186: Commercial Theatre Business - Fees, Contracts and Copyright with Beverly Emmons

Broadway lighting designer Beverly Emmons discusses commercial theatre practices for designers.

 

Topics:

⭐️ Adding riders onto your contract

⭐️ Theatre Law which aims to protect investors’ money

⭐️ W2 and 1099 and how that impacts copyright for designers

⭐️ The history of the theatre design union - United Scenic Artists

⭐️ Those union contracts, what they protect, and how they’re helpful for expediting theatre negotiations because so many things are spelled out already, so there isn’t need for a lot of negotiation.

 

Video Version

https://youtu.be/t8rVQO00IjE

 

Extended Interview
https://www.patreon.com/posts/124372571

 

Artistic Finance

https://linktr.ee/artisticfinance

 

Beverly Emmons

https://performingartslegacy.org/emmonsbeverly/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/beverly-emmons-57339135/

https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/beverly-emmons-25645

 

The Lighting Archive

https://thelightingarchive.org/

 

Don Holder Interview

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YXHdU1JVmRE&t=34s

 

Ken Billington Interview

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuojA4i6y5c

 

Jules Fisher

https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/jules-fisher-7001

 

Kermit Blumgarden - producer

https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/kermit-bloomgarden-14214

 

Ted Mann - producer

https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/theodore-mann-15532

 

Broadway Grosses

https://www.broadwayleague.com/research/grosses-broadway-nyc/

 

Atlantic Theatre joins IATSE

https://deadline.com/2025/03/atlantic-theater-iatse-1236348882/

 

Theatre Lighting in the Age of Gas

https://archive.org/details/theatrelightingi0000rees/page/n9/mode/2up

 

Broadway Theatre Manager - Peter Bogyo

https://bookshop.org/a/86693/9781621536246

https://bookshop.org/a/86693/9781621536253

(affiliate link)

 

USA 829

https://www.usa829.org/

 

Instagram Handles

@bemmonsld12gmail

@ethansteimel

@nicolevsteimel