Stage money : the business of the professional theater / Tim Donahue, Jim Patterson ; foreword by Ken Davenport.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Donahue, Tim, 1952- author.

Patterson, Jim, author.

Contributor:

Davenport, Ken, 1972- writer of foreword.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Theater management--United States.

Theater management.

Theater--United States--Finance.

Theater.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (182 pages)

Place of Publication:

Columbia, South Carolina : The University of South Carolina Press, [2020]

Summary:

"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. Stage Money is designed for theater enthusiasts"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Commercial theaters vs not-for-profit theaters : key differences

Commercial theater on- and off-Broadway : finance and legal structures

Risk and return in the commercial theater

The road

A profitable, African American theater on tour : The Chitlin' Circuit

The not-for-profit professional theater

Stages of the business life cycle and the Steppenwolf Theatre Company

Ticket pricing

Marketing in the professional theater

Theatrical unions

Shall we dance? The commercial and not-for-profit theater relationship.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781643360751

1643360752