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Joop van den Ende | |
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| Born | Johannes Adrianus van den Ende (1942-02-23)23 February 1942 (age 83) |
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Occupation(s) | Television andtheatrical producer |
| Known for | FoundingEndemol andStage Entertainment |
| Partner | Janine van den Ende |
| Children | Two children |
Johannes "Joop" Adrianus van den Ende (born 23 February 1942) is aDutchtheatrical producer, co-founder of international television production companyEndemol and founder/owner ofStage Entertainment, Europe's largest live entertainment company. Stage Entertainment was established in 1998 after being split off from the Live Entertainment Division of Endemol. The company has offices and theatres in eight countries (the Netherlands, Germany, the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Spain, Italy and Russia).
Van den Ende started his career at age 15 as a trainee set carpenter for the Dutch Opera. Ten years later, in 1968, he opened his first independent theatrical and television production agency, Spotlight, followed by the creation in 1971 of Joop van den Ende Theaterproducties. Over the next decade his stage and television activities continued to expand, establishing him as one of the Netherlands' leading impresarios.
In 1983 he bought a former flower auction building near Amsterdam which he turned into a large studio complex where he could record his television productions. In September 1988, van den Ende produced a Dutch version of the musicalBarnum in theScheveningen Circustheater, starting a new musical tradition in the Netherlands that continues to this day. In October 1993 he opened his first show on Broadway:Cyrano. The production ran until March 1994, and although the show resulted in a financial loss, the musical was van den Ende's introduction to Broadway and earned him the respect of his American peers.
In 1993, Van den Ende andJohn de Mol created television production companyEndemol, combining the activities of their respective television production companies. Endemol went on to become the world's largest independent television production company, creating popular TV formats such asBig Brother,Fear Factor,Dancing with the Stars andWipeout.
Endemol was listed on the stock exchange in 1996, and in 2000 was sold to the Spanish telecom giantTelefónica for €5.5bn. In 2007 Endemol was sold on to a consortium includingSilvio Berlusconi, the former prime minister of Italy, as well as John de Mol, in a deal valued at €2.6bn.
In 1998, before the sale of Endemol, Van den Ende personally bought and took control of Endemol's live entertainment division. This was the beginning ofStage Entertainment, which soon grew into an international entertainment group.
Van den Ende's early work in live entertainment received international critical acclaim. In 1995 he received fiveTony Awards for the Broadway musicalTitanic, which he co-produced. In 2001 he was also awarded twoTony Awards for the musical42nd Street, and in 2002 he received twoTony Awards for his Broadway productionInto the Woods, plus three more for the playUrinetown.
Under van den Ende's leadership,Stage Entertainment grew rapidly at this time, much attributed to a licensing agreement made in 2000 with Disney Theatrical Productions (Aida,The Lion King,Beauty and the Beast,Tarzan,The Little Mermaid,Aladdin) and an intensive collaboration in Europe with Littlestar,Mamma Mia!'s production company. This enabled the business to expand into Germany, Spain, Russia, France, Italy and the UK.
In 2007 he became president of the Stage Entertainment Supervisory Board.
Van den Ende returned to Broadway in the spring of 2011 with the musicalSister Act, a co-production withWhoopi Goldberg. This marked the beginning of a new phase in van den Ende's longstanding ambition to develop a continuous stream of original musical content. Following successful launches in Germany (Ich war noch niemals in New York,Der Schuh des Manitu,Ich will Spass!) and the Netherlands (3 Musketiers,Ciske,Petticoat,Hij Gelooft in Mij), he produced Rocky at theWinter Garden Theatre on Broadway andMade in Dagenham at the Adelphi Theatre in London (both in 2014). Rocky won oneTony Award, oneOuter Critics Circle Award, and twoDrama Desk Awards.
In 2001, van den Ende and his wife Janine established the VandenEnde Foundation, one of the Netherlands’ largest private foundations, which supports cultural and educational projects and stimulates cultural entrepreneurship. The foundation also provides scholarships to talented young performing artists. One of the foundation's most high-profile accomplishments was the reconstruction of the historic DeLaMar Theatre complex in the heart of Amsterdam. The VandenEnde Foundation — in close cooperation with the Dutch government and together with the Bankgiro Loterij, the Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds, and the VSBfonds— initiated the Blockbuster Fund, a fund designed to provide a sustainable way to make large-scale investments in culture.[citation needed]
From 2005 to 2008, Van den Ende was active in real estate development through a joint venture that concentrated in mixed-use development and urban regeneration schemes around theatres, active in the Netherlands and abroad.[citation needed]
Together with his business partner Hubert Deitmers, van den Ende is also active as an investor. Van den Ende & Deitmers Venture Capitalist Partners focuses on West European cross media companies via two venture capital funds.[citation needed]
For an overview of all of Joop van den Ende's theatre productions, go toStage Entertainment
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