Monday, April 16, 2012

From Chic Silber

CHICAGO by bucklesw1
CHICAGO, a photo by bucklesw1 on Flickr.


Hi Buckles

Just saw an article about a new tented theater for Chicago

What caught my eye was that Allen Bloom's son Randy

is a partner in the presenting company

Chicago is to have a big new entertainment venue this summer,
a 70-foot-tall, 22,000-square-foot tent that will seat as many as 2,500
patrons who will be served up a variety of populist live shows,
including tributes to Elton John, Michael Jackson and ABBA,
and an adult-oriented circus known as "La Soiree."
The tent, dubbed the Riverfront Theater,
is being pitched next to the Chicago Tribune Freedom Center.
The Tribune Co. is a full, revenue-sharing partner in this enterprise,
alongside two experienced entertainment entrepreneurs:
Robert Butters, a former executive with Andrew Lloyd Webber's
Really Useful Group, and Randy Bloom, who has long produced
arena and theatrical tours for the likes of Warner Bros., Nickelodeon,
HIT Entertainment and Feld Entertainment.
Butters has his own New York-based ticketing operation

Posted by Buckles at 4/16/2012 10:07:00 PM

2 comments:

Chic Silber said...

I didn't get to know Randy but I

had great respect for his dad as

well as for Isreal Irvin Chuck

& Jerry (the sole survivor)

They were a great team together

16 April, 2012 23:28
Wade G. Burck said...

Chic,
I knew Randy, as well as his sister Candice quite well. Randy is a quiet, down to earth guy, much like his father Allen was. I suspect he will be quite successful in any promotional venue he is involved with. He fully understands the "nut's and bolt's" of the promotional game after working with Allen when he was with NASCAR and when asked about the success of the Bloom inspired promotion to give a free ticket for life to Ringling Bros. Circus, to every child born in the United States in 1993, resulting in them being accompanied by a souvenir buying parent, Randy was quoted "A hard business result for a good-hearted reason."
As Allen used to say "Circus for the masses, not the classes." What a marketing juggernaut Allen, Jerry, and the rest of that team was.

Wade Burck

17 April, 2012 05:44

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