Jacob J. Shubert




Jacob J. Shubert (c. 1879 – December 26, 1963) was a naturalized American theatre owner/operator and producer and a member of the famous theatrical Shubert family.




Contents






  • 1 Biography


  • 2 References


  • 3 Further reading


  • 4 External links





Biography


Born in Vladislavov, in the Suwałki Governorate of Congress Poland, a part of the Russian Empire (present-day Kudirkos Naumiestis, Lithuania), (according to this obituary, he was born in Syracuse[1]) he was the sixth child and third son of Duvvid Schubart and Katrina Helwitz, a Jewish couple. Jacob was still a small child when the family emigrated in 1881 to the United States,[2] settling in Syracuse, New York where a number of Jewish families from their hometown were already living.


His father's alcoholism kept the family in difficult financial circumstances and both he and his older brothers received little in the way of education and had no choice but to go to work at a young age. With borrowed money, he and brothers Sam and Lee Shubert eventually embarked on a business venture that led to them becoming the successful operators of several theatre houses in upstate New York.[2]


The Shubert brothers decided to expand their theatrical operations and in 1900 Sam and Lee Shubert moved to New York City leaving Jacob at home to manage their existing theatres.[2] In New York, the elder Shuberts laid the foundations for what was to become the largest theatre empire in the 20th century including Broadway's Winter Garden and Shubert Theatres. In 1905 Sam Shubert was traveling to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on business when the passenger train he was on collided with several freight cars. Shubert died as a result of the injuries he sustained. His death changed the brother's business dynamics and Jacob assumed a much larger role.[2]


Together, although often feuding, Jacob and Lee Shubert overcame the stranglehold on the industry by the Theatrical Syndicate's monopoly under Abe Erlanger and Mark Klaw to build the largest theatre empire in the 20th century.[2]


Jacob Shubert's son, John, took over as head of the operations in the 1950s but died unexpectedly on November 17, 1962 and a year later, Jacob died around age 84.[3] He was divorced from his wife, Katherine, in 1917, but was married to Muriel at the time of his death.[1][4] He was interred in the family plot in the Salem Fields Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York.



References





  1. ^ ab "The Curtain Falls for J. J. Shubert,"St. Petersburg Times, December 27, 1963.


  2. ^ abcde "Shubert Brothers pbs.org, accessed June 7, 2009


  3. ^ "Noted Theatrical Producer, Jacob Shubert, Dies",Rome News-Tribune, December 26, 1963


  4. ^ "Divorce for Mrs. Shubert,"The New York Times, February 11, 1917




Further reading


  • Jonas Westover (2017). The Shuberts and Their Passing Shows: The Untold Tale of Ziegfeld's Rivals, Oxford University Press


External links




  • Jacob J. Shubert at Find a Grave

  • "Who's Who in Musicals", John Kenrick, musicals101.com


  • Official website Shubert Organization


  • Official website Shubert Foundation biography









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