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OHenry Report Oliver is a theater producer based in New York. His producing credits include Brodway's upcoming Escape to Margaritaville and off-Broadway’s Straight and Invisible Thread. He has previously worked on Broadway’s The Realistic Joneses and Macbeth. In addition to producing independently, Oliver works with several non-profits in helping them develop new works and support emerging theater artists. Outside of New York, Roth has worked for Center Stage (MD), and the Buck Hill Skytop Music Festival (PA). He currently hosts "The OHenry Report" on BroadwayWorld.com and writes “The Broadway Beat,” a monthly column in The Connector Magazine. In 2011, Roth was awarded the American Marketing Association’s Marketing Excellence Award. He founded OHenry Productions in 2014, shortly after working on his first Broadway show, Macbeth (Alan Cumming).




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Exclusive: BWW's Theatre Industry Podcast 'The OHenry Report' Discusses Post-Tony Awards Fallout with Forbes' Lee Seymour
Exclusive: BWW's Theatre Industry Podcast 'The OHenry Report' Discusses Post-Tony Awards Fallout with Forbes' Lee Seymour
June 30, 2019

On this episode of BroadwayWorld's theatre business podcast, 'The OHenry Report,' Tony-nominated and Olivier-winning Broadway producer and investor Oliver Henry Roth talks to producer and Forbes theatre contributor Lee Seymour about what happened at the 2019 Tony Awards, and how those results have impacted the bottom lines for the productions that were (and weren't) recognized.

Exclusive: BWW's Theatre Industry Podcast 'The OHenry Report' Makes Predictions for the 2019 Tony Awards
Exclusive: BWW's Theatre Industry Podcast 'The OHenry Report' Makes Predictions for the 2019 Tony Awards
June 8, 2019

Ahead of Sunday, June 9th's 73rd annual Tony Awards, Oliver and Matt predict the winners in all 26 categories. The two also discuss their specific strategies in making predictions, their thoughts behind Tony voting 'conspiracy theories,' the importance (or lack there of) in terms of campaigning, and their favorite shows, performances, and designs of the season.

Exclusive: BWW's Theatre Industry Podcast 'The OHenry Report' Makes Predictions for the 2019 Tony Nominations
Exclusive: BWW's Theatre Industry Podcast 'The OHenry Report' Makes Predictions for the 2019 Tony Nominations
April 29, 2019

Ahead of Tuesday, April 30's Tony Nominations announcement, Oliver and Matt make predictions in some of the biggest categories, as well as discuss some of the trends from this Broadway season, and the mounting Tony Award campaigns.

Exclusive: BWW's Theatre Industry Podcast 'The OHenry Report' Discusses New Developmental Contract with Actors' Equity President Kate Shindle
Exclusive: BWW's Theatre Industry Podcast 'The OHenry Report' Discusses New Developmental Contract with Actors' Equity President Kate Shindle
February 20, 2019

On this episode of BroadwayWorld's theatre business podcast, 'The OHenry Report,' Broadway producer and investor Oliver Henry Roth talks with Kate Shindle, the president of the Actors' Equity Association. Shindle and Roth discuss the recent negotiations with the Broadway League that led to the new 'Developmental Work Session.'

BWW's Theatre Industry Podcast 'The OHenry Report' Goes Inside Equity Strike Against Developmental Projects with The Clyde Fitch Reports' Leonard Jacobs
BWW's Theatre Industry Podcast 'The OHenry Report' Goes Inside Equity Strike Against Developmental Projects with The Clyde Fitch Reports' Leonard Jacobs
February 6, 2019

On this episode of BroadwayWorld's theatre business podcast, 'The OHenry Report,' Broadway producer and investor Oliver Henry Roth talks with Leonard Jacobs the founder and executive editor of The Clyde Fitch Report, which covers the crossroads of arts and politics.

