Thursday, August 23, 2012
We’ve all known that we’ve been losing writers to Hollywood for years. Â And actors, well duh. Â Every Broadway actor I know fights tooth and toe-nail for a TV/Film out in th…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Another great set of seminar participants showed up this past Saturday for my latest Get Your Show Off The Ground Seminar and as usual, I’ve taken five takeaways from the seminar to…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, August 21, 2012
OKCollaborators! Â It’s time to get your speed date on. Around February of 2011, we held our first ever Collaborator Speed Date . . . and I’m happy to report we made some match…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Monday, August 20, 2012
It has been almost five years since I started blogging, and while I'm not the biggest vacationer, I have stepped away from my office a couple times during this half-a-decade. And because I'v…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]The following are the Broadway Grosses from the week ending August 19, 2012: Show Name GrossGross TotalAttn %Cap AvgPaidAdm BRING IT ON THE MUSICAL $508,052 8,209 76.92% $61.89 CHICAGO $600,…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 10:45AM[SHARE]Friday, August 17, 2012
I get a lot of emails asking for advice on a lot of different subjects, from how to market a show about puppets to is it better to start off your career working for a non-profit theatre comp…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, August 16, 2012
While the rules of blogging aren’t as strict as the rules of reporting, I still like to present both sides of a situation. And while I was researching yesterday’s post about the …
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, August 15, 2012
What I love about working on Broadway is that there’s always a shocker. Â Just when you think you’ve got it all figured out, something comes along to remind you that you don…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, August 14, 2012
Programming around the seasons is hard to do on Broadway, mostly due to theater availability. Â But something is happening this coming holiday season that has got my mittens in a bunch. Us…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Monday, August 13, 2012
I miss it already. Â Don’t you? I didn’t even watch much of the Games, but man the buzz of the Olympics just can’t be beat. Â And every Olympic Games seems to get more …
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]The following are the Broadway Grosses from the week ending August 12, 2012: Show Name GrossGross TotalAttn %Cap AvgPaidAdm BRING IT ON THE MUSICAL $472,810 7,927 74.28% $59.65 CHICAGO $646,…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 10:45AM[SHARE]Friday, August 10, 2012
Quick – what do Jellicle Songs, Dick Van Dyke, and the Shubert Organization have in common? They are all featured lyrics in the hip-hop t-t-t-tribute to Musical Theater by up-and-koome…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, August 9, 2012
I stumbled across this article in the fancy Atlantic a while ago about everyone’s favorite subject . . . “Why are ticket prices so expensive?” There are two things about…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, August 8, 2012
I mean, I really don’t even know how to write this one. We lost a giant yesterday; a literal (he was super tall) and figurative giant. Marvin Hamlisch, who passed away yesterday at the…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, August 7, 2012
I’m no Ghost-like psychic, nor do I-See-Dead-People . . . but every once in awhile I do get a feeling that something isn’t right. Â And when I read the latest closing notice up…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Monday, August 6, 2012
 Like a fashion blogger who noticed something the hipsters have been wearing on the streets of Williamsburg, I think I’ve spotted a trend. Most tours these days last about a year. …
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]The following are the Broadway Grosses from the week ending August 5, 2012: Show Name GrossGross TotalAttn %Cap AvgPaidAdm BRING IT ON THE MUSICAL $387,388 7,980 86.04% $48.54 CHICAGO $610,7…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 10:45AM[SHARE]Friday, August 3, 2012
All Kickstarters are not created equal. I get an average of 5-7 cold requests (meaning I don't know the person asking for the donation) to fund Kickstarter projects each week. It has bec…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, August 2, 2012
Every so often, Shubert Ticketing slips an email into my inbox called “Market Notes”, which is their every-so-often insider bulletin about ticketing trends that often comes with …
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, August 1, 2012
Not a drop. You know what else contains no milk? The very popular, and also profitable protein shake, also known as “Muscle Milk”. As you can see in the image to your right, righ…
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 NYMF 2012 The mos…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 10:30AM[SHARE]Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Scarcity can be one of those most powerful persuasion tactics in sales. Â The concept of telling people there are only “limited quantities available” or “only XX performa…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Monday, July 30, 2012
Think of this reading, the 10th presentation of our annual Reading Series, as part of your “Summer Reading.” And that’s a fitting description, because Jeremy de Bergerac…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]The following are the Broadway Grosses from the week ending July 29, 2012: Show Name GrossGross TotalAttn %Cap AvgPaidAdm BRING IT ON THE MUSICAL $467,219 9,879 94.77% $47.29 CHICAGO $626,01…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 10:45AM[SHARE]Friday, July 27, 2012
Have you ever worked retail? Â Customer service? Â At a box office??? If so, then you know that customers, God love them all, can say and do interesting things. I stumbled upon a tumblr …
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, July 26, 2012
The very first summer session of NYMF is just about wrapping up, but fear not, festival lovers, there is still the ginormo New York International Fringe Festival to go . . . with over 1 mill…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Despite what you may have heard, there should be two winners to every negotiation. The best result is a win-win, when two parties both walk away from the table feeling good about what they&#…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, July 24, 2012
A week ago, I posted a blog that chronicled the “closing times” of Broadway shows. Â Just when did they happen? Â Â And if we knew when, could we figure out why? Â (Read…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Monday, July 23, 2012
You know the Broadway Museum, right? Â That place where you can see costumes from the original production of West Side Story? Â And sheet music from Candide? Â And see old TV commercia…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]The following are the Broadway Grosses from the week ending July 22, 2012: Show Name GrossGross TotalAttn %Cap AvgPdAdm A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE $614,897 7,919 84.75% $77.65 BRING IT ON THE …
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 10:45AM[SHARE]Friday, July 20, 2012
Every time we post about a semimar, I get a bunch of emails asking if we ever plan on doing them online, in, you know, one of them there fancy webinar-type things. And, for months now, IR…
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