By Greg Evans Associate Editor/Broadway Critic With Broadway’s COVID-19 shutdown expected to last until early summer, if not longer, the Shubert Organization, the industry’s largest theater owner and a major producer, has furloughed staff members throughout various departments, Deadline can confirm.
The furloughs include staffers in administrative, sales and marketing departments. Health insurance will be continued for three months.
The number of furloughed workers is reported to be as much as 30% of employees. Shubert owns 17 Broadway theaters, including the Barrymore, the Belasco, the Booth, the Cort and the Winter Garden, and two Off-Broadway venues (New World Stages and Stage 42).
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