Sure, but my point is that those profits were spent on other programming, they did not just go into a bank account as "profit." They know which shows have contributed more to their bottom line and how much ticket income the show has brought in, the same way we know which shows are more successful by reading the reported grosses, but there is no point when they can announce, "Show A just recouped its initial investment!" because there IS no initial investment or capitalization. The initial cost of the show is not directly quantified separate from the rest of the company's costs, neither are the operating costs. Some companies may keep track of their production budgets more closely than others, but they are still considered as part of the overall company budget.
Many of the operating costs on a commercial production, like a company manager, costume crew, set builder, etc. are full-time staff positions in a nonprofit theater. Their salaries are not broken down by show, they are simply paid an annual salary. So is that a production cost or is it company overhead? A profitable nonprofit production, after subtracting operating costs, does not mean the same thing as a profitable commercial production, because the budget looks completely different. It's apples and oranges.
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Updated On: 7/6/19 at 10:12 AM
