Met ‘donor’ and Cabaret ‘co-producer’ played with funds stolen from employer

[BorisTomashevsky]

Posted: 8/10/25 at 3:31pm

Catch Me If You Can, benefactor style. Is Darren Criss available for the Netflix series?

This Times article opened up free for me, hopefully it does for others as well:
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/09/arts/music/met-opera-frick-donor-death.html

Matthew Pietras, the recently-deceased assistant to wealthy families, seems to have used stolen money to ingratiate himself into New York City arts circles over several years, as well as to get a table at the Kit Kat Klub.

“On Broadway, he received a producing credit on the chic 2024 production of “Cabaret.”

He is listed about halfway down the co-producer list. I suppose he presented himself as an investor with “his own” money rather than as a bundler using his boss’s money. I wonder if the Soros family were invited to opening night? 
https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-organization/patty-baker-matthew-christopher-pietras-539415

 

 

Updated On: 8/10/25 at 03:31 PM

[Play Esq.]

Posted: 8/10/25 at 4:01pm

Reading this headline, I thought Roland Scahill was back at it 😝