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Artistic Finance provides theatre makers with honest, no-pretension insights into managing money in the entertainment industry. Hosted by lighting designer Ethan Steimel, this podcast delves into the personal finance challenges and business realities of show business, offering candid advice and practical tools tailored to creatives working behind the scenes. https://www.artisticfinance.com/Copyright 2020-2024 All rights reserved. Arte Entretenimiento y Artes Escénicas
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  • 199: Projection Design, On Broadway, In A Studio, As A Parent, and SEP IRAs with Wendall K Harrington

    199: Projection Design, On Broadway, In A Studio, As A Parent, and SEP IRAs with Wendall K Harrington
    Mar 3 2026

    An interview with projection designer Wendall K Harrington.

    Topics:

    ⭐️ Building credit

    ⭐️ SEP IRAs for freelancers

    ⭐️ Asking producers to contribute to your SEP IRA

    ⭐️ Artistically building a 3rd show that’s a combo of the director’s vision and your vision

    Video Version:

    https://youtu.be/tOYo1Qd1WXQ

    Wendall K Harrington

    http://www.wendallharrington.com/

    https://www.linkedin.com/in/wendall-harrington-6678a95/

    https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/wendall-k-harrington-69732

    Tharon Musser

    https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/tharon-musser-25815

    ABT

    https://www.abt.org/

    The Who's Tommy

    https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/the-whos-tommy-4715

    They're Playing Our Song

    https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/theyre-playing-our-song-3919

    DBA

    https://www.uschamber.com/co/start/strategy/doing-business-as-dba-guide

    SEP IRA

    https://www.fidelity.com/retirement-ira/small-business/sep-ira

    Garth Drabinsky

    https://playbill.com/article/lawsuit-from-paradise-square-producer-garth-drabinsky-against-actors-equity-dismissed

    https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/garth-h-drabinsky-21978

    Douglas W Schmidt

    https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/douglas-w-schmidt-25292

    Peter Kaczorowski

    https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/peter-kaczorowski-25728

    Slide Projector

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carousel_slide_projector

    Carl Faber - Episode 100

    https://www.artisticfinance.com/100.html

    Instagram Handles

    @ethansteimel

    @nicolevsteimel
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    1 h y 40 m
  • 198: The Business of Projection with Zak Borovay

    198: The Business of Projection with Zak Borovay
    Feb 16 2026

    A conversation about the business side of being a projection designer with Zak Borovay, who on Broadway has designed Elf, Xanadu, and Rock of Ages. He has also done work for Disney and Universal theme parks, lots of cruise lines, and the Radio City Music Hall Christmas Spectacular.

    Topics:

    ⭐️ Protections of a union

    ⭐️ Keeping your investments

    ⭐️ History of projection designers joining USA 829

    ⭐️ Freelancing versus being employed at a production company

    ⭐️ Recommending projects to the people you’re working with (because when you don’t, it is very noticeable)

    Video Version

    https://youtu.be/tFfdw6gcd00

    Zak Borovay

    https://borovaydesign.com/

    https://www.linkedin.com/in/borovayz/

    https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/zak-borovay-391728

    Wendal Harrington

    http://www.wendallharrington.com/

    Driscoll Otto

    https://www.driscollotto.com/

    Light Talk

    https://lighttalk.libsyn.com/

    Rock of Ages

    https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-production/rock-of-ages-482291

    Zachary Borovay is an award-winning creative director and media /projection designer whose leadership shapes some of the most ambitious live and immersive entertainment experiences in the world. Known for uniting creative vision, storytelling, and emerging technology, he leads multidisciplinary teams to deliver media-driven experiences that captivate audiences across Broadway, global touring productions, themed entertainment, museums, and large-scale architectural environments.

    His creative direction and media leadership span landmark projects including the international phenomenon Rock of Ages, alongside Evita, Elf, Xanadu, Ann, Lombardi, A Catered Affair, and Waiting for Godot & No Man’s Land starring Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen. Beyond the theater, he has driven large-scale spectacles such as the Radio City Music Hall Christmas Spectacular, Voyage de la Vie in Singapore, and Peepshow in Las Vegas, as well as major experiential work for Disneyland, Universal Studios Hollywood, as well as many major cruise lines including Disney Cruise Lines, Norwegian, Holland America and Royal Caribbean. He has even designed media for broadcast and arena concert tours.

