Americans for the Arts Bringing More Bad News by [email protected] ( )

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Don't Start a Theater Company! by [email protected] ( )

Backstage this week has a brief essay titled, "

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Book Review: Stage Money, The Business of the Professional Theatre

Stage Money: The Business of the Professional Theatre, a book by Tim Donahue and Jim Patterson, is published by University of South Carolina Press.

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The Urge to Merge

In the Afterword to Stage Money: The Business of the Professional Theater the impact of the recession on the theater, particularly the not-for-profit theater, is examined. We write that stat…

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Without Flops, There Would Be No Hits by [email protected] ( )

In the Boston Globe, Nathan Rabin has an essay "The case for total failure" arguing for the importance of movie flops....

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Sixteen-months of Stage Money Links by [email protected] ( )

The RoadOn the Road, Actors Seek Higher Pay - NYTimes.com How a theatre fan from Montreal became a Broadway power broker - The Globe and Mail How 'A…

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Stage Money Used as a Source for New Yorker Blog about the Future Business Prospects of Spider-man by [email protected] ( )

"To Flip a Flop"--great title for an essay by Elizabeth Weiss for the New Yorker blog about the prospects for Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark recouping money now that it's closed on Broadway. …

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Blog Links: Thoughts on Theater Careers by [email protected] ( )

The Seattle paper The Stranger reports on the contradictory pull on theater artists: Stay in Seattle or Try for New York?http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/should-i-stay-or-should-i-go/Conte…

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A Real NFP Production Budget Revealed by [email protected] ( )

American Theatre magazine for November 2013 has an interesting brief piece on the actual budget for a production of August: Osage County at the ZACH Theatre in Austin, Texas.  Note the …

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Blog link: Obscure Federal Law Change May Make Finding Investors for the Theater Easier by [email protected] ( )

Ken Davenport is excited that theater producers may now be able to advertise to attract investors.  The change in Federal law Davenport discusses may seem picayune to us in the theater …

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News Links: NFP Arts and NFP Theater--Out of the Recession Woods? by [email protected] ( )

The evidence for the health of the NFP arts and especially theater is mixed.The National Arts Index continues on and gets media notice.  It's latest report, which is actually for 2010, …

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News Links: Broadway is Still the Fabulous Invalid by [email protected] ( )

Is Broadway healthy or failing?  As usual, the evidence varies.Wicked continues strong.http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/10/30/a-wicked-decade-how-a-critically-trashed-musical-…

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News Links: Presenter and Producer in PA Sued for Copyright Infringement by [email protected] ( )

Don't mess with Disney!http://www.broadwayworld.com/bwwmovies/article/Disney-Suing-Theater-Over-LION-KING-MARY-POPPINS-Copyright-Infringement-20130926http://lancasteronline.com/article/local…

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News Links: Best Paid Stagehands Briefly Strike by [email protected] ( )

Carnegie Hall's stagehands are acknowledged to be the best paid in the business.  The strike was not for more pay but to force Carnegie Hall to create new union jobs.  It worked.ht…

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Broadway League and City of New York Collaborate to Promote Broadway Theater by [email protected] ( )

The result is a nice piece of design.  Can't imagine it will have much effect for the City or the League. Click screendump below to go to the website.

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Study Link: European Artists Happy if Often Unemployed by [email protected] ( )

A study published in the journal Economic Letters, finds that although many artists are prone to high unemployment and low incomes which would suggest they have low job satisfaction, in fact…

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Blog Link: Fifty Most Powerful People in the NFP Arts by [email protected] ( )

Here's a provocative list of the 50 most powerful people in the NFP arts, compiled by Barry Hessenius.  Barry is the author of Hardball Lobbying for Nonprofits: Real Advocacy for Nonpro…

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News Links: NFP Theater, the Good and the Not-So-Good by [email protected] ( )

The Maltz Jupiter Theatre in Fort Lauderdale breaks records for numbers of subscribers and single ticket sales:http://www.broadwayworld.com/fort-lauderdale/article/Maltz-Jupiter-Theatre-Brea…

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News Links: The Shuttering of Shakespeare Santa Cruz by [email protected] ( )

Strong feelings rise about the demise of any good regional theater and the shuttering of SSC by the action of the University of California, Santa Cruz administration has engendered strong fe…

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News Link: London Theater Is Also Expensive by [email protected] ( )

Especially when you include special packages from NFP theaters for donors: http://www.theguardian.com/stage/2013/jul/29/theatre-ticket-prices-expensive

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News Link: "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark" Seems Ready to Waste Even More Money in Hopes of Finally Recouping by [email protected] ( )

Have you seen Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark?  Would you invest a dime of your own money in another life for the lifeless book and music?  I have and I wouldn't.  But it appear…

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News Link: Guilty Plea in "Rebecca" Musical Investment Scam by [email protected] ( )

Being a Broadway producer is hard enough without criminals trying to pull a scam, especially such a dumb one at that. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/04/movies/hollywoods-big-bet-on-broadway-…

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News Link: 54 Below Looking for New Investors, More Dollars per Customer by [email protected] ( )

I have had a few wonderful evenings in the Broadway-area cabaret 54 Below and I look forward to more.  But it seems the original financial plan isn't working out.http://www.bloomberg.co…

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News Links: NFP Arts by [email protected] ( )

Changes imperil NFP theaters: North Carolina http://www.hpe.com/news/x2042201086/Shakespeare-Festival-pullout-leaves-city-theater-in-lurchArizonahttp://www.azcentral.com/thingstodo/arts/arti…

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News Link: Joining Equity Seems to a Young Actor Like the Big Time. In Many Cities, That's Often Not True by [email protected] ( )

Actors in many markets must choose whether to join Actors Equity or not.  With Actors Equity there's higher pay and the chance of getting health insurance...if you work.  But in ma…

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