A theatrical producer is a type of producer who oversees the staging of theatre productions. The producer also has the ultimated authority in the theatrical production, since he or she is responsible for choosing the play, hiring the play's creative team (director, designers, etc.) and high ranking business staff (production manager, general manager), and deciding which theatre the show will run at. In Britain, "producer" sometimes refers to the stage director.

Typically, the term producer is used in reference to commercial or amateur productions. Non-profit professional theatres usually have an artistic director and executive director in charge of their productions.

List of notable theatrical producers

United States

• David Belasco
• Roger Berlind
• Emily Sanders
• Kermit Bloomgarden
• Mel Brooks
• Arthur Cantor
• Alexander H. Cohen
• Katharine Cornell
• Jean Dalrymple
• A.L. Erlanger
• Charles Frohman
• Daniel Frohman
• Gustave Frohman
• David Geffen
• Morris Gest
• Robert E. Griffith
• Oscar Hammerstein II
• Leland Hayward
• Oscar Jaffe
• Elia Kazan
• Marc Klaw
• Mitch Leigh
• Herman Levin
• Gilbert Miller
• Henry Miller
• David Merrick
• Ben Mordecai
• Samuel F. Nixon
• Joseph Papp
• H. C. Potter
• Hal Prince
• Richard Rodgers
• Philip Rose
• Irene Mayer Selznick
• Shubert brothers
• Mike Todd
• George C. Tyler
• John C. Wilson
• A. H. Woods
• Florenz Ziegfeld
• J. Fred Zimmerman

United Kingdom

• Lilian Baylis
• Alfred Bunn
• David Garrick
• Fred Karno
• Stephen Leatherland
• Cameron Mackintosh

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