Stephen Cook, TCG Entertainment CEO, on the set of “MasterChef Junior Live.” (Courtesy TCG Entertainment) TCG Entertainment takes “MasterChef Junior Live” on the road TCG Entertainment, the production company behind the Cirque Musica family shows and genre-bending symphony shows like “A Night of Symphonic Hip Hop” opens its first non-musical touring show, “MasterChef Junior Live,” on Thursday at the Rialto Square Theatre in Joliet, Ill. VenuesNow spoke to Stephen Cook, president and CEO of TCG Entertainment, about the new direction for the 10-year-old company. “MasterChef Junior Live” is your first non-musical production. How did it happen? We’ve been primarily focused on shows where we owned the IP for almost 10 years now. About 1 ½ years ago we started looking at shows we could license. We went to EndemolShine North America, who own the MasterChef concept. We knew we wanted to do something with MasterChef but were open to it… Continue Reading Out of the Kitchen and Into Theaters

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