The Seattle Times: The 5th Avenue Theatre Company, Seattle’s primary producer of Broadway-scale musicals, is eliminating about 14 staff positions and pausing some education and engagement programs amid cash flow problems, the nonprofit announced Friday.
The reductions will affect staff in marketing, box office, education and artistic departments and represent a reduction from 55 staff to about 41.
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I’ve noticed that after the pandemic a lot has changed in terms of revenue for theaters, Covid has made a huge dent in the numbers of people who go to see shows and that dent is still around in 2026 and will probably still remain unless something changes(also like the article said people are a lot more selective with the shows they watch, I think this is a combination of people not having much time and theatre’s increase in ticket prices, people can’t really afford to see as many shows as they were use to). It would be really sad to see if they’re forced to be mainly a touring theater since it seems they have held their spot in Seattle theater ecosystem for a long time, I do think its possible to raise the money but the amount that they’re asking for within 6 months may be a little high however if they campaign enough it might be reached
One of the places I would be interested in working is Seattle and the Fifth Avenue Theater. It's sad to see how many theaters right now are really struggling and having to really search for fundraising and lay people off.I don't know where my time at CMU will lead me to want to go afterwards but I'm still really interested in the Pacific Northwest and I would love to live in Seattle. I just am hopeful that when we enter the workforce in a few years it's not in such a bad place as it seems like it is right now. I'm hopeful that we see big changes and small changes that make it more secure of a job to look for. because while I would love to work at 5th Avenue theaters I probably won't if they are laying people off and having trouble getting money and that's kind of the way it is right now in a lot of places.
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