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 …
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Remember that time Mamma Mia announced they were moving down the block (and it caused that big traffic jam for those producers out there hunting for theaters?) Well we now know that the musc…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Monday, May 6, 2013
I got in a very interesting discussion with a reporter the other day about our beloved Tony Awards. Â She hypothesized that the awards were mostly a marketing exercise for Broadway and the…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Friday, May 3, 2013
Earlier this month, up North in colder Canada, the Canadian Journalism Foundation put on a panel discussion called “The Walking Dead: Â Do Traditional Arts Critics Have a Future?R…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, May 2, 2013
Alright racing fans . . . buckle your belts, because it’s about to get serious. It’s Tony Pool time!!! That’s right, the nominations have been announced, so it’s time…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Something funked up my fortune telling powers this year, because I bombed on my Tony Predictions, scoring only a 69%! Â Yikes. Â Not even a Satisfactory C on this report card! Here’…
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 Why the Veronica Mars movie backers got screw…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 10:45AM[SHARE]Tuesday, April 30, 2013
The Tony nominations were just announced a few hours ago. Â And yesterday, I promised you a “report card” on how I did with my set of predictions. But, that can wait . . . beca…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Monday, April 29, 2013
Last week, The Outer Critics and the Drama League trumpeted the beginning of Award season with their set of nominees . . . and today, we hit Award Season-stride with the announcement of the …
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Friday, April 26, 2013
In the 80s, Andrew Lloyd Three Names released a bunch of recordings of his shows, before they were actually completed shows. Jesus Christ Three Named Show was one of the first . . . but E…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, April 25, 2013
I got an email from a passionate yet disgruntled theatergoer recently who told me that several of her recent show-going experiences were marred by not-so-polite audience members who texted, …
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Entertainment doesn’t exist in a bubble. An audience’s enjoyment (or lack thereof), or their artistic takeaways are affected by so many other factors . . . including their mood, …
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Last week, the Producers of the upcoming (and from what I hear, wonderful) new musical Tuck Everlasting, announced they were postponing its pre-Broadway Boston tryout due to the lack of an a…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Monday, April 22, 2013
I’m from New England. Â And you know what they say about weather in New England? “Don’t like the weather? Â Wait five minutes.” The funny thing is I’ve hear…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Friday, April 19, 2013
You know what’s great about kids? Â They are honest. When we grow up, we learn to be polite. Â And sometimes that’s boring. Â And definitely not funny. You know what I mean…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, April 18, 2013
One of my first lessons in manners from my Mom was the simple, “When people give you something, say thank you.” The beginning of baseball season made me think of the Baltimore Or…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, April 17, 2013
The day after our 10 Minute Play contest ended last year, I had five emails asking me when I was going to do it again. And those five emails told me we were on to something (I have a rule in…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, April 16, 2013
It seems senseless to write about producing drama today, when a real life drama with real life tragedies is happening just a few hundred miles from here, in my home state of Massachusetts. S…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Monday, April 15, 2013
Good question, right? Well, I’ve got a bunch of thoughts on the subject, but I thought I’d leave this question to an expert. Oh Elia? Â Elia Kazan? Â Can you take this one? L…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Friday, April 12, 2013
. . . at least this once. See, Trump sued someone last week. And no, it wasn’t about a birth certificate. Â And it wasn’t his hair stylist. It was a cyber squatter. Mr. Celebri…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, April 11, 2013
The NCAA Championship could be one of the best designed competitions in the world. Â March Madness, The Brackets, The Betting, The Sweet 16, The Final Four . . . The Champion. Every step o…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Look around. Behind most successful businesses, you’ll see not one man/woman but two. Â Why sure, one may be more in the spotlight (Bill Gates/Paul Allen), it usually takes two brain…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, April 9, 2013
Awards season is upon us! Â And Off Broadway’s honors, The Lucille Lortel Awards, fashionably early as always, announced their nominations last week. But someone . . . or something .…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Monday, April 8, 2013
Are you a Game of Thrones fan? There’s a whole lot of people who are (including me, a former D&D player who loves me some swords and dragons and Peter Dinklage). Â So HBO did wha…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Saturday, April 6, 2013
So who won? What are you asking me for? Â I didn’t give away the ticket! Â My Associate Producer, Hunter Chancellor, did. Â Go ask him! Â ;-) The winner of the ticket to the in…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Friday, April 5, 2013
The Olivier Awards (London’s Tonys) announced their nominations last week. If you didn’t catch them, click here to see the complete list. And then let me know if you noticed anyt…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, April 4, 2013
Ten years ago I had an idea for a show. Â I knew what the concept would be. Â And I knew who the characters would be. Â And that’s about it. I put about 20 actors in a room and m…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, April 3, 2013
I’ve written about the next generation of theatergoers a couple of times and how different they’ll be from the ones we have now based on a few things: They were born with a compu…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, April 2, 2013
When I started producing Off Broadway in 2004, it was a challenging landscape. With hard work, “a little bit of luck,” and a lot of guidance from experts in the field, I managed …
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Monday, April 1, 2013
A week or so ago, I tweeted a photo of me signing a contract for a show set to debut this fall. Â Well, today, it’s time to announce what that show is . . . As you probably know, I&#…
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: Why the Veronica Mars movie backers got screwed.…
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