Sargent Aborn Set to Retire as CEO of Tams-Witmark

1/19/2022 4:04pm


Sargent Aborn, long-serving CEO of Tams-Witmark, will retire at the end of this month to spend more time with his family. He has spent over 40 years with the company. Aborn began as in-house counsel for Tams in 1981 and ultimately became its President in 2001 after his father, Louis H Aborn, stepped down. The company was formed by his grandfather and namesake, Sargent Aborn, in 1925. The Tams-Witmark Collection has been part of Concord Theatricals since 2018 and will continue to be prominently featured and cherished. Staffed by 85 experienced theatre professionals in New York, London and Berlin, Concord Theatricals handles professional and amateur stage licensing, music publishing, cast recording and first-class producing. Aborn’s responsibilities will be administered by Sean Patrick Flahaven (Chief Theatricals Executive), Bill Gaden (President, Worldwide), Victoria Traube (EVP, Business & Legal Affairs) and Abbie Van Nostrand (SVP, Client Relations & Community Engagement). Concord Theatricals’ marketing and licensing teams will continue their work championing the catalog. The catalog of musicals includes iconic shows by Leonard Bernstein, Cy Coleman, Betty Comden & Adolph Green, George & Ira Gershwin, Dan Goggin, Jerry Herman, Rupert Holmes, Tom Jones & Harvey Schmidt, John Kander & Fred Ebb, Alan Jay Lerner & Frederick Loewe, Cole Porter, Charles Strouse & Lee Adams, Jule Styne, Frank Wildhorn and Maury Yeston. Press contact: Inogen LLoyd Webber (212/598-2265)...