Jack Viertel Retires as Senior Vice President of Jujamcyn

1/12/2022 12:42pm


After 34 years serving as the Creative Director and then Senior Vice President of Jujamcyn Theaters, Jack Viertel has announced his retirement at the end of 2021. Mr Viertel came to the company in 1987. From 2000 to 2020 he also served as Artistic Director of the Encores! series at New York City Center, where he oversaw the presentation of over 60 productions. Prior to working at Jujamcyn, Mr. Viertel was the dramaturg at the Mark Taper Forum, the theater critic at the Los Angeles Herald Examiner and began his professional career playing steel-bodied National guitar behind Bonnie Raitt, Son House and The Pointer Sisters. Press contact: DKC/O&M (212/695-7400)...