The Commercial Theater Institute Guide to Producing Plays and Musicals($21.63Value)

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Now in its 25th year, the Commercial Theater Institute sponsors an annual intensive program in New York for individuals interested in producing or investing in the theatre that attracts people from all over the world. The top working theatre professionals offer hard, factual information to those interested in producing for Broadway, Off-Broadway, Off-Off-Broadway, anywhere in North America, as well as in the United Kingdom. The Commercial Theater Institute Guide to Producing Plays and Musicals now collects for the first time the cream of the crop of that advice, from the noted theatre professionals who participate in the program, in their own words. Interviews, contributions, and a resource directory are included from 30 theatre professionals who have won a total of 45 Tony Awards. Agents, directors, production designers, general managers, fundraisers, marketing directors, producers, and theatrical attorneys all offer invaluable advice in a book that will be the definitive resource in its field. "Fred Vogel and Ben Hodges' The Commercial Theatre Institute Guide to Producing Plays and Musicals is personal and practical, eminently readable, and ultimately empowering for all of us who want to participate in turning a playwright's work into a fully realized production." -- Tovah Feldshuh, Four-time Tony-nominated actress/producer "I meant to glance through it and then stayed to read. Smart, creative, committed people tell us how-to within financial circumstances where there is never enough. Coming from the non-profit, resident theatre segment, there was a lot I recognized and a lot I learned." --Zelda Fichandler, Tisch School of the Arts and Director, Arena Stage Any who want to put on a play will find the decades of experience of the Commercial Theatre Institute lends to working knowledge and real-world applications, collecting for the first time the cream of the crop of advice from the professionals who participate in an annual intensive program in New York --Midwest Book Review I am proud to have coedited this definitive guide, which quickly became the industry leader for students and professionals worldwide, and has been reprinted many times. It has been adopted as a course book in many theatre producing curricula, and continues to be the single best reference guide to commercial theatre producing in print, for actors, directors, designers, and producers alike. --Ben Hodges For more than 25 years, the Commercial Theater Institute has sponsored an annual intensive program in New York for individuals interested in producing or investing in the theatre, that attracts people from all over the world. The top working theatre professionals offer hard, factual information to those interested in producing for Broadway, Off-Broadway, Off-Off-Broadway, community theatre, anywhere in North America, as well as in the United Kingdom.The Commercial Theater Institute Guide to Producing Plays and Musicals now collects for the first time the cream of the crop of that advice, from the noted theatre professionals who participate in the program, in their own words. Interviews and contributions are included from 30 theatre professionals who together have won over 100 Tony Awards. Agents, directors, production designers, general managers, fundraisers, marketing directors, producers, and theatrical attorneys all offer invaluable advice in a book that is the definitive resource in its field.The contributors include David Binder, David Binder Productions; Michael David, Dodger Theatricals; Kevin McCollum, Partner, The Producing Office; Daryl Roth, Producer, Daryl Roth Productions, all on the role of a producer in the developmental process; Adrian Bryan-Brown, Partner, Boneau/Bryan-Brown, on publicity; Nancy Coyne, CEO, Serino-Coyne Inc., on advertising; Ben Feldman, Partner, Epstein, Levinsohn, Bodine, Hurwitz, & Weinstein, LLP, on the legal aspects of producing; Shara Victoria Mendelson, President, Plum Benefits, on marketing; Roche Edward Schulfer, Executive Director, Goodman Theatre, on regional theatre. Frederic Vogel is the late founder of the Commercial Theatre Institute, which has trained some of America's most talented and highly respected theatre producers. Ben Hodges is a graduate of the CTI, the coeditor of  The Commercial Institute Guide to Producing Plays and Musicals , the editor of  Forbidden Acts: Pioneering Gay & Lesbian Plays of the Twentieth Century and The Play That Changed My Life, The American Theatre Wing Presents The Play That Changed My Life: America's Foremost Playwrights on the Plays That Most Influenced Them,  Outplays: Landmark Gay and Lesbian Plays of the Twentieth Century,  and eleven previous volumes of the  Theatre World  annual. Used Book in Good Condition