Ask the producer of a 99-seat show or a festival short what disappears first when the budget tightens, and the answer is rarely the one audiences would predict. Costumes survive. Lighting survives. Original music is where the money quietly stops. This is not new. What has changed over the past two years is the arithmetic… The post ORIGINAL MUSIC IS THE FIRST THING SMALL PRODUCTIONS CUT. THAT MATH IS CHANGING. appea…
SOURCE: Stage and Cinema at 06:40AM on July 28, 2026