The Performing Arts in a New Era [Paperback]

Kevin F. McCarthy (Author), Arthur Brooks (Author), Laura Zakaras (Author), Julia Lowell (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0833030418 | ISBN-13: 978-0833030412 | Publication Date: August 30, 2001

An ambitious undertaking in a field often lacking critical data, the book also includes an assessment of the state of information on the performing arts. Trends affecting commercial and large nonprofit organizations, midsized nonprofit groups,and smaller, community-level groups are all examined.

Editorial Reviews

Review

The reader interested in the performing arts could not ask for a more approachable comprehensive examination of the industry or set of recommendations. McCarthy et al., have done a fine job of examining the available information. They have drawn from it a reasonable view of what is happening in the industry, a vision of what they expect the future to bring, and present a fine set of recommendations that are useful for both researchers and policy makers. This is a book that should be recommended to anyone interested in understanding the performing arts industry and in what more should be done to ensure its health well into the 21st century.
Journal of Cultural Economics, November 2003

From the Publisher

America's cultural life at the beginning of the 21st century is evolving and di-versifyingin complex ways. This report is an attempt to describe a part of thatevolution: the world of the performing arts. It employs a system-wide perspec-tiveby examining the full range of performing arts disciplines (theater, opera,dance, and music) in both their live and recorded forms. Because this study isan ambitious undertaking in a field where critical data are often missing, it in-cludesan assessment of the state of information on the performing arts and de-finesimportant concepts needed to analyze them.This work was supported by The Pew Charitable Trusts as part of its cultural ini-tiative,"Optimizing America's Cultural Resources." One of the objectives of thisprogram is to help build research capability in the arts that will foster discussionand communication among cultural leaders, policymakers, journalists, artists,the philanthropic funding community, and the American public. We hope thisreport not only provides useful information about broad developments in theperforming arts, but also articulates a framework for analyzing and interpretingthe implications of these developments.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 137 pages
• Publisher: Rand Publishing (August 30, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0833030418
• ISBN-13: 978-0833030412
• Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 7 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.9 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,842,255 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)