The Stage Producer's Business and Legal Guide (Second Edition)

Expert, Practical Advice for Everyone in Show Business

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, including:

• Crowdfunding Your Production
• New Opportunities to Raise Money
• Self-Production
• Licensing and Producing Plays
• Devised Theater and Collaborations
• Creating Jukebox Musicals
• Organizing a Theater Company
• Theatrical Insurance
• Maintaining a Harassment-Free Environment
• Negotiating Contracts
• Essential Rules Every Board Member Must Know
• Managing a Not-for-Profit Theater Company
• Navigating Taxes
• Using Third-Party Intellectual Property
• And much, much more!

The entire range of individuals involved in entertainment—producers, performers, writers, directors, managers, and theater owners—will find invaluable practical and legal advice in this handy guide.