What Red Tail Entertainment does

Red Tail Entertainment is a privately held live entertainment production and promotion company headquartered at 5300 West 7th Street, Fort Worth, Texas. Founded in 2013 and operating with 51–100 employees, the company produces and promotes theatrical productions, national and international tours, concerts, comedy performances, and family-friendly events for venues, theaters, performing arts centers, and arenas across the United States and Canada. Its credited portfolio includes the Broadway co-production of The Kite Runner, Dinosaur Zoo Live (including an 18-shows-per-week residency at the Smithsonian National Zoo and extensive US/Canada touring), Dolly Parton's Smoky Mountain Christmas Carol (performed in Boston and London's West End), and the national tour of Nickelodeon's Double Dare Live starring Marc Summers. The company has also promoted headline concert tours featuring artists such as Heart, Joan Jett, Tony Bennett, Alan Jackson, The Beach Boys, Diana Krall, Norah Jones, Harry Connick Jr., Steve Martin, Martin Short, Bill Maher, and Amy Grant.

Red Tail's business is built on project-based live entertainment economics rather than a technology platform. Revenue is generated through ticket sales, production fees, co-production partnerships with venues and theaters, and promotional arrangements with artists and performers, with each engagement priced on a quote-based, bespoke basis. Go-to-market is sales-led and direct: the company books venues, manages touring logistics, and handles ticketing partnerships through personal relationships led by CEO and Managing Partner Marc Engel, supported by VP and Executive Producer David Denson and VP of Finance Elizabeth Burch. Distribution spans the lower 48 US states and the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and Ontario, with selective international activity in the UK. Marketing is conducted through the company website, blog, email newsletter, and organic social channels (Facebook, Twitter, YouTube).

The company owns no disclosed proprietary technology, holds no patents or trademarks listed in the source material, and has no external institutional investors, parent company, or funding rounds on record. Its competitive position rests on a reusable content library of branded productions, established venue and artist relationships, and decades of cumulative touring experience, rather than on software, data assets, or AI-driven capabilities. There are no disclosed subsidiaries, acquisitions, or material leadership changes in the available data.

Name

Red Tail Entertainment

Legal name

Red Tail Entertainment

Website

https://redtailentertainment.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Red Tail Entertainment is a Fort Worth-based live entertainment producer and promoter that creates and tours Broadway shows, concerts, comedy, and family productions across US and Canadian venues.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Live Entertainment Production & Promotion

NAICS

Performing Arts Companies (7111), Other Performing Arts Companies (71119), Theater Companies and Dinner Theaters (711110), Performing Arts, Spectator Sports, and Related Industries (711)

SIC

Services-Amusement & Recreation Services (7900)

akta.pro primary industry

Broadway & Commercial Theatre Productions (MPAGABAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Touring Theatre Productions (MPAGABAC), Theater, Musicals & Performing Arts (THAJAFAB), Touring & Production Services (Staging, Lighting, Sound, Video) (MPAIAFAF)

Keywords

• Live entertainment production
• Concert promotion services
• Broadway co-production
• National tour management
• Family theatrical shows

Headquarters

HQ city

Fort Worth

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Live Entertainment Production and Promotion: Red Tail Entertainment generates revenue through producing and promoting live entertainment events including Broadway productions, national tours, concerts, comedy performances, and family-friendly events. Revenue comes from ticket sales, production fees, co-production partnerships with venues and theaters, and promotional arrangements with artists and performers.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Red Tail Entertainment produces and promotes live entertainment experiences, including Broadway productions, national concert tours, comedy shows, and family-friendly events staged at theaters, performing arts centers, and arenas across the United States and Canada. The company manages the full production lifecycle—booking talent, co-producing with venues, organizing touring logistics, and handling promotional arrangements—and delivers content such as The Kite Runner on Broadway, Dolly Parton's Smoky Mountain Christmas Carol, Dinosaur Zoo Live, and Nickelodeon's Double Dare Live national tour.

Product overview

Red Tail Entertainment is a live entertainment production company that operates as a single unified offering rather than a platform-plus-modules architecture. The company produces and promotes a portfolio of live entertainment experiences including theatrical productions (DOLLY PARTON'S SMOKY MOUNTAIN CHRISTMAS CAROL, THE KITE RUNNER), family attractions (DINOSAUR ZOO LIVE, NICKELODEON'S DOUBLE DARE LIVE), concert and music promotions featuring major artists, and national/international touring productions. These services are delivered through theaters, performing arts centers, and arenas across North America and internationally.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Dolly Parton's Smoky Mountain Christmas Carol
• Dinosaur Zoo Live
• Nickelodeon's Double Dare Live starring Marc Summers
• The Kite Runner

Quantifiable outcome

• Dinosaur Zoo Live performed 18 shows every week at the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington, DC
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers15 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• AEG Presents: Major concert promotion and live entertainment division operating tours, festivals, and venue programming. Competes with Red Tail for touring artist relationships and venue bookings, though at significantly larger scale.
• IMG Artists: Global arts management and production company representing artists and producing live events, sharing Red Tail's artist-promotion and touring-production positioning but at a much larger institutional scale.
• Live Nation Entertainment: Largest live entertainment promoter globally, operating concerts, tours, and venues. Overlaps with Red Tail's concert promotion and national touring activity, but at vastly larger scale and with owned ticketing infrastructure.

Regional players

• TEG (Ticketek Entertainment Group): Asia-Pacific live entertainment, ticketing, and touring operator with comparable production and touring capabilities, but operating primarily in Australia/NZ rather than North America.

Emerging players

• Primary Wave Music Publishing: Music publishing and talent management company that increasingly invests in live touring and IP development around legacy artists, comparable in targeting the same legacy-artist touring space Red Tail operates in.

Direct peers

• RWS Entertainment Group: Live entertainment production company producing branded stage shows, family entertainment, and concert experiences for venues and touring markets — directly comparable to Red Tail's multi-vertical live event production.
• Broadway Across America: Subscription-based Broadway touring presenter bringing commercial theatre productions to performing arts centers across North America, comparable to Red Tail's theater and performing arts center distribution model.
• Crossroads Live (formerly BB Group): Live entertainment production and touring group operating family shows, concerts, and theatrical productions across international markets — comparable in scope to Red Tail's mixed Broadway/family/concert slate.
• Troika Entertainment: Independent theatrical producing and general management firm that develops and tours Broadway productions, closely overlapping Red Tail's Broadway co-production and touring activities.
• Jam Theatrical: Boutique theatrical production and touring company that develops and tours Broadway-scale productions across North America, comparable to Red Tail's Broadway co-production and national tour model.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/redtailent
• YouTubeyoutube.com/@RedTailEntertainment
• Facebookfacebook.com/RedTailEntertainment

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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