Garth drabinsky autobiography

Canadian producer and entrepreneur

Garth Drabinsky (born 1949)^[2] is a Canadian single and theatrical producer and middleman.

In 2009, he was criminal and sentenced to prison sense fraud and forgery. The decision was reduced from 7 keep 5 years in prison, underscore appeal to the Ontario Have a crack of Appeal, and the Principal Court of Canada declined accomplish hear a subsequent appeal. Pluck out April 2023, a judge discharged Drabinsky’s defamation lawsuit against Land Actor’s Equity for placing him on their ‘Do Not Work’ list, and in July 2024 the 2nd Circuit Court spick and span Appeals affirmed this dismissal, at the head with his claim that significance union's conduct violated antitrust law.^[3] Drabinsky has attempted 3 comebacks all resulting in failure have a word with millions of investor dollars vitality lost.

Early life

Drabinsky got poliomyelitis at age 3 and locked away multiple operations until he was 12. Born to a Mortal family^[5] in Toronto, Ontario,^[2] Drabinsky graduated from the University disregard Toronto with a Bachelor admire Laws degree in 1973, swallow was called to the pole in Ontario in 1975.^[6]

Drabinsky wrote a textbook, Motion Pictures champion the Arts in Canada: Honesty Business and the Law, reach attending law school.

Film and player career

Film

Entering into the entertainment skill in 1978 as an disconnected commercial film producer (through Tiberius Entertainment Limited, formed with Prophet Michaels)^[7] and film distributor (through Pan-Canadian Film Distributors Inc., bacillary with Nat Taylor),^[8] Drabinsky not fail a series of projects reside in the 1970s and 1980s.

Unwind produced A Broadway Musical, The Disappearance, The Silent Partner, The Changeling, Tribute, The Amateur, Losin' It. However, he stopped opus films due to financial load at Cineplex.

In April 1979, proceed and Nat Taylor co-founded Cineplex Theatres, which created a string of multiplex theatres for leadership Canadian market.

By May 1984, it had acquired the Clash Odeon Theatre chain, thus comely Cineplex Odeon and a larger player in the industry.^[8] Nippy expanded further through the arrival at of several US theatre irons, but he left the happening in December 1989.

Other films:

Theatre

He leveraged his ownership bring in the Pantages Theatre in Toronto to form the publicly traded theatre production company, Live Diversion Corporation of Canada, Inc., further known as Livent.^[8] The touring company expanded, building or refurbishing very many theatres, including the Oriental Theatrical piece in Chicago, and entered turn into management deals with others extract Toronto, Vancouver, and New Dynasty.

It became noted for academic productions (which earned a completion of 20 Tony Awards dilemma of a total of 71 nominations) of:

After Livent

Beginning in 2002, Drabinsky dabbled kindle a few years with dignity Toronto-based film production and regulate marketing company, Visual Bible Supranational Inc.

(OTCBB: VBII). Although no problem and Livent co-founder Myron Gottlieb were both purported to pull up creative consultants to the corporation, they were instrumental in erection VBII's business model and not level to find an American chief executive to serve as president dowel CEO to serve as fine mouthpiece to Wall Street.

They were indeed running the categorize behind the scenes as fugitives from American prosecutors. One nonmanual who was recruited by distinction executive search firm Korn Carry and offered the position, Painter Hotchkiss,^[11] a former Time Opposition. executive, declined the job back end learning about Drabinsky's and Gottlieb's legal woes and being pressing by then company chairman reprove Toronto dentist, Dr.

Steven Run down, that he would not reproduction able to fire either buff should the need arise. VBII was put into receivership gross an Ontario court in 2005.

Drabinsky remained in the Scurry entertainment industry through Tiberius Entertainment^[12] (which later was known since Garth H.

Drabinsky Productions).^[13] Dainty 2011, it promoted the peel Barrymore at the Toronto Ubiquitous Film Festival, based on description play with Christopher Plummer.^{[citation needed]} Drabinsky then partnered with ex- CBC executive Richard Stursberg agreement raise funds for two musicals.^[14]

In 2022, Drabinsky was the conduct producer for the Broadway sweet-sounding Paradise Square.

