Friday, September 6, 2013
Yesterday, we looked at some nasty-a$$ numbers about the first quarter of the Broadway season. And, as you may recall, it got me a little jittery. So, I put a whole bunch of numbers into a g…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, September 5, 2013
I just didn’t want to admit it. I didn’t want to admit that summer was over, which is why I flew by the end of Broadway’s first 13-week cycle last week without my usual blo…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, September 4, 2013
I was getting out of the subway this morning and thinking, “What will I write about for tomorrow’s blog?” when StubHub slapped me in the face. On the West side of Broadway,…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, September 3, 2013
I’m going to make a little wager. If you’re reading this blog, then I’ll bet that you’re a planner. Â Come on, admit it . . . you’re an organizer, with to-do-…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Monday, September 2, 2013
Happy L-Day, PPers. It’s easy to believe the old cliché out there that all Producers are union-hating organizer-busters. Â And it’s easy to believe that all card carrying memb…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Sunday, September 1, 2013
Time for that monthly summary of what got your attention last month here at The Producer's Perspective The most read post of the month:Â 10 Shows that Stand Out at the Fringe " 2013 The mo…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 10:45AM[SHARE]Friday, August 30, 2013
If you’re producing a show, then you should have merch. Â I don’t care how small of a show it is, or where it is, or even what it is. Â With the cost of production so cheap t…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, August 29, 2013
Say goodbye to the tourists. After Labor Day, they’ll check out of the city, and they won’t be back for some time. Â We’ll see a few in the middle of October, and a few …
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, August 28, 2013
In case you’ve been living under a rock, that’s under a rock, that’s under a mountain of rocks, you have probably heard that Miley Cyrus turned some heads on Sunday night w…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, August 27, 2013
I owe you an apology. Because this blog, and its related seminar, is at least a year in the making. Ever since I started teaching my Get Your Show Off The Ground and Broadway Investing 101 S…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Monday, August 26, 2013
I was reading a small town newspaper (!) over the weekend, and I flipped through the arts “corner” (It probably used to be called a section, but no longer) to see if there were a…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Friday, August 23, 2013
I love it when one of our own gets a bigger stage and grabs the world’s attention. Â You know, like Matt Morrison, Cheyenne Jackson, and most recently, Godspell‘s own Uzo Aduba…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, August 22, 2013
I got one of those mass emails the other day that thankfully slipped through my spam filters and got me thinking. Â The subject? Â ”Life 100 Years Ago . . .” The email includ…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, August 21, 2013
The Broadway community is an incredibly tight knit family, albeit a little dysfunctional. Â We’re all pulling for each other, because deep down the theater, any theater, whether it&#…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, August 20, 2013
I got an email from my high school English teacher last week asking if I could help a group of students she knew get a backstage tour at a Broadway show. She didn’t ask me which show t…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Monday, August 19, 2013
This should be American Idol‘s summer vacation. Â They just crowned the winner of season 12 a couple of months ago. Â And Season 13, with some new celebrity judge du jour (I’…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Friday, August 16, 2013
We’re a game-playing society . . . and I’m not just talking about the psychological ones agents try to play on producers when negotiating contracts. Everything’s more fun w…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, August 15, 2013
A great new study was released on Tuesday from ShareThis that “provides insights into the relationship between online sharing of movie related content and movie ticket purchases.”…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, August 14, 2013
I enrolled in a mini-golf school over the weekend, which consisted of several Tiger-wannabes like me and an old touring pro who could have taught Tiger a thing or two himself. All of us wann…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, August 13, 2013
I went to see a show the other night and found myself sitting right next to an old fuddy-duddy (I do realize that by using the term “fuddy-duddy,” I am probably now one myself). …
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Monday, August 12, 2013
Shirley Herz, one of the “founders” of theatrical press, passed away on Sunday. What do I mean by “founders?” Â Well, although the theater is thousands of years old…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Friday, August 9, 2013
There’s some VHS footage of me out there somewhere performing in my middle school musical. Â I’ve been trying to track it down and destroy it for years. Â It involves me wear…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, August 8, 2013
In yesterday’s blog, I hinted that I was going to reveal one of my “rules” of writing today, so here goes. You’ve probably heard descriptions of basic plot structure …
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, August 7, 2013
It’s August in NYC, which means stanky subway platforms, throngs of tourists, and the New York International Theater Festival! And if you’re an obsessive, compulsive theatergoer …
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, August 6, 2013
Anyone else read the NY Times article this past Sunday about the influx of Movie Studios on Broadway?  You know, the one that said Wicked would be Universal’s most successful pr…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Monday, August 5, 2013
On Saturday, I hinted at an idea I had for the Cabaret sub-culture of New York City. Â You ready for it? Now that I’ve built it up like an Edsel, I’m certain to disappoint (rem…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Friday, August 2, 2013
I walked into an unfamiliar Times Square deli last week on one of those cook-an-egg-on-the-sidewalk days and ordered up my usual can of Coke. Â The deli-keep said, “That’s $1.7…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, August 1, 2013
One month ago, I wrote about the lesson I learned from a car salesman on how to solicit Broadway investments. Â Well, yesterday I found myself car shopping once again, right here on the is…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Time for that monthly summary of what got your attention last month here at The Producer’s Perspective The most read post of the month:Â 5 Shows that Stand Out at the NYMF " 2013 The…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 10:45AM[SHARE]Wednesday, July 31, 2013
Check out this fascinating article on psfk.com about how our entertainment ADD is not only being addressed by content creators, it is being celebrated. Here’s the jist: Admit it. Â W…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, July 30, 2013
First, yes, I’ll admit, the title of this blog sounds a little creepy. But it’ll make sense. Â I hope. If you love Broadway show tunes, then I bet you have a soft spot in your …
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