Eric Kuhn is an American entrepreneur and theatrical producer. He is a three-time Tony Award winner.
One of the first social media strategists, Kuhn launched the Twitter accounts for CBS News, CNN, and the NBA, and became the first social media agent in the entertainment industry. He was the chief marketing officer of Layer3 TV, a cable television company he co-founded that was acquired by T-Mobile, the senior social media advisor for the Michael Bloomberg 2020 presidential campaign and SVP of social media marketing at CBS.
Early life and education Kuhn was born in New York City and grew up in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York. In high school he hosted a television show on WHHS, a public access television station in Westchester County.
He attended Hamilton College and graduated with a BA in government in 2009. While at Hamilton, Kuhn hosted a radio show focused using on media and politics on WHCL.
Career
Media As a college student, Kuhn was hired by CBS News to launch the Twitter account, @CBSNews, and oversee the viral marketing for CBS Evening News with Katie Couric. He also created the social media strategy for the NBA and launched the NBA's Twitter account while in college. Following his graduation, he worked at CNN, where he managed CNN's Twitter accounts and reported on technology and politics for CNN.com. In 2010, he was hired by United Talent Agency as Hollywood's first social media agent.
In 2014, he co-founded Layer3 TV, a new cable company, and served as its chief marketing officer. The company was sold to T-Mobile in January 2018.
In 2020, he was the Bloomberg campaign's senior adviser on social media. The same year he was named senior vice president of social media marketing at CBS.
Film and theater In 2018 Kuhn earned his first theater credit as a producer of Harvey Fierstein's Torch Song on Broadway. His first film credit as an executive producer was for the 2024 documentary Grand Theft Hamlet.
Recognition British Film Institute Raindance Maverick Award, as executive producer, Grand Theft Hamlet, 2024 Tony Award for Best Musical, A Strange Loop, as producer, 2022 Tony Award for Best Play, The Inheritance, as producer, 2021 Shorty Awards, Data Visualization, 2021 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical, Oklahoma!, as producer, 2019 The Hollywood Reporter's Next Generation Execs 2016: Hollywood Up and Comers Under 35 Vanity Fair “Next Establishment” (2011) Forbes “30 under 30” in Entertainment (2012)
Stage credits, as producer
New York +YearWorkVenueNotesRef2018–2019Harvey Fierstein's Torch SongHayes TheaterBroadway; as Eric Kuhn & Justin Mikita (ZKM Media)2019–2020Oklahoma!Circle in the Square TheatreBroadway; Tony Award, Best Revival of a Musical; as ZKM Media2019–2020The InheritanceEthel Barrymore TheatreBroadway; Tony Award, Best Play; as ZKM Media 2020Lips Together, Teeth ApartOnline (Broadway.com)Livestream reading to benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS COVID-19 Emergency Assistance Fund; as Eric Kuhn & Justin Mikita2021Is This a RoomLyceum TheatreBroadway; as ZKM Media2021Dana H.Lyceum TheatreBroadway; as ZKM Media2022–2023A Strange LoopLyceum TheatreBroadway; Tony Award, Best Musical; as Kuhn, Lewis & Scott2023Life of PiGerald Schoenfeld TheatreBroadway; as Kuhn Dodani2023–2024ShuckedNederlander TheatreBroadway; as ZKM Media 2023–2024Danny and the Deep Blue SeaLucille Lortel TheatreOff-Broadway2024Invasive SpeciesVineyard TheatreOff-Broadway2026You Got OlderCherry Lane TheatreOff-Broadway2026 Giant Music Box Theatre Broadway 2026Cats: The Jellicle BallBroadhurst TheatreBroadway; as EK Productions
London +YearWorkVenueNotesRef2023 -2024The UnfriendCriterion Theatre / Wyndham's TheatreWest End; ran Criterion Jan–Apr 2023, Wyndham's Dec 2023–Mar 20242023Accidental Death of an AnarchistTheatre Royal HaymarketWest EndBest New Play nomination, 2024 Olivier Awards 2025The FrogsSouthwark PlayhouseOff West End; May–June 20252025Invasive SpeciesKing's Head TheatreOff West End; Sep–Oct 20252025 Born with TeethWyndham's Theatre 13 August – 1 November 2025
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