Creative Royalties & Fees for Regionals

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Creative Royalties & Fees for Regionals

Posted: 9/15/16 at 4:46pm

I was thinking about The Humans closing and odds for recoupment. Which led me to think - for regional productions of recent Broadway shows, does a commercial producer or director receive royalties?

I would assume that for most plays these days a non-profit is involved with the development and presumably carries rights. But what about a straight commercial production - traditionally?

Creative Royalties & Fees for Regionals

Posted: 9/15/16 at 10:49pm

The producer gets subsidiary rights, a healthy chunk of the royalty the rights holder (the writer(s), not the producer(s)) earns. Non-profits handle subsidiary rights differently (some take none) but some shows have enhancement money resulting in the commercial producer getting his or her paws in the till. Also, deals can be renegotiated before a Broadway transfer. There are no rules that are carved in stone but that's typically what's in play.

Creative Royalties & Fees for Regionals

Posted: 9/16/16 at 2:43pm

Thanks (and why did I know that your response would be that "there are no rules" but...)

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