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August 6, 2010
in Entertainment Law, Events, Theatre law

How Musical Theater projects get financed

by Gordon Firemark
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Starting next Tuesday, I’ll be leading a theater financing workshop at the Academy For New Musical Theater. If you’re interested, it’s not too late to sign up! Just Visit ANMT.org, by clicking the links below.

HOW DOES A MUSICAL GET FINANCED?

Thinking about producing yourself? Wondering what makes producers tick? Looking for financing for your new show? Theatrical Attorney/Producer Gordon Firemark will walk participants through the process of financing plays and musicals. The program will explore sources of funding, typical business structures and the attendant legal requirements and restrictions associated with financing a show.

Two Tuesday evenings, 7-10pm

August 10 & 17

For information or to enroll, CLICK HERE

July 20, 2010

Producer Credit in Lieu of Compensation: Trouble in the making?

by Gordon Firemark

It's quite frequent in my practice.  My clients are asked to accept less than their usual fee or "quote" for work.  What's offered in exchange for this important concession?  You guessed it, Producer credit. Well, this is often very attractive to the ...

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June 24, 2010

Should there be a “Director’s Copyright” in stage directions? (Reader survey)

by Gordon Firemark

I've recently been grappling with a question of whether a theater director's efforts to stage a play or musical can be protected by copyright. Now, at first blush, this might seem a simple  issue, but it's actually rather complex.  The parameters established by  copyright law itself, ...

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May 5, 2010

Asked & Answered: Video/Film/recording performances of plays.

by Gordon Firemark

Q: I work in educational theater. Every year we revisit the same topic: Filming performances. I keep telling the director and others that it is simply not legal to record a performance. The response I always hear is that they never sell ...

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May 5, 2010

Proposed “reform” bill puts investor financing at risk.

by Gordon Firemark

Legislation  presented by U.S. Senate Banking Committee chairman, Chris Dodd is working its way through the legislative process.  The proposed “Restoring American Financial Stability Act of 2009”  could make it significantly harder for film producers to utilize some of the most common investor-financing models to fund the budgets of their films. The bill is viewed by ...

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