Tuesday, February 19, 2013
The Authors of The Book of Mormon were featured in a NY Times article a few weeks ago. Â If you only read Arts and Leisure then you probably missed it(,) because this 1000 worder was in th…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Monday, February 18, 2013
The best stories I’ve read, watched, and listened to have high, obvious and dramatic arcs. Â The writer(s) start you off slow, and then over the course of a number of pages or a numb…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]The following are the Broadway Grosses from the week ending February 17, 2013: Show Name GrossGross TotalAttn %Cap AvgPaidAdm ANNIE $954,565 10,386 76.01% $91.91 CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF $957,7…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 10:45AM[SHARE]Friday, February 15, 2013
You know what everyone is saying these days, right? Â If you want to make money on The Broadway, then you gotta have a gimmick star. We here at the ol’ office don’t believe in …
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, February 14, 2013
My high school didn’t have a football team. Â And when I tell people that, they’re shocked. Â ”How could you not have a football team?” Â Well, we just didnR…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Who doesn’t love a little Cirque du Soleil? I remember the first time I saw “O” in Vegas (and yep, I said first time, because I’ve seen in multiple times). Â I spen…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, February 12, 2013
I was thrilled that Once won the Grammy for Best Musical Theater Album on Sunday night.  But it got me thinking . . . is it just a coincidence that the Tony Award winner for Best Music…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Monday, February 11, 2013
Boston used to be one of THE tryout cities (along with New Haven and Philly) Â for big Broadway musicals. Â Shows like Funny Girl and Anything Goes all tapped their toes on a Boston stag…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Friday, February 8, 2013
Back in Mid-January, I asked all of you to take a survey about yourself and this blog with the promise that, like in previous years, I’d publish the results right here where you’…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, February 7, 2013
There were no panels today. Â No keynotes. Â And no lectures. Why not? Â Because it was time for all of us to take what we learned over the past few days and figure out what we wanted …
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, February 6, 2013
The 2nd day of the conference was a potpourri of panels with a lot of exciting topics and inspiring ideas about variable pricing (and even more important – how to set the right price f…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, February 5, 2013
The Planning Committee of this year’s conference made a fantastic choice of starting off the week with speakers from outside our industry in order to inspire us with cutting-edge-comme…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Monday, February 4, 2013
I’m at the Broadway League conference for the first half of this week (watch the next couple day’s blogs for some takeaways from this year’s speakers and panelists). …
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Friday, February 1, 2013
Remember when I tweeted this? If you saw last night’s late NY Times or Playbill announcement, then you’ve prob put two and two together and realized that the “#NewShowThisS…
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: 5 Tips to Getting a Job on Broadway The most com…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 10:45AM[SHARE]Thursday, January 31, 2013
While I was watching TEDxBroadway ‘trend’ on twitter the other day, I noticed another interesting trending topic . . . #SAGAwards. Yep . . Â . you know where I’m going wi…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, January 30, 2013
I’ve produced four Off-Broadway shows. Three recouped. One did not. Three did less than eight performances a week. One did not. Guess which three recouped? The Off Broadway market has …
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Usually, I write my blogs the day before they are published. Â But, because my mind was exploding with energy and ideas from yesterday’s TEDxBroadway, I couldn’t quiet myself d…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Monday, January 28, 2013
There are two types of Managers that fall under the auspices of ATPAM, The Association of Theatrical Press Agents and Managers. There are Company Managers, who work for the Producers and act…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Friday, January 25, 2013
I may be a little late to the dinner table on this one, since the video below was published in July of this year, but with all the Les Miz hoopla these days I couldn’t resist sharing (…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, January 24, 2013
I saw a photo of a youngster from China wearing a Lebron James jersey the other day that got me thinking about the overall marketing of Broadway. So much of sports marketing is actually not …
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, January 23, 2013
For an org with one of the biggest brands in the Broadway market, Playbill sure ain’t resting on its hind heels. Â In the past 12 months, the company behind the familiar program-with…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, January 22, 2013
I’ve been blogging for five years, and every year since I started I’ve been publishing actual hard copies of each yearly collection. And I’m proud to say that Year #5 entit…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Monday, January 21, 2013
A spoof of a famous movie, a dance story-spectacular, a personal story of triumph over illness . . . these were just of a few of the concepts for some of the shows this week’s particip…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]The following are the Broadway Grosses from the week ending January 20, 2013: Show Name GrossGross TotalAttn %Cap AvgPaidAdm ANNIE $902,883 9,531 69.75% $94.73 CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF $891,457…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 10:45AM[SHARE]Friday, January 18, 2013
Here’s something I should have asked Santa for . . . I get a lot of emails and phone calls and Game of Thrones-like carrier ravens from folks asking me my opinion on shows they’v…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, January 17, 2013
Time to take my own temperature. One of the greatest lessons I’ve learned is that it’s essential that any and every business out there, Broadway Show or Law Firm or Hot Dog Cart,…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Bloomberg News broke a big biz story today about BroadwayBox, the online discount farm that Broadway buyers love . . . and most Producers love/hate. Â (I affectionately call BroadwayBox, t…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, January 15, 2013
The cinematic auteur responsible for some of the biggest on screen belly laughs of the last decade is writing a play. Yep, everyone’s favorite 40 Year Old Virgin, Judd Apatow, could be…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Monday, January 14, 2013
I puppy-sat this weekend.  And on one of my many walks with the little lovable Sandy-style b@tch, I was reminded of that amazing thing that happens when you walk a dog in New York City…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]The following are the Broadway Grosses from the week ending January 13, 2013: Show Name Gross Attendance Capacity AvgPaidAdm ANNIE $822,129 8,583 62.81% $95.79 CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF $839,273…
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