Now in its 25th year the Commercial Theater Institute sponsors an annual intensive program in New York for individuals interested in producing or investing in the theatre that attracts people from all over the world. The top working theatre professionals offer hard factual information to those interested in producing for Broadway Off-Broadway Off-Off-Broadway anywhere in North America as well as in the United Kingdom.THEThe Commercial Theater Institute Guide to Producing Plays and MusicalsE now collects for the first time the cream of the crop of that advice from the noted theatre professionals who participate in the program in their own words. Interviews contributions and a resource directory are included from 30 theatre professionals who have won a total of 45 Tony Awards. Agents directors production designers general managers fundraisers marketing directors producers and theatrical attorneys all offer invaluable advice in a book that will be the definitive resource in its field.