Robert Ahrens is a film

Film producer

A film producer oversees and delivers a film project to all relevant parties while preserving the integrity, voice and vision of the film. They will also often take on some financial risk by using their own money, especially during the pre-production period, before a film is fully financed.The...

 and theatrical producer

Theatrical producer

A theatrical producer is the person ultimately responsible for overseeing all aspects of mounting a theatre production. The independent producer will usually be the originator and finder of the script and starts the whole process...

 based in New York City

New York City

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Robert is known most for his role in bringing the movie Xanadu

Xanadu (film)

Xanadu is a 1980 romantic musical fantasy film written by Marc Reid Rubel and directed by Robert Greenwald. The title is a reference to the poem "Kubla Khan, or, A Vision in a Dream: A Fragment" by Samuel Taylor Coleridge, which is quoted in the film. Xanadu is the name of the Chinese province...

 to the Broadway stage http://www.playbill.com/celebritybuzz/whoswho/biography/17060, transforming a critically challenged film into a hit musical http://nymag.com/arts/theater/features/32380/ which was nominated for Best Musical at the 2008 Tony Awards. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A07E4DF113BF937A25756C0A96E9C8B63&scp=1&sq=tony+nominations&st=nyt Robert began acquiring the stage rights to Xanadu (musical)

Xanadu (musical)

Xanadu is a musical comedy with a book by Douglas Carter Beane, music and lyrics by Jeff Lynne and John Farrar, based on the 1980 cult classic film of the same name which was, in turn, inspired by the 1947 Rita Hayworth film Down to Earth. The title is a reference to the poem, Kubla Khan, or A...

 in 2002. http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117984480.html?categoryid=2914&cs=1&nid=2562 http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/07/theater/07xana.html?_r=1&scp=2&sq=robert+ahrens&st=nyt&oref=slogin He also produced three films: Bumping Heads, Book of Love (2004 film) and WTC View

WTC View

WTC View is an American film released in 2005, based on the 2003 play of the same name by Brian Sloan, that traces the search for a roommate in the weeks following 9/11. Eric , a gay photographer, places an ad for a new roommate on September 10, 2001 for his apartment with a view of the World Trade...

 http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1193381/. He began his career at the Chase Manhattan Bank

Chase Manhattan Bank

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., doing business as Chase, is a national bank that constitutes the consumer and commercial banking subsidiary of financial services firm JPMorgan Chase. The bank was known as Chase Manhattan Bank until it merged with J.P. Morgan & Co. in 2000...

 and graduated from Cornell University

Cornell University

Cornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions...

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