BWW's Theatre Industry Podcast 'The OHenry Report' Discusses Scheduling the Spring Season on Broadway
BWW's Theatre Industry Podcast 'The OHenry Report' Discusses Scheduling the Spring Season on Broadway
December 5, 2018

On this episode of BroadwayWorld's theatre business podcast, 'The OHenry Report,' Broadway producer and investor Oliver Henry Roth talks with his 'OHenry Report' co-producer, BroadwayWorld and BroadwayRadio's Matt Tamanini, about how the spring season is shaping up on Broadway.

BWW's Theatre Industry Podcast 'The OHenry Report' Examines the Mechanics of Closing (and Unclosing) a Broadway Show with Daniel Kuney, Kevin McCollum
BWW's Theatre Industry Podcast 'The OHenry Report' Examines the Mechanics of Closing (and Unclosing) a Broadway Show with Daniel Kuney, Kevin McCollum
October 16, 2018

On this Seas 2 premiere episode of BroadwayWorld's theatre business podcast, 'The OHenry Report,' Broadway producer and investor Oliver Henry Roth goes inside the mechanics of closing a Broadway show with veteran theatrical general manager, Daniel Kuney. The Oliver chats with four-time Tony-winning producer Kevin McCollum about how the decision to close a show works on his level, but also what goes into the decision to reverse course and push back an announced closing date, as he did with Broadway's 'The Play that Goes Wrong.'

BWW's Theatre Industry Podcast 'The OHenry Report' Goes Inside Tonys Season w/ THE BAND'S VISIT's Itamar Moses, ONCE ON THIS ISLAND's Clint Ramos, Lee Seymour from Forbes
BWW's Theatre Industry Podcast 'The OHenry Report' Goes Inside Tonys Season w/ THE BAND'S VISIT's Itamar Moses, ONCE ON THIS ISLAND's Clint Ramos, Lee Seymour from Forbes
June 7, 2018

On this episode of BroadwayWorld's theatre business podcast, 'The OHenry Report,' Broadway producer and investor Oliver Henry Roth goes inside the Tony Award season. Oliver opens the episode by talking to first-time nominee Itamar Moses, the bookwriter for Best Musical favorite 'The Band's Visit.' Oliver also spoke to 2016 winner and 2018 nominee Clint Ramos about going through the process again, and they get into Ramos' costume designs for 'Once on this Island.'

BWW's Theatre Industry Podcast 'The OHenry Report' Breaks Down the 2018 Tony Nominations and Makes Early Predictions
BWW's Theatre Industry Podcast 'The OHenry Report' Breaks Down the 2018 Tony Nominations and Makes Early Predictions
May 20, 2018

On this episode of BroadwayWorld's theatre business podcast, 'The OHenry Report,' Broadway producer and investor Oliver Henry Roth talks with BroadwayWorld's Matt Tamanini about the recent 2018 Tony nominations. They discuss all of the major categories, including the unusual six nominations in the Best Actress in a Leading Role in a Musical category, categories that should be added for future ceremonies, and Oliver makes some bold predictions in some of the biggest categories of the season. 

BWW's Theatre Business Podcast 'The OHenry Report' Looks Back at BroadwayCon 2018 and Ahead to the Spring and Fall on Broadway
BWW's Theatre Business Podcast 'The OHenry Report' Looks Back at BroadwayCon 2018 and Ahead to the Spring and Fall on Broadway
March 5, 2018

On this episode of BroadwayWorld's theatre business podcast, 'The OHenry Report,' Broadway producer and investor Oliver Henry Roth recaps his first ever experience at BroadwayCon. He highlights the best of Industry Day and what he learned and saw throughout the convention in January.

BWW's Theatre Business Podcast 'The OHenry Report' Looks at Broadway Fandom and How Shows Can Embrace their Supporters
BWW's Theatre Business Podcast 'The OHenry Report' Looks at Broadway Fandom and How Shows Can Embrace their Supporters
January 5, 2018

On this episode of BroadwayWorld's theatre business podcast, 'The OHenry Report,' Broadway producer and investor Oliver Henry Roth talks with three experts on Broadway fandom. They discuss what makes a super fan, and how shows can embrace their most passionate supporters.

