Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • The professionalization of performing arts center management / Patricia Dewey Lambert and Robyn Williams
  • The evolution of the performing arts center: what does success look like? / Steven A. Wolff
  • Trends in the development and operation of performing arts centers / Duncan M. Webb
  • Programming the performing arts: balancing mission and solvency / Tony Micocci
  • Magic of place: an unrecognized revolution in theatre architecture / Richard Pilbrow
  • Building performing arts centers / Joanna Woronkowicz
  • Ownership and governance of urban performing arts centers / Patricia Dewey Lambert and Robyn Williams
  • Managing venue operations for a newly-opened PAC / Patrick Donnelly
  • Managing performing arts centers in a university setting / Lawrence D. Henley
  • Impact of the performing arts center on the local community / Ann Patricia Salamunovich Wilson
  • The PAC as intermediary: models of collaboration and partnerships among local performing arts organizations / Gretchen D. McIntosh
  • International horizons in performing arts center management / Douglas Gautier
  • Executive leadership for performing arts centers / Robyn Williams, Ken Harris, and Patricia Dewey Lambert with Paul Beard, Ted Dedee, and Adina Erwin.