“Though the share of minorities working in television — 10% — rebounded to 2005 levels, the earnings gap between minorities and white writers more than doubled since 2007. The minority share of employment in feature films declined to the lowest level in a decade, falling to 5% from 6% in 2007, the last year surveyed by the guild.”
Tag: 05.19.11
Australian Ballet Steps Out Of Recession Doldrums
The company’s operating surplus was only $61,651, down from the 2009 surplus of $220,131. But the company “staged 23 works in 2010, up from the 18 in 2009 and 17 the year before that, during the global financial crisis.” Subscription renewals are up, as are donations, though corporate sponsorship fell by 1%.
Tracing The Collapse Of Intiman Theater
“Intiman’s implosion has stunned the Seattle theater community, and observers have been picking through the ashes to make sense of its downfall. Did it rely too much on [former director Bartlett] Sher’s stardom and charisma? Was he too absent? Had a former managing director hidden the financial problems, as the board initially argued – or had the board simply ignored them?”