The Shubert Organization, Inc.

Lobbying client

The Shubert Organization, Inc. is a Broadway theatrical company that identifies itself as the oldest professional theatre company in the United States and the largest theatre owner on Broadway, operating 17 Broadway theatres, six off-Broadway venues, and Philadelphia's Forrest Theatre. Since 2024 the organization has filed 26 New York City lobbying disclosures totaling $232,038.12 in reported compensation, retaining three firms, Bolton-St. Johns LLC, Herbert Smith Freehills Kramer (US) LLP, and Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, to lobby City Council member Erik Bottcher on city and state budget issues and land use approvals for its property at 249 West 45th Street, the Imperial Theatre, where Shubert has filed a Landmarks Preservation Commission application and sought a special permit for a theater annex expansion, according to Commercial Observer and Playbill.

Council members lobbied
1
Filings (since 2024)
28
Lobbying compensation (since 2024)
$250,241
Industry (per city contracts)
Goods
City contracts
none active as of 2026-08-22 · $37,000 awarded since 2013
Paid to date
$13,710

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