Wednesday, June 19, 2013
I did something crazy the other day. I read a newspaper. Not a kindle version. Â Not the .com version. Â No. Â I picked up and read an actual, ink comes off on your fingers, NY Times. …
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, June 18, 2013
The survey results are in, and here’s your report card on this year’s Tony Awards telecast. 98. 66% of Producer’s Perspective readers watched the Awards On a scale of 1 to …
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Monday, June 17, 2013
Here’s my rule of three: Whenever I hear the same comment from three or more people, whether that’s “Ken, I don’t like that actor’s costume,” or “Ke…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Friday, June 14, 2013
It’s that time again! Just when you think Award Season is over, here comes the biggest and baddest . . . and what arguably could be the most important! It’s the 2013 Broadway Mar…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, June 13, 2013
First, let me say this . . . I love me some Bloomberg. Â There’s not much that he’s done in his reign over this city that I’ve disagreed with. Â Shoot, I’m a Coca…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, June 12, 2013
For everyone in the biz, the day after the Tonys is a busy one, especially if you have a new show running. Â Wraps are analyzed, new ads are placed, closing notices are prepped . . . and a…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Monday, June 10, 2013
And just like that, the night that so many of us look forward to more than Christmas and our birthdays, Â is over. Another Tony Awards is in the books. Â The speeches are done. Â The p…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Friday, June 7, 2013
Oh man, it’s so dang exciting! Â Just 48 hours until Broadway’s big day, when a whole bunch of artists' dreams will come true, and salary quotes will go up. But who will be tak…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, June 6, 2013
I write a lot of blogs with statistics and strategies . . . and this ain’t one of them. See, I’m writing this blog from the lobby of Portland Center Stage (it’s an amazing …
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, June 5, 2013
Fact: Â 60% of consumers use Gmail as their primary email account. So, you can bet your bippy that when the G-Man makes a change to how it delivers that email, it has an effect on business…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, June 4, 2013
As you all know, I’m out in Portland right now for the very first production of Somewhere in Time. Â Audiences are loving the show and we even got nominated for a bunch of the local …
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Monday, June 3, 2013
Long running shows, like any long running business, sometimes stray from the boot-strapping way that they got up in the first place. People fall into routines, settle into grooves, and often…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Saturday, June 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 Play my Tony Pool! Win an iPad Mini! The most…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 10:45AM[SHARE]Friday, May 31, 2013
Sounds like the beginning of a joke, right? Well, it’s not. Â Tony winners are a serious matter because of the impact they can have on people’s lives, economic and otherwise. …
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, May 30, 2013
Here are my Top 2 reasons why I love Marc Shaiman: He’s ferociously talented. He’s ferocious about speaking his mind. Maestro Marc has been involved with a few online public deba…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, May 29, 2013
Put it in the history books, another Broadway season has come and gone. Â Dreams came true. Â Hopes were crushed. Â And that was just on Smash! Canceled TV show jokes aside, one of the…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, May 28, 2013
I’m a subscriber to every Broadway discount site there is, and I recommend you sign up for ‘em all as well. Â Get on that Telecharge list, the Playbill List, the Theatermania l…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Monday, May 27, 2013
I’m a dude. And that means I love The Godfather. That also means you have to deal with a Godfather analogy every so often. And I’ve got a good one today. Because Broadway has ano…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Friday, May 24, 2013
I was going to write a snappy little intro to the blog and talk about the crazy number of entries we got, and how much fun my entire staff and I have reading all these playlets . . . but you…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, May 23, 2013
This blog is a simple one, my friends. Â Easy for us to accomplish, and symbolic for us going forward. If you’ve been to an ad meeting for a Broadway show recently, then you’ve…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Bunches of books have been made into Broadway shows, from Phantom, to Tale of Two Cities, to Ragtime. And, as is more and more the case, lots of movies have made the leap as well, from Bi…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, May 21, 2013
I was struggling with the tone of a show I was working on several years back . . . the audience just wasn’t getting on our journey fast enough. Â It took them too long to figure out …
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Monday, May 20, 2013
Almost two decades ago, the Broadway League began tracking the demographics of the touring audience for Broadway shows, understanding that the audience on the road is a feeder audience for B…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Friday, May 17, 2013
I’m not smart enough to read The Economist. Thankfully, Â I have some friends that are . . . and one of them sent me a great article featured in this month’s issue that talked …
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, May 16, 2013
I got a lot of emails about last month’s “What The Tuck” blog and Broadway theater availability in general . . . which got me wondering . . . which Broadway Theaters are bo…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, May 15, 2013
An up-and-coming Producer sent me an email the other day asking me how I developed my own producing style. And I answered, “What style?” Like a fashion style, I don’t think…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Oh Smash. Â I had such high hopes for you. Â And now, you’re (tear, tear), gone. For the second time in the past five-or-so years, another giant NBC network show about Broadway has…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Monday, May 13, 2013
King Kong is koming . . . to Broadway. If you haven’t heard, a musical version of King Kong is set to debut Down Under on June 15th. Â And, well, since one of the most famous scenes…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Friday, May 10, 2013
Ring the bells, for the Dinner Theater is no more. Ok, I’m being slightly dramatic. Â There are a few dinner theaters still around serving up so-so steaks, and the National Dinner Th…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, May 9, 2013
Big corporations hire Mystery Shoppers to test out their salespeople, their stores, and every other aspect of the purchasing process. And every theater should too. In case you’re wonde…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Things happen in threes, right? Last week, my bloggin’ hero, Seth Godin, wrote a fantastic entry called, “The Critic Stumbles,” where he publicly announced that he thought …
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