{"id":42225,"date":"2026-08-13T03:06:26","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T22:06:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=42225"},"modified":"2026-08-13T03:06:26","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T22:06:26","slug":"how-jordan-roth-went-from-tony-winning-producer-to-performance-artist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=42225","title":{"rendered":"How Jordan Roth Went From Tony-Winning Producer to Performance Artist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div xmlns:default=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n<div class=\"GenericCalloutWrapper-loJzHJ dbaHtT\" data-testid=\"GenericCallout\">\n<aside aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"PullQuoteEmbedWrapper-sc-efqGLV dYCNhz composition body pullquote bordered\" data-testid=\"pullquote-embed\">\n<p><span class=\"paywall\">\u201cHe\u2019s so profoundly unserious right now,\u201d says someone who\u2019s known Roth for years, not hesitating to gossip about their charismatic friend anonymously.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paywall\">As a producer, Roth wasn\u2019t solely focused on the bottom line; <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2016\/10\/bill-clinton-sienna-miller-neil-patrick-harris-broadway-fundraiser-hillary-clinton-1201838100\/\" class=\"external-link text link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/deadline.com\/2016\/10\/bill-clinton-sienna-miller-neil-patrick-harris-broadway-fundraiser-hillary-clinton-1201838100\/&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2016\/10\/bill-clinton-sienna-miller-neil-patrick-harris-broadway-fundraiser-hillary-clinton-1201838100\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">he organized a Broadway fundraiser<\/a> for Hillary Clinton and another for President Biden, and is quietly generous across a number of causes. He had a reputation for being both artist-friendly and aggressively advocating for shows he wanted. Roth was unusually dedicated to the tiny details too. At Jujamcyn he introduced smaller ice cubes that would melt faster to reduce clinking noises in the audience. For <em>Mean Girls,<\/em> he troubleshot long lines for women\u2019s restrooms with ushers carrying signs that read \u201c#FollowMe (I\u2019m the line for the ladies\u2019 room).\u201d The work of a producer can be tedious; collaborators note that Roth\u2019s approach has always been long on passion and short on complaining.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">In 2023, Jujamcyn merged operations with Britain\u2019s Ambassador Theater Group (now ATG Entertainment), where Roth remains a board member and creative director, presumably creating a windfall for him. Two years later he sold his former apartment in the West Village for a reported $20 million and acquired a town house that is decorated liberally with Braqueni\u00e9\u2019s Coromandel silk, which sells for around $600 per yard. He lives among paintings from Elizabeth Peyton, Francis Bacon, and John Singer Sargent; a Lalanne sculpture is currently on loan to The Met. He rechristened his 1899 home in the Hamptons, which was designed by the same architect who did nearby <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/hollywood\/story\/grey-gardens-50th-anniversary\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"text link\">Grey Gardens<\/a>, LoveLee, and has welcomed both Oprah Winfrey and Pete Buttigieg as guests.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">It was also around this time when he started applying the same combination of money, vision, and passion that he brought to the theater to his fashion.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-dropcap body dropcap paywall\">Until a decade ago, Roth sported a military-style buzz cut and usually wore a Prada suit in either gray, navy blue, or black with an untucked shirt, no tie, top button unbuttoned, and sneakers. In 2017, while working on upgrading the Tonys red carpet, Anna Wintour simply asked <em>Vogue<\/em>\u2019s menswear editor, Michael Philouze, \u201cDon\u2019t you think Jordan should wear Gucci?\u201d So off to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/style\/story\/gucci-demna-new-york-cruise-2026\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"text link\">Gucci<\/a> the two men went. There, Roth was presented with two options: a maroon tuxedo and a cherry red silk suit with a tiger embroidered on the back. He put on the latter and it unlocked something in him, an almost macho approach to dressing, of winning at all costs. And he was willing to pay.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">Designers quickly embraced him. \u201cHe understands that at the end of the day, you have to enjoy what you put on your body, and it has to have a sense of humor\u2014he\u2019s incredibly sarcastic,\u201d says Fernando Garcia, the co\u2013creative director at Monse. \u201cThere is never a heavy moment with Jordan. He can talk about politics to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanityfair.com\/story\/love-island-prediction-markets\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"text link\"><em>Love Island<\/em><\/a> in one sentence.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cHe\u2019s so profoundly unserious right now,\u201d says someone who\u2019s known Roth for years, not hesitating to gossip about their charismatic friend anonymously. 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