The World's Your Stage

SOME QUESTIONS AND CONCEPTS TO GET YOU STARTED

As Sir Clive Gillinson, the director of New York City’s Carnegie Hall, says, sometimes when you’re at a loss for answers it is because you are not asking the right questions. Simply ask new questions, and instead of a problem you’ll see new paths forward. In that spirit, this chapter presents some questions you might not have thought to ask yourself yet, along with some helpful answers.

A FEW IMPORTANT QUESTIONS

These questions are geared toward performers who want to start their own organizations, those who are coming to be called artist-entrepreneurs. The more traditional routes are still there ...