Friday, June 3, 2011
Whenever I visit a city around the country or around the world, I take a look at the theatrical landscape . . . especially online. I spend some time surfing for sites where I can get informa…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, June 2, 2011
A couple of weeks ago, I found myself in a hotel sports bar in Minneapolis having my favorite meal of wings with a side of Coke. My dining partner was a television that was actually in the b…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, June 1, 2011
I have an alarm in my Google Calendar set to go off at the end of every Quarter, to remind me to write my End of Quarter analysis of how the Broadway season is progressing. That alarm went o…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Time for the end of the month wrap-up. Here goes. The most read post of the month: How to drive your non-profit into the ground. (My Tony Pool/iPad Giveaway was actually the most read articl…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 10:30AM[SHARE]Tuesday, May 31, 2011
The following are the Broadway Grosses from the week ending May 29, 2011: Show Name GrossGross TotalAttn %Cap AvgPdAdm ANYTHING GOES $837,223 8,213 100.06% $101.94 ARCADIA $203,543 4,601 55.…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 04:59PM[SHARE]Last week's American Idol finals put two singers chosen by the "American people" downfront and center. And both of them were country singers. And if you think that's some strange c…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Monday, May 30, 2011
I talked to an angry author a couple of weeks ago, who was irritated that his "important" play had not attracted a wider audience. I tried to explain in the nicest of all possible ways, but …
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Saturday, May 28, 2011
Trumpets sound, and . . . The winner of The Shaggs tix is Ms. Danielle Mohlman! Congrats, Danielle. Get a bus ticket because you're leaving Boston and coming to the Broadway! Email me to arr…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Friday, May 27, 2011
I got an email blast for a Broadway show the other day that made me wonder whether or not we're putting too much emphasis on the "like" or the "follow" call to action tha…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, May 26, 2011
I am thrilled . . . overjoyed . . . pumped . . . so excited that there are no words . . . to announce that my production of Godspell by Stephen Schwartz and John-Michael Tebelak, directed by…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, May 25, 2011
In a dramatic move that deserves its own aria, New York City Opera, the very first tenant of the center known as Lincoln, announced that it was up and moving. Where? No one, including NYCO, …
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, May 24, 2011
At 6:01 PM this past Saturday, something incredible happened. Nothing. Despite the certantity of the, ahem, "prophet" Harold Camping, that the world was going to end on date-night,…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Here are the winners of this year's 2011 Drama Desk Awards: Outstanding Play Jon Robin Baitz, Other Desert Cities Adam Bock, A Small Fire Stephen Adly Guirgis, The Motherf**ker With the Hat …
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 12:50AM[SHARE]Monday, May 23, 2011
The fries are good, and the burgers are better. But the real reason I love In-N-Out is the secret sauce. And I'm not talking about the stuff they put on their meat.
SOURCE: the Situation at 05:44PM[SHARE]The annual Broadway League report that details the demographics and habits of the audience of Broadway shows around the country was released last week. And, I've got the skinny. Audiences at…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]The following are the Broadway Grosses from the week ending May 22nd, 2011: Show Name GrossGross TotalAttn %Cap AvgPdAdm ANYTHING GOES $735,369 8,240 100.39% $89.24 ARCADIA $213,594 3,867 46…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 10:45AM[SHARE]Saturday, May 21, 2011
Drumroll please . . . . and if you don't have a drum handy, you can use your fingers to tap on your desk . . . The winner of the two free tickets to see By The Way Meet...
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Friday, May 20, 2011
The fries are good, and the burgers are better. But the real reason I love In-N-Out is the secret sauce. And I'm not talking about the stuff they put on their meat. I'm talking about the &qu…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, May 19, 2011
One of the reasons that I love the theater is that no matter where you do it, in high school, your community, or on Broadway, it's a tight-knit family. Yesterday, we lost a member of that fa…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Ok, readers. This is your official rant alert, so look out. Ready? Set? Here goes . . . I went to pick up four tickets to a big budget Broadway show recently that cost me about $500 buckaroo…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, May 17, 2011
. . . Smash. One of the best bits of news to hit Broadway in years happened just last week, when NBC officially ordered episodes of the new pilot entitled, Smash. What's it about? It's about…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Here are this year's Outer Critics Circle Award winners: OUTSTANDING NEW BROADWAY PLAY Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo Good People The Motherf**ker With the Hat **War Horse OUTSTANDING NEW B…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 10:30AM[SHARE]Monday, May 16, 2011
Last year's Tony Party was so much fun, we're having it again! On Sunday, June 12th, you're invited to join us at Blondie's on the Upper West Side (just a few blocks from the actual Tonys) s…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]The following are the Broadway Grosses from the week ending May 15th, 2011: Show Name GrossGross TotalAttn %Cap AvgPdAdm ANYTHING GOES $694,235 8,201 99.91% $84.65 ARCADIA $239,554 3,831 46.…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 10:45AM[SHARE]Saturday, May 14, 2011
Let's do an e-version of the wave for Drew, who is going home with 2 tickets to see Lombardi on Broadway! Drew wins this week's giveaway for his suggestion of a Tiger Woods musical in the st…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Friday, May 13, 2011
Yesterday marked the last day of the annual Broadway League Spring Road Conference, the four-day-long conference for Producers and Presenters from all over the country that's filled with key…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, May 12, 2011
If you asked anyone when the worst weeks of the year are for Broadway, I'd bet you the brand new pre-release of The Book of Mormon CD that I got yesterday the answer you'd hear would be Sept…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, May 11, 2011
I went to see Paul Simon last night. And after the hour and a half set of killer music, we got to the perfunctory encore. Paul came and went a couple more times to tumultuous applause and ga…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Yesterday we talked about how life's many obstacles can get in the way of a customer making a purchase. So today, I thought we'd look at one of those obstacles and try to extract it from the…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Monday, May 9, 2011
The marketing gold star of the week goes to Theaterworks in Hartford, CT for reminding us that one way to get attention for your show is to look at what else your audience is paying attentio…
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