Here is an old but still interesting article that tries to explain how the money is spent in the performing arts:<BR> <A HREF="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/1999/10/10/PK6780.DTL" TARGET=_blank>http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/1999/10/10/PK6780.DTL</A> <P><BR>It breaks it down to:<P><UL TYPE=SQUARE><BR><LI> Labor;<BR><LI> Real estate;<BR><LI> Advertising;<BR><LI> Royalties;<BR><LI> Materials;<BR><LI> Rehearsals and load-in;<BR><LI> Road costs;<BR><LI> Inevitable overruns. <====!!!<BR></UL>