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Sean Patrick Flahaven stands near the center of a theatrical empire that now controls or administers some of the most commercially valuable musical and dramatic properties in the English-speaking theater. Concord Theatricals combines the Andrew Lloyd Webber Collection, Rodgers & Hammerstein, Tams-Witmark, Samuel French, and additional major imprints under one ... Read More »

Concord Theatricals Is Run Mostly by Women. Its Legacy Catalog Was Written Mostly by Men. A department-by-department analysis of Concord Theatricals’ publicly listed UK and USA management and senior staff — 107 people in total — reveals a striking gender pattern: women hold nearly two-thirds of listed roles, and dominate ... Read More »

A side-by-side survey of the theater industry’s three dominant licensing houses — Music Theatre International, Theatrical Rights Worldwide, and Concord Theatricals — produces a clear ranking, and Concord, despite controlling the largest catalog of the three, comes in last. Now that BMG’s roughly $14 billion acquisition folds Concord into a ... Read More »

Overview Concord Theatricals has emerged as the dominant force in theatrical licensing through aggressive acquisitions, but its rapid growth has come with significant service quality concerns from theater directors, educators, and community theater practitioners. Industry feedback consistently points to slower response times, higher licensing fees, and customer service friction compared ... Read More »

Sony’s late? 2025 move to take majority control of the Peanuts franchise gave it a powerful new family brand — and a complicated theatrical legacy. Alongside familiar holiday specials and comic-strip nostalgia, Sony inherited a long-running dispute over Snoopy!!! The Musical, its production history, its licensing treatment, and its relationship ... Read More »