John Cort | |
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| Background information | |
| Born | ca. 1861 New York City, United States |
| Died | November 1929 (aged 67–68) |
| Occupation | Impresario |
John Cort (ca. 1861[1] – November 17, 1929[2]) was an American impresario; his Cort Circuit was one of the first national theater circuits. Along with John Considine and Alexander Pantages, Cort was one of the Seattle-based entrepreneurs who parlayed their success in the years following the Klondike Gold Rush into an impact on America's national theater scene. While Considine and Pantages focused mainly on vaudeville, Cort focused on legitimate theater. At one time, he owned more legitimate theaters than anyone else in the United States, and he eventually became part of the New York theatrical establishment. His Cort Theatre (since renamed the James Earl Jones Theatre) remains a fixture of Broadway.[3]
- ^ Flom says 1861; IBDB says ca. 1859
- ^ John Cort at the Internet Broadway Database. Accessed December 22, 2007.
- ^ Eric L. Flom, Cort, John (1861–1929), HistoryLink, August 9, 2001. Accessed December 22, 2007.