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100	1		_aGrange, William, _d1947- _eauthor.
245	1	4	_aThe business of American theatre / _cWilliam Grange.
264		1	_aAbingdon, Oxon ; _aNew York, NY : _bRoutledge, _c2021.
300			_a1 online resource
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
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338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
520			_aThe Business of American Theatre 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.Nor does it cover "everything about it that's appealing, everything the traffic will allow" (as Irving Berlin did in the song "There's No Business Like Show Business"). 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 a Broadway showlosing millions of dollars or making billions in one night. Consider this book a go-to resource for readers, students, and scholars of the theatre business.
588			_aOCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
650		7	_aPERFORMING ARTS / Business Aspects _2bisacsh
650		7	_aPERFORMING ARTS / Theater / Broadway & Musical Revue _2bisacsh
650		7	_aBUSINESS & ECONOMICS / General _2bisacsh
650		0	_aTheater management _zUnited States _xHistory.
650		0	_aTheater _xProduction and direction _zUnited States _xHistory.
650		0	_aTheater _zUnited States _xFinance.
856	4	0	_3Taylor & Francis _uhttps://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781003026464
856	4	2	_3OCLC metadata license agreement _uhttp://www.oclc.org/content/dam/oclc/forms/terms/vbrl-201703.pdf
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