Investigative reporting on the business of the performing arts. IRS 990 analysis, executive compensation, ticket economics, endowment trajectories, and the trends every artist, agent, journalist, or board member needs to read.
The Beverly Hills Performing Arts Center just posted a year-over-year revenue decline of nearly 20%, and in a zip code where everything costs more, that's not a rounding error, that's a red flag. We're digging into what's driving the slide and whether this is a blip or the beginning of something uglier.
The National Symphony Orchestra is staring down a 50.3% year-over-year revenue collapse, the kind of number that makes finance directors reach for something stronger than coffee. We dug into what this means for one of America's most prestigious orchestras, and honestly, the implications are hitting harder than a Mahler crescendo.
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