Theatre Facts 1997: a report on practices and performances in the American nonprofit theatre based on Theatre Communications Group's annual fiscal survey.

From: American Theatre | Date: November 1, 1998| Author: Dineen, Jennifer; Guido, Judith Cooper; Voss, Glenn B.; Voss, Zannie Giraud | Copyright information

The thriving economy in 1997 did not trickle down to professional theaters, but the industry was generally economically sound during the year. A total of 197 nonprofit theaters in America are analyzed in terms of their financial, attendance and performance activity in 1997. Results reveal that these theaters spent more than $526 million and staged 51,453 performances that drew over 17.2 million patrons during the year. A look at their unrestricted net assets, however, shows that theaters rema...

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