    A recognized authority in entertainment technology and creative production, Zachary serves as Live Design/LDI’s Content Advisor and played a key role in establishing projection design as a formal discipline within United Scenic Artists Local 829. As a strategic advisor to leading media and technology companies—including Disguise, Dataton, Green Hippo, Barco, Christie, Panasonic, and Apple—he helps shape the tools that define the future of live entertainment, while mentoring the next generation of designers through courses lectures at institutions such as Yale School of Drama, Emerson, CalArts and NYU.

    Instagram Handles

    @front_projection

    @ethansteimel

    @nicolevsteimel
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    1 h y 30 m
  • 197: Never Doing Just One Thing with Choreographer Staś Kmieć

    197: Never Doing Just One Thing with Choreographer Staś Kmieć
    Jan 28 2026
    Choreographer Staś Kmieć explains how he’s handled the business side of his theatre and dance career. Topics: ⭐️ Tax filing ⭐️ Healthcare ⭐️ Fiddler On The Roof ⭐️ Not spending money when on tour Video Version: https://youtu.be/CUtkLbPZnQ4 Staś Kmieć https://www.linkedin.com/in/sta%C5%9B-kmie%C4%87-462b8519/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sta%C5%9B_Kmie%C4%87 Guernica by Pablo Picasso https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guernica_(Picasso) Sammy Dallas Bayes https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/sammy-dallas-bayes-1044 Heathers https://heathersthemusical.com/ VITA - Free Tax Filing https://www.sagaftra.org/ny/vita Accountants for Creatives https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YG1sgP4LqJa6Rk5CBdnvlQ2ByEvzFNKSS6uI61QkMlY/edit?tab=t.0 Fiddler on the Roof - In Yiddish https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fidler_Afn_Dakh Me and My Girl https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Me_and_My_Girl The Best Little Whorehouse In Texas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Best_Little_Whorehouse_in_Texas SDC - Stage Directors & Choreographers https://sdcweb.org/ AEA - Actors Equity https://actorsequity.org/aboutequity SAG-AFTRA - Screen Actors Guild / American Federation of Television and Radio Artists https://www.sagaftra.org/ AGMA - American Guild of Musical Artists https://www.musicalartists.org/ Light Talk - Jeff Nellis https://lighttalk.libsyn.com/light-talk-episode-459-be-tenacious-and-nice-our-conversation-with-jeff-nellis Staś Kmieć (Direction/Choreography) has directed/choreographed multiple productions of Fiddler on the Roof throughout the world, including the new production in Yiddish that was a surprise hit on the New York theater scene (2019 Drama Desk Award, Outer Critics Circle Award, and New York Drama Critics’ Circle Citation for “Best Musical Revival”). He honors the style, intent and tradition of Jerome Robbins, and mentor Sammy Dallas Bayes and has now has taken the mantle as the "Keeper of the Fiddler flame" from the Robbins Foundation. Other works include: the LA premiere of My Antonia (music by Stephen Schwartz), Finding Madame Curie (Theater Row-NYC), Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (Ireland premiere), Me and My Girl tour, The Elephant Man, Don Giovanni, L’elisir d’amore, Die Fledermaus, Nutcracker, Films – The Comedian, Trust the Man. Artistic Director: Ballet Western-Reserve, Lubliniacy Polish Folk Ensemble, Sarabande Repertory Ensemble. As a performer, Staś appeared on Broadway with Lee Theodore’s American Dancemachine, and in Don Quixote with Rudolf Nureyev; and toured nationally in Fiddler on the Roof starring Theodore Bikel totaling 1,682 performances. He danced with Boston Ballet, Metropolitan Opera Ballet, and Stars of American Ballet, toured worldwide with Nureyev, and has appeared in acting and dancing roles on film and TV. Awards include: New York Musical Festival’s “Excellence in Choreography” –The Mapmaker’s Opera (now titled The Stranger from Seville), Poland’s highest cultural honor – the Oskar Kolberg Award. He is a member of: Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers, Actors Equity, Screen Actors Guild-AFTRA, American Guild of Musical Artists. Instagram Handles @ethansteimel @nicolevsteimel
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    1 h y 29 m
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