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Book SynopsisBecause box office income rarely covers the cost of production, other sources are vital. Angels - financial investors and backers - have a tremendous impact on what happens on stage. This book explores not only how donors became angels, but also their backgrounds, motivations, policies, limitations, support, and successes and failures.
Trade ReviewAngels in the American Theater should be required reading for administrators and students alike. The essays are informative and readable, and the introduction by editor Robert A. Schanke is especially useful as an overview of theatre funding over the last century. - Gil Lazier, Dean of Theatre Emeritus, Florida State University. ""These essays work together admirably to fill a gaping hole in the historical record. Angels in the American Theater has the salutary effect of making us all consider those individuals who inspire, guide, and shape what gets on stage but who rarely are acknowledged as collaborators in the artistic process."" - Harley Erdman, author of Staging the Jew: The Performance of an American Ethnicity, 1860-1920 ""Angels in the American Theater will encourage the reader to think about the nature of giving to the arts and the relationship of patron to artist in the modern theatre. The cumulative effect of these essays is to make one want to be generous to arts organizations.
