Veteran Broadway Execs Team for New Theater Producing Venture

Roy Gabay and Daniel Kuney, longtime associates at theatrical general management company Roy Gabay Productions, are pleased to announce the formation of JumpStart Entertainment. The new partnership, effective immediately, will provide general management and executive producing services to premiere Broadway, Off-Broadway, touring and special event productions.

Roy Gabay formed Roy Gabay Productions in 1998 after several years of managing Broadway productions in partnership with Elizabeth I. McCann, including the Tony Award-winning revival of A View From The Bridge. Daniel Kuney joined the company in 2002 and since then the team has represented over forty theatrical productions, which have won a combined thirteen Tony Awards, fourteen Drama Desk Awards and three Pulitzer Prizes. From new Broadway musicals, to intimate dramatic plays, to large-scale arena touring events through such international markets as London, Lagos, Singapore and Brazil, Gabay and Kuney's recent work includes: the five-time Tony-nominated hit musical Rock of Ages; the Pulitzer Prize-winning plays Wit and How I Learned to Drive; the critically acclaimed Broadway musicals Fela!, Honeymoon In Vegas and Chaplin; the Off-Broadway productions of Heathers: The Musical and 39 Steps;and many more. Upcoming projects include Monsoon Wedding and Brooklynite, among others soon to be announced.

"This partnership celebrates an incredible working relationship that Daniel and I have shared for the past fifteen years," said Gabay. "Together we have built a unique approach to management and producing that puts the focus on relationships and the people we work with while creating innovating models for using data to maximize ticket sales and keep shows running profitably. I look forward to some very exciting years ahead for JumpStart Entertainment."

"Working with Roy these many years has been an inspiring privilege," said Kuney. "His expertise, in addition to his unparalleled integrity and enthusiasm, have made him not just a great mentor and business partner, but a close friend as well, and I am honored to join him in this thrilling new venture."

JumpStart Entertainment will operate out of 262 West 38th Street, Suite 1106, New York, NY 10018, the same office previously held by Roy Gabay Productions.

http://www.letsjumpstart.com/

ROY GABAY (Founding Partner) Credits include: Honeymoon in Vegas; Chaplin; Rock of Ages; Fela!; The 39 Steps; The Little Dog Laughed; True West; Metamorphoses; Frozen; A View From the Bridge(Tony® Award); How I Learned to Drive (Pulitzer Prize); Wit (Pulitzer Prize); Three Tall Women (Pulitzer Prize); The Last Five Years; Tick, Tick...BOOM! Roy is also a licensed single engine airplane pilot.

DANIEL KUNEY (Founding Partner) Broadway: Rock of Ages, Fela!, Reasons to Be Pretty, 39 Steps, The Homecoming, Talk Radio. Off-Broadway: Heathers, Altar Boyz, Dog Sees God, My Name is Rachel Corrie, In Masks Outrageous and Austere. Graduate of NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. In his spare time, Daniel is an amateur marathon runner and triathlete.