{"id":5758,"date":"2015-09-04T04:28:31","date_gmt":"2015-08-12T02:16:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/townsquareproductions.ultimecom.fr\/?page_id=5758"},"modified":"2017-11-29T18:19:27","modified_gmt":"2017-11-29T23:19:27","slug":"don-frantz-china","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/townsquareproductions.com\/?page_id=5758&lang=zh","title":{"rendered":"Don Frantz china"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\">  <\/script><br \/>\n<section class=\"cs-section wpb_row sm-padding\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-md-12\"><div id=\"ultimate-heading6ae989d085422\" class=\"uvc-heading ultimate-heading6ae989d085422 uvc-7797 \" data-hspacer=\"line_with_icon\" data-hline_width=\"auto\" data-hicon_type=\"selector\" data-hborder_style=\"solid\" data-hborder_height=\"1\" data-hborder_color=\"#ccc\" data-icon_width=\"16\" data-hfixer=\"10\"  data-halign=\"center\" style=\"text-align:center\"><div class=\"uvc-main-heading ult-responsive\"  data-ultimate-target='.uvc-heading.ultimate-heading6ae989d085422 h3'  data-responsive-json-new='{\"font-size\":\"\",\"line-height\":\"\"}' ><h3 style=\"font-weight:normal;\">Don Frantz: President of Town Square Productions<\/h3><\/div><div class=\"uvc-heading-spacer line_with_icon\" style=\"topheight:16px;\"><div class=\"ult-just-icon-wrapper \"><div class=\"align-icon\" style=\"text-align:center;\">\n<div class=\"aio-icon none \"  style=\"font-size:16px;display:inline-block;\">\n\t<i class=\"Defaults-dot-circle-o\"><\/i>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"cs-section wpb_row xs-padding\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-md-4 cs-animation fadeInLeft\">[vc_empty_space height=&#8221;20px&#8221;]<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"502\" src=\"https:\/\/townsquareproductions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/don1.png\" class=\" cs-fluid-border cs-radius\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/townsquareproductions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/don1.png 360w, https:\/\/townsquareproductions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/don1-215x300.png 215w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/div><div class=\"col-md-8 cs-animation fadeInRight\">[vc_empty_space height=&#8221;20px&#8221;]<div class=\"cs-column-text\"><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Don Frantz<\/strong>, owner of Town Square Productions, Inc., is an eight-year veteran of the Walt Disney Company where he was instrumental in creating Walt Disney Theatrical Productions and served as the Associate Producer of Broadway\u2019s BEAUTY AND THE BEAST and THE LION KING. Prior to these assignments he produced and directed productions at Walt Disney World, including the continuing spectacle \u201cSpectroMagic,\u201d otherwise known as \u2018The Light Parade.\u2019<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Don performed directing and\/or management roles at Universal Studios Hollywood and Busch Gardens, XXIII and XXV Superbowl Half-Time Shows, Liberty Weekend, 1984 Louisiana World Exposition; Los Angeles\u2019 Ensemble Studio Theater\/LA and George Schaefer\u2019s Musical Theater\/LA at the Doolittle Theater, and independent productions at the Roxy and Canon Theaters.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A three-time winner of the Guinness Record for the World\u2019s Largest Maze, Don developed a new, outdoor, family game called the \u201cAmazing Maize Maze\u00ae.\u201d His American Maze Company has built hundreds of projects, entertained millions of players, instigated a world-wide maze fad and has given him the label of \u201cFather of the Corn Maze.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">After starting Town Square Productions, Inc. in 2001, he continued his managing credits for Broadway, Off-Broadway, Touring and Regional productions (see Milestones). For theme parks, Don developed and produced KATONGA for Busch Gardens, Tampa, Winner of IAAPA\u2019s BIG E award for the Best Show in 2004. Don is also Producer\/Creative Director for BELIEVE a significant re-imagining of Seaworld\u2019s killer whale show in the Florida, Texas and California parks for the Anheuser-Busch Companies. BELIEVE is Winner of the BIG E Best Show award from IAAPA, as well as the THEA Award for Best Live Show from the Theme Entertainment Association for 2006.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In 2002, Don spoke at the International Cultural Industry Forum in Nanjing, China, beginning a dialogue on international exchange in theater and dance. He served as COO of Broadway China Ventures, developing Nederlander Worldwide Entertainment\u2019s interests in theatrical presentation and theater management in Mainland China. Under the first joint venture endorsed by the PRC\u2019s Ministry of Culture, Don supervised the inaugural year in China, which included the tour 42ND STREET in 9 cities to 100,000 spectators<br \/>\n. The 2008-09 season realized an 11-week tour of Elton John\u2019s AIDA in China, and the co-production with the Central Academy of Drama\u2019s FAME in mandarin in Beijing, which then toured China in 2009-2010.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Don received an MFA in Theater Management from UCLA and then served on the faculty of the Department of Theater, Film and Television. For Hyperion Press he authored the book \u201cA Celebration of the Broadway Musical, Beauty and the Beast.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><section class=\"cs-section wpb_row\"><div class=\"container\"><div class=\"row\"><div class=\"col-md-12\"><div class=\"cs-divider-icon text-center\"><div class=\"cs-divider-icon-inner\"><i class=\"cs-in fa fa-yelp\"><\/i><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"> end458_() <\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"entry-read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/townsquareproductions.com\/?page_id=5758&#038;lang=zh\" class=\"cs-btn cs-btn-flat cs-btn-rounded cs-btn-xxs cs-btn-flat-accent\">Read More<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5758","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/townsquareproductions.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5758","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/townsquareproductions.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/townsquareproductions.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/townsquareproductions.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/townsquareproductions.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5758"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/townsquareproductions.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5758\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6527,"href":"https:\/\/townsquareproductions.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5758\/revisions\/6527"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/townsquareproductions.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}