BWW's Theatre Business Podcast 'The OHenry Report' Looks Back at the Biggest Stories of 2017, and What Might be Big in the New Year
BWW's Theatre Business Podcast 'The OHenry Report' Looks Back at the Biggest Stories of 2017, and What Might be Big in the New Year
December 28, 2017

On this final 2017 episode of BroadwayWorld's theatre business podcast, 'The OHenry Report,' Broadway producer and investor Oliver Henry Roth talks with BroadwayWorld's Matt Tamanini about the biggest stories of 2017, and what to expect in the new year.

BWW's Theatre Business Podcast 'The OHenry Report' Goes Inside the Numbers that Led to NATASHA, PIERRE & THE GREAT COMET OF 1812's Closing
BWW's Theatre Business Podcast 'The OHenry Report' Goes Inside the Numbers that Led to NATASHA, PIERRE & THE GREAT COMET OF 1812's Closing
October 18, 2017

On this episode of BroadwayWorld's theatre business podcast, 'The OHenry Report,' Broadway producer and investor Oliver Henry Roth goes inside the numbers of NATASHA, PIERRE & THE GREAT COMET OF 1812 to see what might have led the show's producers to take such drastic casting measures, as discussed and explained in Episode 2.

BWW's Theatre Business Podcast 'The OHenry Report' Discusses Legal Battle Between Matthew Lombardo's WHO'S HOLIDAY and Dr. Seuss
BWW's Theatre Business Podcast 'The OHenry Report' Discusses Legal Battle Between Matthew Lombardo's WHO'S HOLIDAY and Dr. Seuss
September 27, 2017

On this episode of BroadwayWorld's new theatre business podcast, 'The OHenry Report,' Broadway producer and investor Oliver Henry Roth talks to the playwright/producer and lawyers behind the recent major court decision that deemed the new play WHO'S HOLIDAY protected from copyright claims from Dr. Seuss Enterprises.

On BWW's Theatre Business Podcast 'The OHenry Report,' The Complicated Process of Streaming Live Theatre
On BWW's Theatre Business Podcast 'The OHenry Report,' The Complicated Process of Streaming Live Theatre
September 14, 2017

On the fourth episode of BroadwayWorld's new theatre business podcast, 'The OHenry Report,' Broadway producer and investor Oliver Henry Roth talks to three of the industry leaders when it comes to capturing theatre and the performing arts for distribution in movie theatres, on TV, and online.

On BWW's Theatre Business Podcast 'The OHenry Report,' What Happens When a Theatre Violates a Copyright?
On BWW's Theatre Business Podcast 'The OHenry Report,' What Happens When a Theatre Violates a Copyright?
August 25, 2017

On the third episode of BroadwayWorld's new theatre business podcast, 'The OHenry Report,' Broadway producer and investor Oliver Henry Roth talks to two industry professionals about the licensing process for plays and musicals, and then what happens when a theatre company violates their license.

On BWW's Theatre Business Podcast 'The OHenry Report,' We Break Down Replacing a Broadway Star
On BWW's Theatre Business Podcast 'The OHenry Report,' We Break Down Replacing a Broadway Star
August 7, 2017

On the second episode of BroadwayWorld's new theatre business podcast, 'The OHenry Report,' Broadway producer and investor, Oliver Henry Roth talks to four Broadway professionals about the ins and outs of replacing principal cast members in a Broadway show.

BroadwayWorld Premieres Theatre Business Podcast 'The OHenry Report' with Producer Oliver Roth
BroadwayWorld Premieres Theatre Business Podcast 'The OHenry Report' with Producer Oliver Roth
July 25, 2017

BroadwayWorld is proud to announce that they have partnered with Broadway producer Oliver Roth to relaunch his podcast 'The OHenry Report.' The show will be a one-of-a-kind look inside the business of Broadway. Through candid conversations with theatre insiders, Roth will pull back the curtain on the biggest stories, issues, and trends in the theatre today.






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