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The business of American theatre / William Grange.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Furness Shakespeare Library (Van Pelt 628) PN2291 .G73 2021
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Grange, William, 1947- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Theater.
- Finance.
- Theater--Production and direction.
- History.
- Theater management.
- United States.
- Theater management--United States--History.
- Theater--Production and direction--United States--History.
- Theater--United States--Finance.
- Theater--Finance.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- x, 308 pages ; 24 cm
- Other Title:
- Business of American theater
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2021.
- Summary:
- "'The Business of American Show Business' is a research guide to the history of producing theatre in the United States. Covering a wide range of subjects, the book explores how traditions of investment, marketing, labor union contracts, advertising, leasing arrangements, ticket scalping, zoning ordinances, royalties, and numerous other financial transactions have influenced the art of theatre for the past three centuries. Yet the book is not a dry reiteration of hits and flops, bankruptcies and bamboozles, or everything about it that appealing, nor anything the traffic will allow. It is instead a highly readable resource for anyone interested in how money, and how much money, is critical to the art and artists of theatre. Many of those artists make appearances in the book: Richard Rodgers and his keen eye for investment, Jacob Shubert and his construction of the Bridge of Thighs for his showgirls at the Winter Garden, the significance of the Disney Souvenir Shop near the Lyceum Theatre on Broadway, and the difference between losing millions of dollars on a Broadway show and making billions all in one night. Consider this book a go resource for readers, students, and scholars of the theatre business"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Foreword / by Andrew Park
- The narrative
- Chronology.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Horace Howard Furness Memorial Fund.
- Other Format:
- ebook version :
- ISBN:
- 9780367460204
- 0367460203
- 9780367460211
- 0367460211
- OCLC:
- 1139217308
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