Organizing a commercial theater company -- Organizing the nonprofit theater company -- Your performance space -- Licensing plays -- Producing original plays -- Commissioning new works -- Devised theater -- Using third party intellectual property -- Joint ventures -- Managing the nonprofit theater company -- Exciting opportunities to raise money -- Box office management -- Intolerable behavior in the theater -- Artistic staff -- Safety -- Theatrical insurance -- Taxes -- Wrapping up -- Finale ultimo.
Summary:
"Now updated and expanded, this second edition of The Stage Producer's Business and Legal Guide is the ultimate survival kit for anyone presenting live entertainment. The information contained in this handbook is essential for those working in Broadway, regional, stock, or university theater; concert halls; opera houses; and more. Attorney, producer, and playwright Charles Grippo provides comprehensive advice on every aspect of the theater business and the law"-- Provided by publisher.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.