Monday, August 22, 2011
The following are the Broadway Grosses from the week ending August 21, 2011: Show Name GrossGross TotalAttn %Cap AvgPdAdm ANYTHING GOES $822,570 8,092 98.59% $101.65 BABY IT'S YOU! $363,200 …
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 10:45AM[SHARE]Saturday, August 20, 2011
Oh, if only we could send everyone. Like library books, I think digital marketing info should be free and for everyone, because it's so important to our future. But until that happens, we'll…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Friday, August 19, 2011
When I first arrived in NYC in the early '90s, if you were in a Broadway show or worked on a Broadway show, you got/bought a show jacket - which was usually an old-fashioned varsity jacket w…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, August 18, 2011
At 2:17 AM this morning, I found myself roaming the aisles of a Rite-Aid near me. I picked up my a few essentials . . . some Riptide Rush Gatorade, toothpaste, and a gift card for a friend's…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, August 17, 2011
I'll never forget when a friend of mine from the corporate world told me that he was getting his MBA . . . and that his employer was paying for it. I did a headshake for a second and then...
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, August 16, 2011
As you all know, I'm big preacher of diversification in business, which is one of the reasons that, in addition to Godspell, a classic musical revival, I have just signed on to produce Ching…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Quick! Â You just got stung on the leg by a jellyfish! Â What do you do?
Pretend your limb is a pregnancy test and pee on it, right?
Wrong. Â Pee is not a remedy for a jellyfish sting.…
SOURCE: the Situation at 10:42AM[SHARE]Monday, August 15, 2011
Quick! You just got stung on the leg by a jellyfish! What do you do? Pretend your limb is a pregnancy test and pee on it, right? Wrong. Pee is not a remedy for a jellyfish sting. It's just a…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]The following are the Broadway Grosses from the week ending August 14, 2011: Show Name GrossGross TotalAttn %Cap AvgPdAdm ANYTHING GOES $862,819 8,260 100.63% $104.46 BABY IT'S YOU! $338,814…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 10:45AM[SHARE]Saturday, August 13, 2011
Get ready for a road trip, Linda Sue Moshier, because you're going to see The Unauthorized Biography of Samantha Brown at Goodspeed Opera House! All the comments about up and coming MT teams…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Friday, August 12, 2011
In every marketing meeting I've been to, there's always one idea from someone around the table that makes everyone else look at each other and mouth, "WTF?" Now, I actually think y…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, August 11, 2011
Have you noticed your inbox filled with more Kickstarter requests lately? Have you seen more postcards on radiators at rehearsal studios in town? Has your Facebook been blowing up with event…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Here's a biz idea for some budding entrepreneurs out there: create an S&P for Broadway investments; an "official" ratings board that grades investments on the same AAA scale th…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, August 9, 2011
Ira Weitzman is a musical midwife. He has helped some of our industry's most celebrated authors give birth to musicals like Falsettos, Sunday in the Park with You Know Who, Once on This Isla…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Monday, August 8, 2011
A friend of mine produced a Broadway show this past spring, and we recently got together to trade stories. When I asked him how it went, he said, "You know that expression, being shot o…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]The following are the Broadway Grosses from the week ending August 7, 2011: Show Name GrossGross TotalAttn %Cap AvgPdAdm ANYTHING GOES $874,887 8,268 100.73% $105.82 BABY IT'S YOU! $337,826 …
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 10:45AM[SHARE]Saturday, August 6, 2011
Congratulations to Price, who is going to see Zach Braff's All New People at Second Stage. Price, email me to set up your tickets, cuz you're going to the the-a-ter. Thanks to everyone else …
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Friday, August 5, 2011
On a Friday afternoon during my first few weeks as an Assistant Company Manager at Show Boat back in 1996, two firemen came up to our office at the Gershwin theater and said there was a wate…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, August 4, 2011
I was asked to speak at the Arizona Presenters Alliance annual retreat yesterday and during one of my sessions, which I call, "Stump The Marketing Guy!" (I offer a $100 prize to anyone that …
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, August 3, 2011
I travel a lot, and thanks to the international success of My First Time, and my love of London, I find myself crossing a lot of borders. And as many of you know, I'm sure, there is nothing …
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, August 2, 2011
No, I'm not talk about fruits and veges here. I'm talking about the word that we all throw about like it's confetti on New Year's. "I'm producing a new play" or "I want to pro…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Monday, August 1, 2011
You haven't heard about Broadway-Con? It's a convention like the unbelievably popular Comic-Con.
SOURCE: the Situation at 02:07PM[SHARE]The following are the Broadway Grosses from the week ending July 31, 2011: Show Name GrossGross TotalAttn %Cap AvgPdAdm ANYTHING GOES $846,061 8,165 99.48% $103.62 BABY IT'S YOU! $372,629 6,…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 10:45AM[SHARE]I have to say, admitting that July is no longer with us gets me a little depressed. So let's make August one heck of a last summer month! Let's see what you got your interest this past month…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 10:30AM[SHARE]Sunday, July 31, 2011
Yesterday's Sunday giveaway was for two tickets to Zach Braff's new comedy at Second Stage. As I was 'giving it away', I started thinking about how surprised I was to hear that Zach Braff ha…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Saturday, July 30, 2011
If anyone was wondering if there were strong feelings about nudity in theater, check out the over 135 (!) comments from this week's contest. You guys take your nakedness seriously. The nudie…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Friday, July 29, 2011
Ok, this "overheard" entry didn't happen at Angus. It happened in Massachusetts about a week ago, when my Mom took one of her grandkids, a second grader, to see a show at the local…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, July 28, 2011
This could be one of my favorite "Market Notes" yet. Market Notes is a report that the Shubert Organization, which sits on top of a mountain of Telecharge data, spits out every mon…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, July 27, 2011
You haven't heard about Broadway-Con? It's a convention like the unbelievably popular Comic-Con. You know about Comic-Con, right? Comic-Con the unbelievably popular convention that unites fa…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Seems like just yesterday we were all freezing our spotlights off and picking the shows we thought would make money in this year's Will It Recoup! (If you aren't familiar with our game, clic…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Monday, July 25, 2011
I got an email from a reader who had already bought tickets to Godspell who told me she couldn't wait to see it again. She talked about the score, the joy, and more. This reader knew all the…
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