Running Theaters ─ Best Practices For Leaders And Managers

For the past 15 years, Webb (performing arts administration, New York U.) has been an arts management consultant to people who build and operate theaters. He presents a practical guide to contemporary theater management, based on interviews with 59 facility managers from the U.S. and Canada. Coverage includes the theater manager's job, facility operations, programming theaters, audience development, financial management, fundraising, facility development, strategic planning, staff and volunteer management, board development, education and performing arts facilities, community development, historic theaters, campus theaters, and broad trends in the field. For students of theater management and arts administration, performing arts facility staff and volunteers, and others involved in the development and operation of theaters. Annotation c2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Duncan M. Webb is the founder and president of Webb Management Services, a management consulting firm serving the arts and cultural industries, and a professor of NYU's graduate program in Performing Arts Administration. He lives in New York City.