Roth, the 47-year-old son of the actual property titan Steven Roth and the Broadway producer Daryl Roth, has been a singular pressure in a staid trade, with a disruptive emphasis on customer support in his theaters, a keenness for couture, an exuberant presence on social media, and left-leaning politics sharply at odds with these of his Trump-supporting father.
The transaction portends a possible shift from the quirky to the company: A.T.G. is a big firm, run by a former wine trade govt, Mark Cornell, who will stay as chief govt of the mixed firm. A.T.G. is essentially British, which could possibly be a trigger for concern on Broadway, the place there’s occasional fear about too many London reveals — typically developed with British authorities assist — swamping work by American theater artists. (After Second Stage Theater, a nonprofit that focuses on work by residing American writers, lastly acquired a Broadway home in 2015, its inventive director, Carole Rothman, proudly proclaimed that her group’s Broadway programming would function “No Brits.”)
The businesses, which might not make anybody obtainable for remark, didn’t describe the transaction as both an acquisition or a merger, and it’s not instantly clear what “combining operations” will imply for the workers or operations on the 5 Jujamcyn homes or the 2 A.T.G. Broadway homes.
The Jujamcyn theaters embrace the Eugene O’Neill, which is the long-term house of “The Ebook of Mormon,” in addition to the Al Hirschfeld (“Moulin Rouge!”), the Walter Kerr (“Hadestown”), the August Wilson (“Humorous Lady”) and the St. James (awaiting a brand new musical referred to as “New York, New York”). Roth is anticipated to proceed to determine what reveals run in these 5 theaters, and he has beforehand proven a powerful curiosity in work by American writers: 4 of the 5 present Jujamcyn musicals have American origins; “Moulin Rouge!” has Australian roots, however the stage musical was developed in the US.
A.T.G. has an formidable Broadway observe file up to now. The corporate has for a decade operated one of many greatest Broadway homes, the Lyric, which, lavishly reconfigured for 1,622 seats, has for the final 5 years been house to “Harry Potter and the Cursed Baby.” A.T.G. has since 2017 additionally operated one in all Broadway’s smaller homes, the Hudson, which with just below 1,000 seats typically presents performs; the newest, a revival of “A Doll’s Home” starring Jessica Chastain, started previews Monday evening. Among the many hallmarks of the corporate’s Broadway presence: fancier foods and drinks than at many of the American-operated homes.
