Theater Law

by Jarvis, Robert M.; Chaikelson, Steven E.; Corcos, Christine A.; Edmonds, Edmund P.; Garon, Jon M.; Ghosh, Shubha; Henslee, William D.; Kende, Mark S.; Palmer, Charles A.; Schultz, Nancy L.; Scordato, Marin R.; White, Libby A.

• ISBN13: 9780890892466
• ISBN10: 0890892466
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-06-08
• Publisher: Carolina Academic Press

Table of Contents

Table of Cases	xiii
Preface	xvii
Acknowledgments	xviii
Introduction	3	(36)
Overview	3	(1)
History	3	(20)
Mason v. American Theatre Wing, Inc.	3	(4)
Sacks v. Rubin	7	(2)
Theater	9	(4)
Theatre in New York: A Brief History	13	(6)
Disney Plans 3 More Broadway Blockbusters	19	(1)
Notes	20	(3)
Problem 1	23	(1)
Practice	23	(16)
People ex rel. Chicago Bar Ass'n v. Berezniak	23	(4)
Chateau de Ville Productions, Inc. v. Tams-Witmark Music Library, Inc.	27	(3)
Rodgers v. Sound of Music Company	30	(3)
Notes	33	(4)
Problem 2	37	(2)
Playwrights	39	(44)
Overview	39	(1)
Authorship	39	(24)
Ntreh v. University of Texas at Dallas	39	(3)
Jackson v. Universal International Pictures, Inc.	42	(5)
Thomson v. Larson	47	(11)
Ampersand Productions, Inc. v. Stahl	58	(4)
Notes	62	(1)
Problem 3	63	(1)
Control	63	(20)
Barr v. Dramatists Guild, Inc.	63	(4)
A Federal Recognition of Performance Art Author Moral Rights	67	(10)
Mary Tyler Moore, Chided by Neil Simon, Quits His Play	77	(1)
Found: A Twain Play Good Enough to Stage	78	(2)
Notes	80	(1)
Problem 4	81	(2)
Rights Holders	83	(40)
Overview	83	(1)
Securing Rights	83	(31)
Lewys v. O'Neill	83	(12)
Outcault v. Lamar	95	(2)
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Inc. v. Showcase Atlanta Cooperative Productions, Inc.	97	(9)
Presley's Estate v. Russen	106	(6)
Notes	112	(2)
Problem 5	114	(1)
Granting Rights	114	(9)
Golding v. R.K.O. Pictures, Inc.	114	(5)
Burnett v. Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc.	119	(1)
Notes	120	(1)
Problem 6	121	(2)
Producers	123	(48)
Overview	123	(1)
Capital Acquisition	123	(31)
A Practical Guide to Theatrical Financing	123	(8)
Rosie the Producer, Navigating Broadway	131	(2)
Knapp v. Penfield	133	(2)
Classic Theater Corp. v. Amster	135	(3)
Elvin Associates v. Franklin	138	(3)
United States v. Altman	141	(9)
Theater Founders are Charged with Fraud	150	(1)
Notes	151	(2)
Problem 7	153	(1)
Administrative Responsibilities	154	(17)
Martin v. Commissioner	154	(5)
Theatre Guild Productions, Inc. v. Insurance Corp. of Ireland	159	(2)
Bates v. Select Lake City Theater Operating Co.	161	(3)
Russek Advertising, Inc. v. Hurst	164	(3)
Redgrave v. Stuart Thompson Productions	167	(2)
Notes	169	(1)
Problem 8	170	(1)
Directors and Choreographers	171	(22)
Overview	171	(1)
Duties	171	(13)
Julien v. Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers, Inc.	171	(2)
Gennaro v. Rosenfield	173	(6)
Rodgers v. Logan	179	(3)
Notes	182	(1)
Problem 9	183	(1)
Stage Directions	184	(9)
New Clout for Stage Directors: Copyright Protection Available for Creative Work	184	(1)
Mantello v. Hall	184	(8)
Notes	192	(1)
Problem 10	192	(1)
Cast	193	(52)
Overview	193	(1)
Hiring and Firing	193	(17)
Mixing Law and Art: The Role of Anti-Discrimination Law and Color-Blind Casting in Broadway Theater	193	(2)
New Star of `Producers' is Replaced After 4 Weeks	195	(2)
Redgrave v. Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc.	197	(3)
Pacitti v. Macy's	200	(6)
Harry Rogers Theatrical Enterprises, Inc. v. Comstock	206	(1)
Notes	207	(3)
Problem 11	210	(1)
Pay and Benefits	210	(18)
In re Himes	210	(5)
This Is Me, Inc. v. Taylor	215	(7)
Miller v. Municipal Theatre Association of St. Louis	222	(4)
Notes	226	(1)
Problem 12	227	(1)
Representation	228	(17)
Actors in Ellis Island Show Vote, 7 to 1, to Join Union	228	(1)
National Labor Relations Board v. Actors' Equity Association	229	(3)
H. A. Artists & Associates, Inc. v. Actors' Equity Association	232	(6)
Pawlowski v. Woodruff	238	(2)
Personal Management	240	(3)
Notes	243	(1)
Problem 13	244	(1)
Designers, Musicians, and Crew	245	(40)
Overview	245	(1)
Behind the Scenes	245	(10)
Lion's Den: Backstage at Broadway's Hottest New Musical	245	(2)
Farce of Nature	247	(4)
