Jordan Roth Bio - Biography

Name Jordan Roth
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Date of Birth 13-November-1975
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Famous for Acting
Jordan Roth is the President and 50% owner of Jujamcyn Theaters, which owns and operates five Broadway theatres, including the St. James, Al Hirschfeld, August Wilson, Eugene O'Neill and Walter Kerr. Current and recent Tony Award-winning productions at Jujamcyn Theaters include: Hair, Spring Awakening, Jersey Boys, Doubt, Take Me Out, The Producers, Proof, Kiss Me, Kate, Death of a Salesman, Love! Valour! Compassion!, Angels in America, Guys and Dolls, City of Angels, M. Butterfly and Big River. Roth is the son of Steven Roth, a real estate developer, and Darryl Roth, a New York theater producer.

At Jujamcyn, Roth created Givenik, a service allowing theatergoers to buy discounted tickets and give 5% of their ticket price to the charity of their choice. Givenik.com currently supports over 200 organizations including Human Rights Campaign, Dress for Success, God's Love We Deliver, The Actors Fund, Central Park Conservancy, Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, People for the American Way, NYU Tisch School of the Arts, Creative Alternatives of New York, Manhattan Theatre Club, local chapters of the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, Habitat for Humanity, and Big Brothers/Big Sisters. Any certified non-profit organization can sign up to be a part of Givenik.com for free and develop a new, year-round fundraising mechanism on Broadway. He was included in Variety's “50 Creatives to Watch” in 2000, Out Magazine’s “Out 100” for 2000, The Daily News’ “50 New Yorkers to Watch in 2001,” Time Out New York’s “42 Reasons to Applaud New York Theatre,” and Paper Magazine’s “Beautiful People Issue” of 2004. As a writer, several of Roth’s essays and commentaries have appeared on Advocate.com.

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