Stage Money: The Business of the Professional Theatre, a book by Tim Donahue and Jim Patterson, will be published by University of South Carolina Press in May 2010. Stage Money looks at the finances of commercial and not-for-profit theatre through the models of business. The result is a refreshing take on the health of theatre in the US.
Preorder from Amazon.com here. As of February 20, the price listed at Amazon is wrong. Paperback $24.95/Hardcover $49.95.
"Stage Money" the website presents current news about the business of the professional theatre. Posts are occasional, as news and research warrants. On a more regular basis, links to articles relating to the business and finance of professional theatre are added, listed below in this column.