EXCLUSIVE: A federal bankruptcy judge has approved a reorganization plan for Hal Luftig Co. that gives the busy producer breathing room in his six-year court battle against a deep-pocketed investor.

The litigation involves the 2013 Tony Award-winning musical Kinky Boots, which Luftig produced with Daryl Roth. (Roth isn’t involved in the dispute.) In 2022, an arbitrator found that Luftig and his company breached an agreement with the Reno, Nevada-based investor Warren Trepp regarding proceeds from the blockbuster. Continue Reading