John Gore Organization, the Tony-award winning production company being "Dear Evan Hansen" and "The Band's Visit," has laid off roughly a hundred employees. The staffers had previously been furloughed, but with Broadway's shutdown continuing for months, the cuts have now become permanent.John Gore Organization also owns The Broadway Channel and Broadway.com, two leading sources of news on the comings-and-goings on the Great White Way."It is with a heavy heart that we have laid off a number of previously furloughed employees,"...
John Gore Organization
John
Gore
Chairman / CEO
The British-born Gore is one of the top theater moguls in America via his eponymous company, which was one of the producers of three of 2022’s big Tony winners: “A Strange Loop” (best musical), “The Lehman Trilogy” (best play) and “Company” (best revival). Since the lengthy pandemic theater shutdown ended in November 2021, JGO’s Broadway Across America division has supported 33 touring productions in 40 cities across North America. The company launched the Black Theatre Coalition/Broadway Across America Fellowship program in 2022, and it continues to produce syndicated infotainment series “The Broadway Show With Tamsen Fadal,” which airs weekly in 118 markets across the U.S.