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Theater Venues & Contracts Flashcards

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What is the Highest Level of American Theater?

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Broadway

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What contract does Broadway fall under?

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A Production Contract negotiated by the Broadway League

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Broadway

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  • Defined by how many seats it has – 500+
  • There are about 40 Broadway theaters
  • Only theaters eligible for Tony Awards (except for the Regional Theater award)
  • Is professional theater at its best: Distinguished stars, Elaborate sets and costumes, Sophisticated musicals and plays
  • Expensive! (costs a lot to produce, ticket prices average: $189)
  • Only found in NYC
  • Broadway Tours
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What is TKTS known for?

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  • Half-priced tickets for Broadway shows on the day of the performance
  • Producers use this to fill seats for performances that are not sold out
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What is the purpose of Broadway tours?

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  • Helps recoup losses from Broadway flops
  • Brings Broadway to people that might not ever see it
  • Seldom use original stars
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Examples of most expensive plays

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Music Man and Hamilton

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Off Broadway

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  • Originally named so because of the actual theater’s location, on a street just off of Broadway
  • Now defined by number of seats - 100-499
  • Some shows “transfer” to Broadway
  • Serves as a showcase for new talent
  • Average ticket price: $80
  • 1,200 per week
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Shows that transferred from Off Broadway to Broadway

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  • Rent - New York Theater Workshop 1993 & 1996
  • Avenue Q - Vineyard Theatre 2003
  • Hamilton - The Public Theater 2015
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Off-Off Broadway

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  • Started in late 1950’s as a place for experimental, anti-commercial theater
  • Defined by 99 seats or less
  • Performed in various spaces: Coffee houses, Cellars, Churches, etc.
  • Often socially, politically, or artistically alien to current
    American ideals
  • Average ticket price: around $30
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What play started at the Off-Off Broadway theater Ars Nova?

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NATASHA, PIERRE AND THE GREAT COMET OF 1812

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Regional Theaters

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  • Usually not-for-profit
  • Can be more adventurous with
  • Play selection
  • Production style
  • Personnel decisions
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5 Major Benefits that Regional Theaters Offer:

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  1. Provide a place where new and classic plays can coexist
  2. Developing new audiences for live theater
  3. Training ground for theater artists
  4. Help to stretch an actor’s craft
  5. Provide more jobs
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Regional Theaters can fall under different kinds of contracts such as:

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  1. LORT - League of Resident Theatres
  2. SPT - Small Professional Theatre
  3. LOA - Letter of Agreement
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Define LORT

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League of Resident Theatres
- A consortium of 70+ non-profit regional theaters
- Has 5 categories: A+, A, B, C, D based on weekly box office gross which
dictate salaries and ratio of Equity and Non-Equity actors

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Define SPT

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Small Professional Theatre
- Commercial or non-profit theaters smaller than 350 seats outside of NY
or Chicago

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Define LOA

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Letter of Agreement
- Individually negotiated
- Often reference other contracts such as LORT D

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What are the 3 types of Amateur Theatre?

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  1. Educational Theater
  2. Community Theater
  3. Children’s Theater
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Educational Theater

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  • Ex: Rutgers Mason Gross
  • After WWII, more colleges created theater undergrad and graduate degrees (So many atrocities, they wanted something beautiful and nice)
  • Undergrad programs tend to be Liberal Arts programs/conservatory programs
  • Graduate programs tend to parallel regional theaters in function
  • More than 2,000 programs in the U.S.
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Where was the first theater degree granted?

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Carnegie Institute of Technology in 1914

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Community Theater

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  • Found throughout the country
  • In towns where there’s no professional or educational theater, they introduce new audiences to live theater
  • Very little pay, if any at all
  • Rely on volunteers
  • A mix of amateur and professional actors and designers
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Children’s Theater

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  • Created to produce plays geared toward young audiences to instill a love of theater
  • Can vary in content
    > Creative retellings of fairy tales, myths, and legends
    > Plays that discuss social issues like: Drugs, Divorce, Sexual abuse
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Example of Children’s Play that discusses the social issue of sexual abuse

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Bubbalonian Encounter

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A Play from Start to Finish

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  • Playwright - writes the play
  • Producer – willing to produce the play
  • Director – hired by Producer to direct the play
  • Designers – chosen by Director, approved by Producer
  • Actors – auditions are held and play is cast by Director
  • Designers – begin building sets and costumes
  • Rehearsals begin
  • Tech rehearsals begin
  • Preview performances begin
  • Opening night
  • Closing night and strike

Theater Appreciation: Midterm Study Guide (8 decks)

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