TBOT_S01E10 - The Struggle Is Real

Today on the podcast, we ponder, “What would it take to leave the business?”

REJECTED TITLES:

LEAVE THE GHOSTLIGHT ON FOR ME

STAGE MANAGERS ROCK

ATPAM - Association to Theater Press Agent and Managers

American Masters - Joe Papp in Five Acts

https://www.pbs.org/video/papp-proved-theater-could-be-everyone-tge19z/

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TBOT_S01E09 - How to Artist and Pay Bills, Bills, Bills

Today on the podcast, we talk about the continued struggle of being an artist when bills must be paid.

REJECTED TITLES:

Only Artists In the Building

A Mamet Play

How to survive your career?

Do you come from money?

My only job is to marry rich!

“A survey of more than one thousand visual artists found that the median income was below $30,000—that’s roughly half the typical household earnings in the United States. I note that 63 percent of respondents had art degrees, but on a scale of 1 to 10, they rated their education at only a 5 in preparing them for a financially stable career. And they have good reason to complain. Only 19% made more than $50,000. In other words, their arts degree was more likely to put them below the poverty line than in the middle class.”

https://tedgioia.substack.com/p/the-disappearing-middle-class-musician?utm_source=email&s=r

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TBOT_S01E08 - Butts In Seats

Today we talk about the lengths we will go to in order to get butts in seats.

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TEDxBroadway

100,000 Seats

Standing Room Only

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TBOT_S01E07 - Tonys, Pulitzers and Process

Today on the podcast, we talk about the Tony nominations, the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the ongoing struggles of the industry.

REJECTED TITLES:

FAT HAM

A SHOWER SCENE

INTO THE WOODS

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TBOT_S01E06 - TBOB Updates

Today on the podcast, we review the May updates to The Business of Broadway.

REJECTED TITLES:

The Deal with James Corden

A MET GALA

An Awakening of Spring

Access Update:

Facebook's podcast offerings are vanishing just a year after they launched. Parent company Meta has confirmed to Bloomberg that it will wind down podcasting, Soundbites and its general audio hub. It will no longer let podcasters add shows to Facebook as of this week, and will remove them entirely on June 3rd. The hub and Soundbites will close sometime in the "coming weeks," while Live Audio Rooms will fold into Facebook Live.

READ THE MAY 2022 UPDATES FOR THE BUSINESS OF BROADWAY

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TBOT_S01E05 - The Farm and A Strange Loop

Today on the podcast, we talk about “The Farm”, an operation designed to assist playwrights on their journey from idea, to page, to stage.

REJECTED WORKING TITLES:

Not getting married today!!

A Strange Loop!

Tiny Desk Concert

The FARM's mission is to develop new plays and musicals as a resource for theatrical producers and theater-producing entities.

The age of COVID-19 has presented us all with many challenges. Smaller theaters, especially non-profits that support new works, are struggling to find monies to reopen their doors. Some have closed their doors permanently. Many of these producing organizations are backlogged with productions they contracted before the pandemic.

The FARM sees this challenge as an excellent opportunity to work with writers to ready their work for production once live audiences and theaters feel safe to return to full seasons.

Thank you for listening. Tune in next time for another episode of The Business of Theater, A Working Title with Darnelle Radford and Mitch Weiss.

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TBOT_S01E04 - How We Met and The Business of Broadway

Thank you for listening. Tune in next time for another episode of The Business of Theater, A Working Title with Darnelle Radford and Mitch Weiss.

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TBOT_S01E03 - Still A Working Title

Today, we talk about: Cancellations continuing to compromise Broadway’s return, what causes a move in a Broadway house and a city subway situation.

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TBOT_S01E02 - Grant MacDermott

Today on the podcast, we chat with playwright Grant MacDermott who has brought two plays to The Farm for cultivation. Here is my interview with playwright, Grant MacDermott.

Grant is a playwright and actor bouncing between Boston and New York City. He is currently the playwright-in-residence at Yonder Window Theater Company where he also leads their New Works Collective. http://www.grantmacdermott.com

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TBOT_S01E01 - A Working Title

Let’s talk about the business of the day as it relates to Theater with your hosts Darnelle Radford (based in Philadelphia) and Mitch Weiss (based in NYC). This is The Business of Theater, A Working Title.

Every podcast has a beginning and this is ours. Welcome to The Business of Theater, A Working Title. We begin talking about The Oscars and The Grammys and how the work behind the scenes gets a moment in the spotlight…even if it to shine a brighter light on the stars.

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