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…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, July 19, 2012
When I first started blogging almost 5 (!) years ago, I listened to the advice of other bloggers and kept my “allow comments” button turned off. Â I was told that I would get s…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, July 18, 2012
Disney has had a great run on Broadway . . . they’ve produced seven shows, and five have (or will) recoup (I’m putting Newsies in the win column already). Â That’s a 71.…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Sing along with me! “. . . but you can’t stay here!” If you work in the theater, then odds are you’ve closed down a few bars late at night/early in the am and heard t…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Monday, July 16, 2012
Some people think Michael Riedel is only good for gossip. Not so, not so! Last week, Riedel’s column about the soon-to-be-made-for-walking Kinky Boots featured a gem of a quote f…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]The following are the Broadway Grosses from the week ending July 15, 2012: Show Name GrossGross TotalAttn %Cap AvgPdAdm A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE 488,099 7,184 76.88 67.94 BRING IT ON THE MUS…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 10:45AM[SHARE]Friday, July 13, 2012
I was in a sports bar the other day (yes, eating wings), and looked up at one of the 57 large screen TVs to notice a whole bunch of very tall men playing basketball on a very small court. Co…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, July 12, 2012
I love a nice summer lobster roll. Â It must be my ‘wicked’ New Englandish roots. The other day, I found myself at a lobster roll place (can’t really call them restaurant…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, July 11, 2012
It has been almost a decade since the movie musical came back in fashion, thanks to Rob Marshall’s Oscar Winning Chicago in 2003.  We’ve finally shed our geek status with H…
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