| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 314 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Theater in the Americas |
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Theater in the Americas.
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| Contents |
Introduction, "He who pays the piper calls the tune" / Robert A. Schanke -- Modern cosmopolitan : Otto H. Kahn and the American stage / Theresa M. Collins -- Copper heiresses take the stage : Alice and Irene Lewisohn / Melanie Blood -- Wheedled, bullied, or cajoled : banking on Eva Le Gallienne / Robert A. Schanke -- Queen of Off Broadway : Lucille Lortel / Alexis Greene -- Patronage and playwriting : Richard B. and Jeanne Donovan Fisher's support of Charles Mee / Jennifer Schlueter -- Everyone's an angel / Dan Friedman -- Alternative theater angel : Grant Goodman / David A. Crespy -- Producer, benefactor, and playhouse maker : David Geffen / John R. Poole -- Art of good business : Peter Donnelly / Barry B. Witham -- Founding of theater arts philanthropy in America : W. McNeil Lowry and the Ford Foundation, 1957-65 / Sheila McNerney Anderson -- Funding "MaMa" : the MacArthur Foundation and Ellen Stewart / Bruce Kirle -- Community of angels for Actors Theatre of Louisville / Jeffrey Ullom -- Raising the curtain : Rockefeller support for the American theater / Stephen D. Berwind -- Funding the theatrical future : the Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust / Jeffrey Eric Jenkins -- Modern Medicis : Disney on Broadway / Kathy L. Privatt -- Static in the signal : Clear Channel Communications and theater in the United States / Anthony J. Vickery |
| Summary |
Angels in the American Theater: Patrons, Patronage, and Philanthropy examines the significant roles that theater patrons have played in shaping and developing theater in the United States. Because box office income rarely covers the cost of production, other sources are vital. Angel financial investors and backer have a tremendous impact on what happens on stage, often determining with the power and influence of their money what is conceived, produced, and performed. But in spite of their influence, very little has been written about these philanthropists. Composed of sixteen essays and fifteen illustrations, Angels in the American Theater explores not only how donors became angels but also their backgrounds, motivations, policies, limitations, support, and successes and failures. Subjects range from millionaires Otto Kahn and the Lewisohn sisters to foundation giants Ford, Rockefeller, Disney, and Clear Channel. The first book to focus on theater philanthropy, Angels in the American Theater employs both a historical and a chronological format and focuses on individual patrons, foundations, and corporations |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-299) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Performing arts sponsorship -- United States
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Theater -- General.
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Performing arts sponsorship
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Sponsoring
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Aufführung
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Theater
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United States
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USA
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Schanke, Robert A., 1940-
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| LC no. |
2006022202 |
| ISBN |
9780809387434 |
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0809387433 |
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