What Tams-Witmark Music Library does

Tams-Witmark Music Library operates as The Tams-Witmark Collection, an acquired catalog brand within Concord Theatricals, a privately held theatrical licensing, music publishing, and script publishing company headquartered at 250 W. 57th Street, 6th Floor, New York, NY. The collection encompasses classic and contemporary musical theater titles available for performance rights licensing, marketed alongside other major catalogs including Rodgers & Hammerstein, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Lorraine Hansberry (Samuel French), Richard Greenberg (Dramatists Play Service), and Playscripts. The Tams-Witmark Collection is currently featured on the Concord Theatricals homepage with imagery from the 2024 Broadway production of Gypsy, signaling contemporary relevance.

The underlying technology is a licensing and rights administration platform operated through Concord Theatricals' digital catalog and commerce system, supported by a customer support and licensing team that handles direct quote generation and production licensing negotiations. Distribution is global via the parent platform, with a dual US/UK presence (concordtheatricals.com and concordtheatricals.co.uk). The collection is marketed through the Concord Theatricals website, the "Breaking Character" blog, "The Scene" Substack newsletter, and industry events.

The business model comprises two revenue streams: performance licensing (per-performance fees or annual licensing fees for professional, community, and educational productions) and one-time sales of scripts, musical scores, and production materials. Pricing is not publicly disclosed and is quote-based, varying by venue capacity, number of performances, and production type (professional vs. educational), with multi-year contracts typical. The go-to-market is sales-led, targeting professional theaters (primary) and educational institutions (secondary) through direct sales and inside-sales channels.

Name

Tams-Witmark Music Library

Legal name

Concord Theatricals

Website

https://tamswitmark.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1925

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The Tams-Witmark Collection is a theatrical licensing catalog of classic and contemporary musicals, distributed through Concord Theatricals' global platform to professional theaters, schools, and performing arts organizations for performance rights and script sales.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Theatrical Licensing and Performing Arts

NAICS

Music Publishers (512230)

SIC

Miscellaneous Publishing (2741)

akta.pro primary industry

Publishing Administration (Catalog Admin, Global Subpublishing) (MPAIABAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Master Rights Ownership & Catalog Management (MPAIAAAB)

Keywords

• Theatrical licensing
• Musical theatre rights
• Performance licensing
• Script licensing
• Theatrical materials

Headquarters

HQ city

New York

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

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Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Performance Licensing: Licensing of performance rights for musical theater productions, typically charging per-performance fees or annual licensing fees for schools, community theaters, and professional productions.
2. Script and Materials Sales: Sale of scripts, musical scores, production materials, and educational editions for theatrical productions.

Pricing tiers

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Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Tams-Witmark Music Library, operating as "The Tams-Witmark Collection," is a theatrical licensing library that grants performance rights and sells scripts and production materials for musical theatre productions. The library licenses its catalogue of musicals to professional theatres and educational institutions across North America and collects licensing royalties and one-time license fees.

Product overview

Tams-Witmark Music Library operates as an acquired brand and theatrical licensing collection under Concord Theatricals. It is part of a multi-collection portfolio that includes the Rodgers & Hammerstein Collection, the Andrew Lloyd Webber Collection, the Lorraine Hansberry Collection (Samuel French), the Richard Greenberg Collection (Dramatists Play Service), and the Playscripts Collection. The Tams-Witmark Collection features licensed musical theatre productions available for performance rights licensing through Concord Theatricals' digital commerce platform.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Performance Licensing (Tams-Witmark Collection)

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Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Recent moves5 records

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Direct peers

• Broadway Licensing Global: Broadway Licensing Global licenses plays and musicals to professional and educational theaters worldwide, having aggregated multiple former competitors (including Samuel French's catalog acquisitions and others). It directly competes with Tams-Witmark for both Broadway titles and downstream production rights.
• Hal Leonard: Hal Leonard is a major music publisher and distributor that represents performing rights for some Broadway and concert titles and sells scripts, scores, and vocal selections. It overlaps with Tams-Witmark in script/score distribution and adjacent rights representation for theatrical productions.
• Music Theatre International: Music Theatre International (MTI) is the largest independent theatrical licensing company in the US, licensing musicals to schools, community theaters, and professional productions. It is the most direct head-to-head competitor to Tams-Witmark, operating the same licensing model for the same customer segments.
• Josef Weinberger Limited: Josef Weinberger is a UK-based theatrical licensing and music publishing company representing rights for musicals and plays in international markets. It is a direct competitor to Concord/Tams-Witmark for non-US rights and English-language productions abroad.

Emerging players

• Really Useful Group: Really Useful Group is Andrew Lloyd Webber's theatrical producing and licensing entity. While Andrew Lloyd Webber titles are housed in a separate Concord collection (ALW Collection), Really Useful controls the originating rights and serves as a benchmark for how marquee composer estates participate in theatrical licensing economics relevant to Tams-Witmark's catalog.

Broad incumbents

• Disney Theatrical Group: Disney Theatrical Group licenses Disney-anchored musicals (Lion King, Aladdin, etc.) to professional and school productions globally. It overlaps with Tams-Witmark in the musical theater licensing space but operates from an IP-owner position rather than as a third-party licensor of acquired catalogs.

Others

• Concord Music Publishing: Concord Music Publishing is the broader publishing arm of the same parent (Concord) that owns Concord Theatricals/Tams-Witmark. It administers songwriter and composition rights for music used across recorded and live media, sharing back-office rights infrastructure with Tams-Witmark.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/tams_witmark

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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