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Article: Legit leader ruled Rialto.(Gerald Schoenfeld)(Obituary)
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- Daily Variety
- Article date:
- November 26, 2008
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Gerald Schoenfeld, the longtime chairman of the Shubert Organization and a major influence on the legit biz, died of a heart attack Tuesday at his home in Manhattan. He was 84.
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A friendly man with an air of formal civility that seemed a nod to a more genteel era, Schoenfeld was often referred to as the most powerful figure in American theater. From 1972 until his death, he served as chair of the Shubert Org, which owns and/or operates 17 of the 39 theaters on Broadway plus one venue Off Broadway and others in Boston, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C.
Since the 1996 death of Bernard Jacobs, who co-topped the org as its ...