Concord Theatricals has announced that Victoria Traube will step down as its executive vice president of business and legal affairs. Traube will exit her longtime position on Aug. 30, however she will remain as a consultant with the licensing house, which encompasses Rodgers and Hammerstein Theatricals, Samuel French, Tams-Witmark and the Andrew Lloyd Webber Collection.
At Concord, Traube was responsible for the first-class licensing, business and legal affairs for specifically, but not limited to, all titles under the Rodgers and Hammerstein and Rodgers and Hart umbrella. Traube joined the Rodgers and Hammerstein Organization in 1995, and served as executive vice president/business affairs and general counsel until the Organization’s acquisition by Concord in 2017.
“I come from a theater family and fell in love with the theater when I saw my first Broadway show at five years old,” Traube in a statement. “I am fortunate to have worked for iconic companies with wonderful people in the business I love for 50 years. Particularly fortunate was Concord’s embrace and expansion of the theater business and the establishment of a film and television division after its 2017 acquisition of Rodgers and Hammerstein. The Concord years have been full and exciting. I am happy to continue as a consultant to Concord and a few others in the business there’s no business like.”
“Vicky is justly beloved throughout the theater business for her deep knowledge, wise counsel, calm negotiation and sly sense of humor,” noted Sean Patrick Flahaven, chief theatricals executive at Concord. “She has made countless major deals for Rodgers and Hammerstein and Concord, including dozens of terrific, award-winning productions. On a personal note, I treasure her friendship and travel companionship. I’m glad we’ll continue to benefit from her advice.”
Traube’s career with Rodgers and Hammerstein and Concord was preceded by a seven-year tenure as vice president and head of New York motion picture and theatre business affairs for International Creative Management, three years as senior counsel and director of business affairs for Home Box Office, Inc. and seven years as an associate at the New York law firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison.
For her decades-long work in the industry, Traube received the 2019 Abbott Award from the Stage Directors and Choreographers Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the union representing directors and choreographers. Traube remains the only non-director nor choreographer to receive the honor.
Concord’s legal team includes Amanda Molter, general counsel, and Caroline Barnard, senior vice president of business and legal affairs. Traube’s successor has not yet been announced.
