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How To Succeed In Business: A Production Guide For The Musical Theatre Multifaceted Artist

How do we make a career for ourselves as performers and creators when the industry is constantly changing? How To Succeed In Business: A Production Guide For The Musical Theatre Multifaceted Artist is a book in development that aims to synthesize the different career and production paths of multiple artists in the field of musical theatre, and fashion a cohesive plan of how to progress in an ever-changing industry as a multifaceted artist.

*Mockup of book cover. Not officially affiliated with RCA Victor, The Producers, or How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying*

Did You Know?

72%

...of students in undergraduate performance programs, graduate performance programs, training programs, or privatized programs do not have a class on the business of the industry?

51%

...of students in those same programs feel that they do not have the connection to nor the access to a faculty member to whom they can address their questions and concerns about the industry?

81%

...of students in those same programs on a scale of 1-10 (10 being prepared) rated themselves at a 6 or below, saying they did not feel prepared for the business aspects of the industry?

100%

...of students say that a book like this that talks about how to protect ones self financially, emotionally, as a company, and how to develop new works would better prepare them for a life in the theatrical industry.

*All data gathered is based on a private research study. Updated 11.5.2021*

What Is Included In This Book?

How To Succeed In Business: A Production Guide For The Musical Theatre Multifaceted Artist includes information, research and feedback from Tony winners, Grammy winners, Emmy winners, and Oscar winners, as well as the heads of some of America's most prominent creative Unions and Guilds, and individuals from the recording and legal industries.

Why Write This Book?

There are books that exist on how to be a successful performer or how to write and create new works, but not how to be both and/or take care of yourself as a business while doing it.

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