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Knighted Impresario of the British Stage Bets on Live Theater During the Pandemic

Howard Panter on his growing global ambitions and how live entertainment can overcome the coronavirus

LONDON, ENGLAND - JUNE 18: Sir Howard Panter attends the UK Premiere of Julie Taymor's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" at The Curzon Mayfair on June 18, 2015 in London, England. (Photo by Dave J Hogan/Getty Images)Photographer: Dave J Hogan/Getty Images Europe

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By Kelly Gilblom

June 19, 2020 at 8:00 AM UTC

With much of the live entertainment industry facing a harrowing moment of retrenchment, Howard Panter sees an opportunity to expand.

These days, the theater impresario behind such iconic West End productions as “South Pacific” and “The Rocky Horror Show” is steering a global live-entertainment empire that continues to make acquisitions despite widespread uncertainty about when and how performance venues can reopen safely amid the coronavirus pandemic.