Ricky Kirshner is an American television producer.
Kirshner has won nine Emmy Awards out of 26 nominations.[1]
Kirshner is the son of Don Kirshner.[2]
Kirshner partnered with Glenn Weiss to create White Cherry Entertainment.[3]
Kirshner has been involved in the Tony Awards since 1993, first acting as a line producer.[3] Since 2004, Kirshner has acted as an executive producer of the Tony Awards.[4]
From 2007 through 2020, Kirshner acted as executive producer of the Super Bowl halftime show.[3]
From 2015 through 2021, Kirshner, along with Glenn Weiss, was an executive producer of the Kennedy Center Honors.[5]
Kirshner has been involved with all Democratic National Conventions since 1992.[4] Among the roles he has played in the production of conventions, Kirshner acted as the producer of the 2000 convention,[6] the executive producer for the 2008 and 2012 conventions, a co-producer for the 2016 convention (alongside Vicangelo Bulluck),[7] and oversaw the programming of the 2020 Democratic National Convention.[8]
Kirshner and Glenn Weiss co-produced the Neighborhood Inaugural Ball as part of the first inauguration of Barack Obama.[9] Kirshner and Wiess also produced the "Celebrating America" television special as part of the inauguration of Joe Biden.[10][11]
