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From option to opening : a guide to producing plays Off-Broadway / Donald C. Farber.
LIBRA Special PN2291 .F3 1988
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Farber, Donald C.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Theater--Production and direction.
- Theater.
- Off-Broadway theater.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copies 1 & 2)
- Physical Description:
- 6 unnumbered pages, xviii, 182 pages, 2 unnumbered pages ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- Fourth edition, revised, first Limelight edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Limelight Editions, [1988]
- Summary:
- ..."for the potential as well as professional producer and for writers, actors, directors and investors...written in crisp, clear non-legal language the layman can easily understand. Every page reflects the experience and expertise of Mr. Farber, a well-known and highly respected theatrical attorney." - Library Journal
- Contents:
- 1 Optioning a Property 3
- Warranties and Representations 4
- Length of the Option 4
- Option Cost 5
- Play Cost (Royalties) 6
- What the Option Buys 7
- What an Option Conditionally Buys 8
- Right to Tour 8
- English Production 10
- Right to Move to Broadway 11
- Subsidiary Rights 11
- Billing Credits 15
- Billing Box 17
- House Seats 17
- Authors' Approvals 17
- Arbitration 18
- Assignability of Option 18
- Option of First Refusal 19
- Buyer's Market 19
- Adaptations 20
- Merger of Rights 20
- Basic Work-Copyright Ownership 21
- Royalties for Basic Work 21
- Basic Work Option Fee (Adaptations) 22
- The Adaptor 22
- 2 Co-production Agreements 25
- Front Money 26
- Associate Producer-Money 28
- 3 The Producing Company 31
- Partnership or Corporation 31
- Limited Liability 31
- Tax Benefits 32
- Corporation As a Partner 33
- The Limited Partnership 34
- How and What Is Limited 34
- Legal Publication (Theatrical Exception) 35
- Limited Partnership Agreement Form 36
- Profit Sharing 36
- Budget and Capitalization 37
- Abandonment 38
- Payment of Profits 38
- Return of Profits to Company 39
- Producer's Fee and Cash Office Charge 39
- Bonds and Bond Deals 40
- Overcalls and Loans 42
- Option Provisions in Agreement 42
- Termination of Partnership 42
- 4 Raising the Money 45
- Budgets 45
- Typical Budgets (Examples) 47
- Backers' Auditions 47
- The Securities and Exchange Commission 49
- Filing for an Exemption 51
- Offering Circular 51
- The Attorney General 53
- Investment Procedure 54
- Starting the Company 55
- 5 Obtaining a Theatre 57
- Advance Deposit 58
- Four-Wall Contract 58
- Lease or License 58
- Run of the Show and Moving 59
- Stop Clause 60
- Payment of Rent 60
- Theatre License and Rehearsals 61
- Equity Requirements 61
- Theatre Deposit 62
- Maintenance and Concessions 62
- Advertising 62
- Removal at End of Run-and House Seats 63
- Insurance 63
- Assignability 64
- Location 64
- Bargaining 65
- Variety of Theatres 65
- 6 Cast, Crew, and Personnel 67
- The Director 67
- Sample Breakdown of Fees 69
- The Cast 70
- The Actors' Equity Association Contract 70
- The Stage Manager 72
- Set, Costume, and Lighting Designs 73
- Press Agent 75
- Advertising Agency 76
- General Manager 76
- Company Manager 77
- Accountants and Accountings 78
- Attorney 79
- 7 Musicals 81
- Original Cast Album 82
- Publisher 83
- Musicians 84
- Arrangements and Music Preparation 84
- Choreographer 85
- Musical Director 86
- 8 Rehearsals, Open, Run, or Close 87
- Rehearsals 88
- Previews 88
- Opening Night 89
- Party 90
- After Opening Night 90
- Scaling the House, Twofers, Discount Tickets 93
- Middle Theatres in New York 94
- 9 Repertories, Children's Theatre, and Off-Off-Broadway 97
- Repertory Company 97
- Children's Theatre 98
- Off-Off-Broadway 99
- 10 Vitally Important Odds and End 103
- The Art of Negotiation 103
- Conflicts of Interest 106
- Package Deals 107
- The League of Off-Broadway Theatres and Producers 107
- Ethics-Honesty 108
- Good Producing 109
- Appendix A Option Agreement 113
- Appendix B Co-Production Agreement 127
- Appendix C Budget for a Musical 137
- Budget for a Musical Review (Cabaret) 145
- Appendix D Offering Circular 151
- Appendix E Budget for a Middle Theatre 177.
- Notes:
- Includes "Preface to the Fourth Edition": p. [xi]-xii.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Farber, Donald C. From option to opening.
- ISBN:
- 0879101148 :
- 9780879101145
- OCLC:
- 18049002
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