When many people think of the arts and the economy, they would expect a pretty fairly coordinated response between a strong economy and strength in arts programs and, conversely, a struggling economy and weakened arts. It makes sense since funding for the arts is often the first to go in tight economic times, the wallet [...]

It’s undisputed that the nonprofit arts industry has a large fiscal impact on the nation’s economy. According to Americans for the Arts, a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing the arts in America, the arts and culture industry generates over $166 billion in “economic activity.” This activity includes both spending by arts organizations and event-related spending [...]

This year marks four decades of freedom of speech in England’s theaters. Only 40 years ago, all plays were censored by the state for any “profanity or impropriety of language, indecency of dress, dance or gesture; offensive personalities or representations of living persons or anything calculated to produce riot or breach of the peace.” In [...]