Town Square Productions / Don Frantz
(General Manager)

DON FRANTZ (General Manager) is executive producer for Nederlander Worldwide Entertainment’s theatrical programming on their nine-city circuit in China. He has previously general managed the Broadway and off-Broadway productions of “A CLASS ACT”, “SUMMER OF ‘42” and the National Tour of “SPIRIT, THE 7TH FIRE.” For themed attractions, Don developed and produced the award winning “KATONGA” for Busch Gardens, Tampa and is the Producer/Creative Director for “BELIEVE” the new vision for Seaworld’s killer whale show to be produced in Orlando, San Diego, and San Antonio. For the Walt Disney Company Don was instrumental in creating Walt Disney Theatrical Productions and served as the Associate Producer of Broadway's “BEAUTY AND THE BEAST” and “THE LION KING”. At Walt Disney World, he produced and directed "SpectroMagic.” Don is a three-time winner of the Guinness Record for the World's Largest Maze and developed a new, outdoor, family game called the "Amazing Maize Maze" that has entertained over 5,000.000 players since 1993 and instigated a maze fad around the world. In association with Elliott Forrest, Don debuted “Walkin’ Broadway™” in 2004, a celebrity, musical audio tour of the Broadway theater district. For Hyperion Press he authored the book “A Celebration of the Broadway Musical, Beauty and the Beast.”