Shuberts/Nederlanders War

[zainmax]

Posted: 11/27/19 at 8:27am

I dont think that the Shuberts and the Nederlanders battle like this anymore. What ended the war?

https://www.forbes.com/sites/marchershberg/2019/11/27/nederlander-reclaims-control-of-national-theatre/

Updated On: 11/27/19 at 08:27 AM

[uncageg]

Posted: 11/27/19 at 9:11am

If you click on the link button when posting, a box will appear and paste the link in it. When you post message,  the link will be clickable for people.

[zainmax]

Posted: 11/27/19 at 9:47am

uncageg said: "If you click on the link button when posting, a box will appear and paste the link in it. When you post message, the link will be clickable for people."

Thanks! I fixed it.

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Posted: 11/27/19 at 10:22am

If I recall (perhaps from Michael Riedel's book), the "patriarchs" of each organization all realized they didn't need to be so cut-throat: They do similar work, they all sit on the same Broadway League committees, they attend each other's opening nights, and ultimately their work could benefit one another. The death of Bernie Jacobs, Gerry Schoenfeld, and more recently Jimmy Nederlander might have softened everyone, too. It's a small industry, and it's not like one company has done exceptionally well at the expense of the other.

[zainmax]

Posted: 11/27/19 at 11:52am

ErmengardeStopSniveling said: "If I recall (perhaps from Michael Riedel's book), the "patriarchs" of each organization all realized they didn't need to be so cut-throat:They do similar work, theyall sit on the same Broadway League committees, they attend each other's opening nights, and ultimately their work could benefit one another.The death of Bernie Jacobs, Gerry Schoenfeld, and more recently Jimmy Nederlander might have softened everyone, too. It's a small industry, and it's not like one company has done exceptionally well at the expense of the other."

It makes sense. Certainly a lot of what Schoenfeld seems to have helped Bway as a whole. But, things do seem a little more evenly spread in that the Shuberts aren't running everything in town anymore.