Editing Bill Kenwright (section)

==Theatre==
As a theatre producer, Kenwright is best known for the long-running [[West End theatre|West End]] hit ''[[Blood Brothers (musical)|Blood Brothers]]'' and the record-breaking UK tour of ''[[Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat]]''. Other productions have included West End runs of ''[[Whistle Down the Wind (1996 musical)|Whistle Down the Wind]]'' at the [[Palace Theatre, London|Palace Theatre]], ''[[Festen]]'' in London, on a UK tour and on Broadway, ''[[The Big Life (musical)|The Big Life]]'', ''[[Elmina's Kitchen]]'', ''[[Scrooge (musical)|Scrooge]] – The Musical'', ''[[Night of the iguana|The Night of the Iguana]]'', ''[[A Few Good Men (play)|A Few Good Men]]'', ''[[A Man for All Seasons (play)|A Man For All Seasons]]'' alongside UK tours of ''[[Jesus Christ Superstar]]'', ''[[Tommy (rock opera)|Tommy]]'', ''[[Tell Me on a Sunday]]'' and ''This is Elvis''. He produced the London revival of ''[[Cabaret (musical)|Cabaret]]'' at the Lyric Theatre in September 2006, starring [[Anna Maxwell Martin]], [[James Dreyfus]] and [[Sheila Hancock]].

Kenwright helped start the careers of many current West End theatre producers, including Mark Rubinstein and [[Marc Sinden]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.britishtheatreguide.info/news/SOLTpresident.htm |title=The British Theatre Guide: New SOLT President |publisher=Britishtheatreguide.info |date=9 June 2011 |access-date=11 June 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120424222850/http://www.britishtheatreguide.info/news/SOLTpresident.htm |archive-date=24 April 2012 }}</ref> It has been estimated that he employed more actors in a year than any employer other than the BBC.<ref name="A Business called Show">{{cite web|url=http://www.britishtheatreguide.info/otherresources/interviews/MarcSinden.htm|title=A Business called Show|publisher=British Theatre Guide|access-date=23 April 2001|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040225113207/http://www.britishtheatreguide.info/otherresources/interviews/MarcSinden.htm|archive-date=25 February 2004|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Kenwright also directed many productions, including ''[[Blood Brothers (musical)|Blood Brothers]]'', ''[[Whistle Down the Wind (1996 musical)|Whistle Down the Wind]]''; he was asked by [[Andrew Lloyd Webber]] to make changes to the direction of ''[[Love Never Dies (musical)|Love Never Dies]]''. Bill Kenwright additionally produced & directed the 2018/19 UK touring production of ''Saturday Night Fever'', in which Richard Winsor (as the preliminary Tony Manero) perceived the symbolic "Stayin' Alive" dance spectacle as "The Kneebreaker" & he gleefully presented the deceiving "Stage Pose" downgrade (created by Arlene Phillips in 1997).

Productions, mainly musicals, included:
* ''[[Fame (musical)|Fame]]'' – UK National Tour (2014)
* ''[[Blood Brothers (musical)|Blood Brothers]]'' – [[Phoenix Theatre (London)|Phoenix Theatre]], London and on UK National Tour, starring Helen Hobson and Steven Houghton
* ''[[Cabaret (musical)|Cabaret]]'' – Savoy Theatre, London with Will Young, Michelle Ryan and Sian Phillips
* ''[[Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat]]'' – UK National Tour, starring [[Joe McElderry]]
* ''[[The Wizard of Oz (2011 musical)|The Wizard of Oz]]'' – London Palladium, London (2011)
* ''[[Jekyll & Hyde (musical)|Jekyll & Hyde]]'' – UK National Tour (2011)
* ''[[Evita (musical)|Evita]]'' – World Tour, starring [[Madalena Alberto]] and [[Gian Marco Schiaretti]] (2018)