RESULTS MIXED FOR GLENDALE'S ALEX THEATRE ATTENDANCE UP DESPITE SMALL DEFICIT.Byline: Alex Dobuzinskis Staff Writer GLENDALE - Attendance increased by 6.4 percent at the Alex Theatre The Alex Theatre is a historic landmark located at 216 North Brand Boulevard in Glendale, California of the United States of America. It is currently owned by the City of Glendale and operated by the Alex Regional Theatre Board. last fiscal year, but the historic venue with a $1.7 million budget had unanticipated maintenance needs and finished with a small deficit, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a new report. The nonprofit A corporation or an association that conducts business for the benefit of the general public without shareholders and without a profit motive. Nonprofits are also called not-for-profit corporations. Nonprofit corporations are created according to state law. theater finished the fiscal year ending June 30 with a $15,600 deficit, compared with a loss the previous year of nearly $54,500. City officials are pleased with the direction the theater is going, after it bounced back from a $400,000 deficit in 2001. One of the decisions the theater has made recently to save money is to stop producing its own shows. The last show it produced in-house was an April production of the play ``The Old Settler,'' and the theater does not expect to produce another show for at least two years. ``I think we've done a good job as an organization in trying to be proactive to kind of surprise expenditures instead of always reactive, and I think that's a (reason for) a small operating loss operating loss The excess of operating expenses over revenue. As with operating income, operating losses exclude revenues and expenses from operations that are not considered a regular part of the business. Also called deficit. Compare operating income. this year instead of a larger one,'' said Barry McComb, executive director of the theater. Attendance for the past fiscal year was 159,431, compared with 149,795 for the year before. Net rental revenues were $778,027, up 14 percent from the previous year. But the theater had some maintenance expenses, some of them coming as a result of the winter rains. It had to spend $8,000 on repairs caused by water damage to the neon neon (nē`ŏn) [Gr.,=new], gaseous chemical element; symbol Ne; at. no. 10; at. wt. 20.179; m.p. −248.67°C;; b.p. −246.048°C;; density 0.8999 grams per liter at STP; valence 0. Neon is a colorless, odorless, and tasteless gas. on the marquee tower. It had to spend an additional $25,000 to restore the ticket kiosk kiosk Originally, in Islamic architecture, an open circular pavilion consisting of a roof supported by pillars. The word has been applied to a Turkish summer garden pavilion and a type of early Persian mosque. , which had been damaged by termites. The rains aggravated ag·gra·vate tr.v. ag·gra·vat·ed, ag·gra·vat·ing, ag·gra·vates 1. To make worse or more troublesome. 2. To rouse to exasperation or anger; provoke. See Synonyms at annoy. existing leaks at the building and the city, which owns the theater and gives it $415,000 a year, will be paying for those. Another upcoming expense will be replacing the sound system, which is built for plays instead of concerts. Upgrading the system to work better for concerts could cost the theater between $175,000 and $250,000. ``In general I think the City Council has been pleased with the direction of the Alex Theatre and the executive team over there,'' said Mayor Rafi Manoukian Rafi Manoukian is a former member of the city council in Glendale, California. He was recently notified that he has been selected by the Board of Directors and the Selection Committee of the National Ethnic Coalition of Organizations (NECO) as a recipient of the 2006 Ellis Island . ``Over the past few years, revenues have been up and we're hoping that will continue in that fashion.'' Outside promoters have done a better job maximizing revenues and attracting crowds, and more community groups are using the theater. Armenian and Filipino productions have increased in the past two years. ``As the population base kind of diversifies, we see that our programming pretty much mirrors that,'' McComb said. The theater was built in 1925 and reopened in 1993 after the city bought the former movie house. Alex Dobuzinskis, (818) 546-3304 alex.dobuzinskis(at)dailynews.com |
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