Monday, June 11, 2012
The following are the Broadway Grosses from the week ending June 10, 2012: Show Name GrossGross TotalAttn %Cap AvgPdAdm A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE $299,235 4,760 50.94% $62.86 ANYTHING GOES $4…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 10:45AM[SHARE]Friday, June 8, 2012
Every year I post my Tony Award predictions alongside YOUR predictions (derived from what the majority of you think is going to win based on your answers in my Tony Pool). Well, this year I …
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:30AM[SHARE]Thursday, June 7, 2012
The subject of this blog is from an email I got from a reader just last weekend, and wouldn’t you know it, two days ago the Broadway League’s Economic Impact report arrived on my…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Monday, June 4, 2012
We had hoped to announce the finalists for our 10 Minute Play contest last Friday . . . but frankly, we were overwhelmed with so many submissions . . . and so many damn good ones . . . that …
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]The following are the Broadway Grosses from the week ending June 3, 2012: Show Name GrossGross TotalAttn %Cap AvgPdAdm A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE $299,657 4,900 52.44% $61.15 ANYTHING GOES $41…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 10:45AM[SHARE]Friday, June 1, 2012
I don’t think I ever saw Edgar “Buddy” Freitag without a smile on his face. I first met him at an ad meeting for Blithe Spirit. Â He, and his equally smile-icious wife, B…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Thanks to a calendar snafu, we skipped a few months of these “popular posts” entries, but we’re all caught up now. Â Click here to see all others. In case this entry is n…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 10:45AM[SHARE]Thursday, May 31, 2012
First, let me say that the idea I’m going to propose below probably isn’t practical anymore. Â Unfortunately for all of us, the number of theater critics has dwindled in recent…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Buzzer sound! Â The fourth and final quarter of the 2012 Broadway season is over. Â Can you believe it? Â Another year come and gone. And this one was a beaut . . . depending on how yo…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, May 29, 2012
I first met Sarah Galbraith when I was Company Managing Thoroughly Modern Millie. Â She was the Bookkeeper on the show, and we hit it off instantly. Â (Bookkeepers are the go-between wit…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]The following are the Broadway Grosses from the week ending May 27, 2012: Show Name GrossGross TotalAttn %Cap AvgPdAdm A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE $418,337 6,214 66.50% $67.32 ANYTHING GOES $47…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 10:45AM[SHARE]Sunday, May 27, 2012
There’s a brand spanking new place to see stuff and a new place to be seen that just opened up called . . . 54 Below. Where is it? Below Studio 54. It’s kind of a mashup of Bar C…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, May 23, 2012
I didn’t have to work to overhear this next exchange, because I was literally in the middle of the conversation. Spring is the season of industry events. From galas, to luncheons, to a…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, May 22, 2012
There’s been a lot of buzz about the number of shows featuring religious subject matter appearing on Broadway in the last 12-18 months. Â With Sister Act, Mormon, Godspell, JCS, and …
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Monday, May 21, 2012
The following are the Broadway Grosses from the week ending May 20, 2012: Show Name GrossGross TotalAttn %Cap AvgPdAdm A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE $433,648 6,545 70.04% $66.26 ANYTHING GOES $51…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 10:45AM[SHARE]Sunday, May 20, 2012
This one is for the Actors out there. I’ve given out Audition Tips for Actors on this blog before, and now it’s time for you to hear it from a true audition expert. Â Rachel Ho…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Friday, May 18, 2012
The subject of Dynamic Pricing around theater folks these days is like . . . well . . . like dynamite. And there were two whole sessions dedicated to this explosive topic today: Â the firs…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, May 17, 2012
Spring Road Conference Day 2! Day 2 is only only a half day – partly because everyone runs off to see matinees, and partly because everyone is still stuffed and a bit hungover from the…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, May 16, 2012
The first sign of Spring for me isn’t shorts, or sun dresses, or even that half of the business has already started taking Friday afternoons off. The first sign that Spring has Sprung …
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Believe it or not, one of the greatest complaints I hear from Broadway Investors is not that they lost money. Â It’s that they didn’t feel like they were a part of the process.…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Monday, May 14, 2012
There has been a lot of chatter about stars in shows these days, including this recent article from The Hollywood Reporter that features a few quotes from me. While I was being interviewed, …
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Sunday, May 13, 2012
Have you ever been to The Goodspeed Opera House? If you haven’t, this is your chance . . . because we’ve got two tickets to the new musical, Amazing Grace, which opens later this…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Friday, May 11, 2012
In case you missed the news, Andy Warhol’s classic “Double Elvis” painting fetched a whopping $37 million smackaroonies at Sotheby’s on Wednesday. Â I know, I know …
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, May 10, 2012
The middle of NYC, also known as Times Square, is now like the Wild West. Â Instead of gunslingers, we’ve got street teams peddling Broadway tickets, stand-up comedy tickets, photos …
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, May 9, 2012
It’s that time . . . caps and gowns and commencement addresses. And millions of young adults entering the work force. And thousands of those millions are looking for a career in the ar…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, May 8, 2012
If you picked up a print copy of the NY Times on Sunday, you probably saw more prints ads for Broadway shows than you have in the last year. Full pages, Double Trucks (which are two full pag…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Monday, May 7, 2012
When I was a pre-teen, I was a student at Fred Villari’s Studios of Self Defense (or kar-a-tey, as we used to say), and made it all the way up to my purple belt, before I . . . well . …
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]The following are the Broadway Grosses from the week ending May 6, 2012: Show Name GrossGross TotalAttn %Cap AvgPdAdm A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE $359,182 5,768 61.73% $62.27 ANYTHING GOES $454…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 10:45AM[SHARE]Sunday, May 6, 2012
There’s a super feature article in today’s NY Times about celebrated British playwright Mike Bartlett and his new play (now in previews at The Duke) called . . . um . . . uh . . …
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Friday, May 4, 2012
What do you get when you cross The Tony Awards with an iPad2? My 2012 Tony Pool! Yep, it’s that time of year . . . time for you to be the Tony Voter. Now remember, unlike Tony Voters w…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, May 3, 2012
The always Smart ‘N Snarky John Simon wrote a blog a couple of weeks ago airing his disgust about the ubiquitous standing ovation. Â (If you don’t know JS, the quick intro is t…
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