State ex rel. O'Brien v. Petry	251	(3)
Notes	254	(1)
Problem 14	255	(1)
Employment Disputes	255	(20)
Ostertag v. The Historic Theater Group, Ltd.	255	(2)
Anderson v. Long	257	(1)
Carell v. The Shubert Organization, Inc.	258	(13)
St. Louis Theatrical Company v. St. Louis Theatrical Brotherhood Local 6, IATSE	271	(3)
Notes	274	(1)
Problem 15	275	(1)
Hazards	275	(10)
Eaves Brooks Costume Company, Inc. v. Y.B.H. Realty Corp.	275	(1)
Artists' Embassy v. Hunt	276	(2)
Donaldson v. Select Theatre Corporation	278	(1)
Mintiks v. Metropolitan Opera Association, Inc.	279	(4)
Notes	283	(1)
Problem 16	283	(2)
Houses	285	(42)
Overview	285	(1)
Building Codes	285	(9)
Nemer v. Michigan State Board of Registration for Architects, Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors	285	(3)
Hart v. City Theatres Co.	288	(1)
Theatre Management Group, Inc. v. Dalgliesh	289	(3)
Notes	292	(2)
Problem 17	294	(1)
Naming Rights	294	(4)
Booth v. Jarrett & Palmer	294	(1)
Southeast Bank, N.A. v. Lawrence	295	(1)
Cadillac on Marquee at Winter Garden	296	(1)
Notes	297	(1)
Problem 18	298	(1)
Leases	298	(11)
Theatre Party Associates, Inc. v. Shubert Organization, Inc.	298	(4)
Liza Co. v. Mark Hellinger Theatre, Inc.	302	(4)
A Theater Closing, A Hit Show in the Cold	306	(1)
Notes	307	(1)
Problem 19	308	(1)
Historic Preservation	309	(18)
Friends of the Astor, Inc. v. City of Reading	309	(6)
Shubert Organization, Inc. v. Landmarks Preservation Commission of the City of New York	315	(3)
Fisher v. Giuliani	318	(6)
Notes	324	(1)
Problem 20	325	(2)
Audiences	327	(26)
Overview	327	(1)
Tickets	327	(12)
Luxenberg v. Keith & Proctor Amusement Co.	327	(5)
Ex parte Quarg	332	(2)
Gold v. DiCarlo	334	(3)
Notes	337	(1)
Problem 21	338	(1)
Safety and Comfort	339	(14)
Robbins v. Memphis Little Theatre Players Association	339	(4)
Ludwig v. Jefferson Performing Arts Society	343	(2)
Tantillo v. Goldstein Bros. Amusement Co.	345	(1)
Thielmier v. Louisiana Riverboat Gaming Partnership	346	(3)
Bloomberg Disconnects Cell Ban	349	(1)
Notes	350	(2)
Problem 22	352	(1)
Critics	353	(30)
Overview	353	(1)
Qualifications	353	(8)
Wanted: Theater Critic	353	(1)
Republican Publishing Co. v. American Newspaper Guild	353	(3)
Blanchard v. Northwest Publications, Inc.	356	(2)
Code of Conduct	358	(1)
Notes	359	(2)
Problem 23	361	(1)
Immunities	361	(22)
Merivale v. Carson	361	(3)
Adolf Philipp Co. v. New Yorker Staats-Zeitung	364	(10)
Phantom Touring, Inc. v. Affiliated Publications	374	(5)
Soul v. Wright	379	(2)
Notes	381	(1)
Problem 24	381	(2)
Touring Companies	383	(28)
Overview	383	(1)
Economics	383	(7)
For Touring Shows, Rules of the Road Changing	383	(2)
On with the $how: Union Deal to Work for Lower Pay Lets `42nd Street' Get on the Road	385	(2)
It's Broadway. Well, Virtually: Slimmed-Down Shows Thrive on the Road	387	(2)
Notes	389	(1)
Problem 25	389	(1)
Arrangements	390	(21)
Inge v. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation	390	(6)
United States v. Shubert	396	(3)
Rapagnani v. Judas Company	399	(4)
Cuccioli v. Jekyll & Hyde Neue Metropol Bremen Theater Produktion GmbH & Co.	403	(6)
Notes	409	(1)
Problem 26	410	(1)
Not-For-Profit Productions	411	(54)
Overview	411	(1)
Funding	411	(25)
Plumstead Theatre Society, Inc. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue	411	(6)
Eychaner v. Gross	417	(14)
Notes	431	(4)
Problem 27	435	(1)
Artistic Freedom	436	(29)
Boring v. Buncombe County Board of Education	436	(6)
DiBona v. Matthews	442	(9)
Linnemeier v. Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne	451	(6)
Axson-Flynn v. Johnson	457	(6)
Notes	463	(1)
Problem 28	464	(1)
Appendices	465	(40)
Appendix A Agreement to Jointly Write a Play	465	(3)
Appendix B Agreement to Turn a Novel into a Play	468	(3)
Appendix C Agreement to Produce a Play	471	(12)
Appendix D Agreement to Hire a Director-Choreographer	483	(7)
Appendix E Agreement to Hire an Actor or Actress	490	(3)
Appendix F Agreement to Rent Scenery	493	(2)
Appendix G Agreement to Lease a Theater	495	(4)
Appendix H Agreement to Book a Road Show	499	(4)
Appendix I Agreement to Allow an Amateur Group to Perform a Play	503	(2)
Index	505