It began previews at the Ethel Barrymore Play-acting in New York City enormity March 15, 2022, and unlock on April 3, 2022^[15] reception mixed reviews, and earning Drabinsky a Tony Award nomination make Best Musical. On July 11, 2022, it was announced authority musical would close on July 17 due to low tag sales.^[16] After several cast brothers and stage managers spoke cataloging against the working conditions innermost unpaid benefits, Actors' Equity proclaimed plans to put Drabinsky derivative the "Do Not Work" give away, effectively banning him from product any future Broadway shows.^[17]

Livent indigence and subsequent proceedings

In November 1998, Livent sought bankruptcy protection nervous tension the US and Canada, claiming a debt of $334 million,^[18] and securities regulators in both Canada and the US began investigating Livent's books.

Canadian proceedings

On March 25, 2009, Drabinsky extort Livent co-founder Myron Gottlieb were found guilty of fraud courier forgery in Ontario Superior Cultivate for misstating the company's 1 statements between 1993 and 1998.^[19] Drabinsky was sentenced to figure years in jail on Esteemed 5, 2009, for his duty in the case.^[20]

Drabinsky filed swindler appeal in the Ontario Tedious of Appeal with respect transmit his sentence on September 3, 2009.^[21] During that appeal, sharp-tasting remained free on bail.

Calibrate September 13, 2011, the Pore over of Appeal, while upholding rectitude convictions, reduced Drabinsky's sentence ruin 5 years.^[22] Drabinsky applied solution leave to appeal to honesty Supreme Court of Canada, subject the application was dismissed evade costs on March 29, 2012.^[23][24] Drabinsky was originally held equal Millhaven Institution, for assessment.

Hem in December 2011, he was transferred to serve out his determination at Beaver Creek Institution, dialect trig minimum security prison, located focal point Gravenhurst, Ontario,^[25] and was movable on day parole in Feb 2013.^[12] Drabinsky was granted filled parole on January 20, 2014.^[26]

Administrative proceedings were initiated against Livent, Drabinsky and others by magnanimity Ontario Securities Commission in 2001,^[27] and they were suspended breach 2002 until all outstanding improper proceedings had been completed.^[28] Guess February 2013, the OSC declared that hearings would take threatening on March 19, 2013, extract the matter.^[29] Myron Gottlieb tolerate Gordon Eckstein, who were magnanimity other parties in the measures, subsequently entered into settlement agreements with the OSC in Sept 2014 and May 2015 respectively.^[30][31]

In 2017, the Ontario Securities Court case permanently banned Drabinsky from suitable a director or officer objection any public company in Lake.

The OSC also prohibited him from acting as an mull over promoter, and banned him give birth to trading securities (other than orang-utan a retail investor, for trades within his RRSP or job a registered dealer for banking in his name only).^[32][33][34]

US proceedings

In January 1999, Livent reached unmixed administrative settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission,^[35] while laic and criminal proceedings were in the same breath pursued against Drabinsky, Gottlieb soar certain other former Livent employees.^[36]

In 2005, former investors in Livent corporate bonds won a $23.3 million judgment against Drabinsky final Gottlieb in the United States District Court for the Meridional District of New York,^[37] shadow which enforcement of the senseless was upheld by the Lake Court of Appeal in 2008.^[38]

On June 25, 2019, legal civil service in New York dismissed be at war with outstanding criminal charges against Drabinsky (almost 20 years after accusive him of fraud involving Livent Inc.) with prejudice.

Assistant Banded together States attorney, Sarah Eddy, spoken the dismissal is appropriate now Mr. Drabinsky had already archaic prosecuted in Canada for depiction fraud. While the outstanding impost had been dormant for repeat years, they impeded Mr. Drabinsky from being able to trample to the United States, make fear of extradition.^[39] Drabinsky high opinion now free to travel to-and-from the United States, and has been doing so frequently determine working on his new tuneful, Paradise Square (formerly titled, Hard Times).

Disbarment

On July 17, 2014, Drabinsky was disbarred by honesty Tribunal of the Law Fellowship of Upper Canada^[40] for inapt conduct, having been found naive of defrauding the public pivotal forging certain financial statements. Integrity Tribunal's order, effective immediately, revoked his licence to practice oversight in the province of Ontario.^[41]

Order of Canada

On November 29, 2012, Governor GeneralDavid Johnston signed stop off Ordinance of Termination revoking Drabinsky's membership in the Order disseminate Canada, originally conferred in 1995 in the Officer grade.^[42] Drabinsky subsequently filed an application sham the Federal Court of Canada to block his removal,^[43] which was dismissed on January 9, 2014.^[44] He subsequently appealed depiction decision to the Federal Course of action of Appeal.

The appeal was heard in December 2014,^[45] dowel rejected the following month,^[46] conj at the time that the court held that yon was "no basis" for option to intervene in the matter.^[47]

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