Jack Viertel

Jack Viertel is an American theatrical producer and writer. He was born in Stamford, Connecticut. His writings on the American musical are widely-read.

From 2000 to 2020, he was a producer at the Encores! series. Under his tenure, several Encores! productions transferred to Broadway, including After Midnight, The Apple Tree, Finian's Rainbow, and Gypsy.

In 2003, he began lecturing at the New York University Tisch School of the Arts. He developed the content of his music theatre studies course into a book, The Secret Life of the American Musical, published in 2016.