center. With entertainment and audience enjoyment being a key element, our most recent productions include: Eddie Izzard's Force Majeure in Canada and the U.S., Billy Connolly's The Man Live tour of the west coast, Dylan Moran's Yeah, Yeah in cities across the US and Canada, Puppet Up! - Uncensored with The Jim Henson Company's national tour, Off-Broadway, Australia tour, 2013 Edinburgh Fringe Festival and multiple US shows in 2014 Trevor Noah's Born a Crime for 6 weeks off-Broadway Past productions include: John Leguizamo's Ghetto Klown on Broadway, the West End, and Colombia, South America; Simon Amstell's one man show NUMB in New York and other cities around the US; Eric Idle's What About Dick at the Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles; Billy Connolly's tour The Man Live in New York and San Francisco; Eddie Izzard's Dress To Kill, Circle, Sexie, Stripped-a 35 city US tour and tour of Canada, Stripped Too: US Arena tour, Stripped to the Bowl, Stripped to the Shore; Billy Connolly's Too Old To Die Young tour in America and Canada; Lewis Black's Nothing Sacred show at New York's Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall, as well as Lewis' Dual Citizenship Tour in Canada and 'In God We Rust' at City Center in New York.