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Meet the Women Who Run Brooklyn Bowl

Less than half of managers at entertainment companies in the U.S. were women last year, a trend The Brooklyn Bowl and The Capitol Theatre buck.

However, at Brooklyn Bowl — launched in 2009 by live music impresario Peter Shapiro — women make up 75% of the full-time salaried staff running the show. Shapiro says the Brooklyn Bowls’ concert hall-bowling alley-restaurant concept with their brick and wood aesthetic aim to create a warm environment and high-touch experience. Amid the backdrop of economic uncertainty and diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives falling out of favor at many institutions since the Trump administration took power, Shapiro says his venues have seen measurable success as women have made up a greater percentage of their workforce.

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