Heilpern To Non-Profits: Why The Sell-out?

John Heilpern wonders what has happened to the spine of non-profit theatre. “I’ve no argument with bottom-line Broadway producers. Apart from the usual British import or star-driven revival, Broadway has more or less abandoned serious drama. But when the producers of nonprofit theater throw in the towel, we’re in real trouble. They represent the last bastion of the true artist, ‘because it’s where the money isn’t.’ Because their stages are the only places left in American theater where the commercial bottom line isn’t intended to rule.”