Stage Money
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Stage Money

The Business of the Professional Theater

  1. 176 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Stage Money

The Business of the Professional Theater

About this book

For decades roughly 80 percent of commercial Broadway productions have failed to recoup their original investments. In light of this shocking and harsh reality, how does the show go on? Tim Donahue and Jim Patterson answer this question and many others in this updated edition of their popular, straightforward guide to understanding professional theater finances and the economic realities of theater production.

This revised edition of Stage Money not only includes the latest financial information and illuminating examples of key concepts; it has been enhanced with a discussion of the stagehands' union plus a new chapter on marketing for the theater. These new elements combined with the essentials of the first edition create an expansive overview of the contemporary theater business. Stage Money is designed for theater enthusiasts and professionals interested in understanding the inner workings of this industry today and its challenges for the future.

Ken Davenport, two-time Tony Award winner, Broadway and Off Broadway theater producer, blogger, writer, and owner of Davenport Theatrical Enterprises writer, offers a foreword.

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Information

Publisher
University of South Carolina Press
Year
2020
Print ISBN
9781643360744, 9781643360737
eBook ISBN
9781643360751
Edition
2
Topic
History
Subtopic
Drama
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. STAGE MONEY
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. CONTENTS
  6. List of Illustrations
  7. Foreword
  8. Acknowledgments
  9. Introduction: It’s All about the Money
  10. Chapter One Commercial Theaters vs. Not-for-Profit Theaters: Key Differences
  11. Chapter Two Commercial Theater On- and Off-Broadway: Financial and Legal Structures
  12. Chapter Three Risk and Return in the Commercial Theater
  13. Chapter Four The Road
  14. Chapter Five A Profitable, African American Theater on Tour: The Chitlin’ Circuit
  15. Chapter Six The Not-for-Profit Professional Theater
  16. Chapter Seven Stages of the Business Life Cycle and the Steppenwolf Theatre Company
  17. Chapter Eight Ticket Pricing
  18. Chapter Nine Marketing in the Professional Theater
  19. Chapter Ten Theatrical Unions
  20. Chapter Eleven Shall We Dance?: The Commercial and Professional Not-for-Profit Theater Relationship
  21. Conclusion
  22. Selected Bibliography
  23. Index