Mitch Weiss has over 35 years of management experience in theatre and music. He has managed over 180 Broadway and Off-Broadway shows, including Tony Award winners "A Chorus Line", "The Grapes of Wrath", and "Beauty and the Beast". He has also held senior management positions at Disney Theatricals International, New York Shakespeare Festival, Barrington Stage Company, and Big Apple Circus.
Weiss has served on the Board of Broadway's Association of Theatrical Press Agents and Managers and has been a certified ATPAM manager since 1985. He has been an adjunct professor at NYU's School of Professional Studies for 16 years and mentors future arts administrators through his classes at justlearnsomething.us.
Additionally, Weiss is the author of "Managing Artists in Pop Music" (Skyhorse Publishing/Allworth Press), now in its second edition, based on his years of management for music, sports, and Broadway artists. A graduate of Oberlin College, Weiss has been a consultant, speaker, director, musical director, composer/lyricist, and producer of a wide variety of shows and events through his New York-based production and management company MW Entertainment Group.
Last Updated: October 29, 2021