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Concord Theatricals Acquires Major Competitor Broadway Licensing Global

Concord has acquired Broadway Licensing Global and its imprints Broadway Licensing, Dramatists Play Service, Playscripts, and Stage Rights.

Broadway Licensing Global and its family of imprints represents one of the the most significant collections of authors and rightsholders around the world, among them David Auburn, Jocelyn Bioh, Jackie Sibblies Drury, Richard Greenberg, Lauren Gunderson, Katori Hall, David Henry Hwang, recent Pulitzer Prize winner Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, Michael Korie, John Leguizamo, Matthew López, Martyna Majok, Martin McDonagh, Conor McPherson, Alan Menken, Arthur Miller, Lynn Nottage, John Patrick Shanley, Sam Shepard, Tom Stoppard, Paula Vogel, Tennessee Williams, Doug Wright, Harry Potter Theatrical Productions, Hasbro, and Mischief Worldwide. Now, Ted Chapin and I are very pleased to have found the right partner to continue to protect our primary stakeholders, the authors and playwrights who create the wonderful works we help make available to performers and producers. Concord was advised in the transaction by Stephen E. Sessa and Ross D. Williams of Reed Smith, Carolyn J. Casselman of Davis Wright Tremaine, and Pedro Miranda Lopez of KPMG.

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