Monday, January 24, 2011
When I was in Company Manager school, I was taught, never, ever, at the risk of being punished by the ATPAM Gods of Broadway, give money back to an audience member asking for a refund . . . …
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 11:00AM[SHARE]Sunday, January 23, 2011
One of my New Year's Resolutions was to figure out more ways to thank all of you for reading and tweeting and liking the blog . . . which is why I've come up with The Sunday Giveaway! Every …
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 11:00AM[SHARE]Friday, January 21, 2011
If I had a nickel for every time I heard someone say that theater tickets were too expensive, well, I have enough money to buy two theater tickets! It's true, it's true, Broadway and Off-Bro…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 11:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, January 20, 2011
I was honored to have been asked to speak on a panel about marketing last night at The Women's Project. During the panel, search marketing and organic rankings came up as a Producer expresse…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 11:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Randy Adams and Sue Frost, last year's Producers of the Year, recently announced that Memphis, their Cinderella story of a musical that has already surprised the industry with its no-stars B…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 11:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, January 18, 2011
The following are the Broadway Grosses from the week ending January 16, 2011: Show Name GrossGross TotalAttn %Cap AvgPdAdm AMERICAN IDIOT $619,525 9,322 68.18% $66.46 BILLY ELLIOT: THE MUSIC…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 02:14PM[SHARE]This past weekend was the debut of the road tour of the Get Your Show Off The Ground Seminar. First stop . . . Chicago! And even though it was colder than a popsicle in Sarah Palin's home st…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 11:00AM[SHARE]Monday, January 17, 2011
But I loved Ellen Stewart. The theater industry lost a major maverick last week when Ellen Stewart, the founder of the historically edgy La Mama theater passed away way too soon . . . at 91.…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 11:00AM[SHARE]Saturday, January 15, 2011
I don't usually write blogs on Saturdays. And I'm not going to write one today. You're going to . . . Here's the idea. I like to tell people that I have the smartest and most passionate read…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 11:00AM[SHARE]Friday, January 14, 2011
I asked one of my staffers to come up with some ideas for a project we were preparing today. She's a quick thinker, so she snapped back a few quick ideas that were all good. I responded, ask…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 11:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, January 13, 2011
Another interesting annual report from the Broadway League was released yesterday, and it has nothing with Broadway in NYC. This report details the economic impact that Broadway had on the n…
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I noticed a billboard on 7th Avenue the other day that I hadn't seen before. I snapped a picture so you could see what it was advertising. Yep, it's pitching . . . Telecharge, the official t…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 11:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Oh Spidey . . . you just can't keep your name out of the papers. And, based on the 1.8 million bucks you did over Christmas week, I bet you're starting not to care. The latest bit of publici…
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The following are the Broadway Grosses from the week ending January 9, 2011: Show Name GrossGross TotalAttn %Cap AvgPdAdm A FREE MAN OF COLOR $286,415 5,485 65.74% $52.22 A LITTLE NIGHT MUSI…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 05:00PM[SHARE]We've got three separate Get Your Show Off The Ground seminars in January in three separate cities. I'm so excited to hear about the different challenges and obstacles that producers and wri…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 11:00AM[SHARE]Friday, January 7, 2011
My office is right next to the Eugene O'Neill theater, home to the recently departed Fela!, home to the soon-to-arrive Book of Morman, and the permanent home of Chris Beck, the Property Mast…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 11:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, January 6, 2011
Broadway is a risky investment. Duh. But Broadway can also be 'wicked' profitable. Double-duh. But here's the question that I'd like to see answered . . . because if the answer is what I thi…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 11:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, January 5, 2011
In the Op-Ed section of the January 1st edition of the NY Times, far from the Arts pages, was a great piece from the daughter of the Producer of one of the most infamous flops in Broadway hi…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 11:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, January 4, 2011
For the past three years, I've had Producer's Perspective socials here in NYC. And they've been a blast. They're a chance for all different kinds of people with one thing in common (a love o…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 11:00AM[SHARE]Monday, January 3, 2011
The following are the Broadway Grosses from the week ending January 3, 2011: Show Name GrossGross TotalAttn %Cap AvgPdAdm A FREE MAN OF COLOR $236,459 4,460 53.45% $53.02 A LITTLE NIGHT MUSI…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 04:59PM[SHARE]Before I start off the new bloggin' year, I want to look back to see what posts were the most read of the last 365 days. Why? Because I'm a believer that if blog falls in the woods, and noon…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 11:00AM[SHARE]Friday, December 31, 2010
It's the end of the month already, which means it's time for our new feature: the most read and most commented on posts of the previous month. So, here you go: The most read post of the mont…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 11:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, December 30, 2010
Drumroll please . . . YOUR votes have been counted and you have selected your 2010 Broadway Producers of the Year. . . Randy Adams and Sue Frost, the producers of Memphis! Big congrats go ou…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 11:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, December 29, 2010
It's the time of year for the ol' look back. What memorable moments have the last 12 months brought us that could help define the next 12 months? Here are my top 10 Broadway moments for 2010…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 11:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, December 28, 2010
The following are the Broadway Grosses from the week ending Dec. 26, 2010: Show Name GrossGross TotalAttn %Cap AvgPdAdm A FREE MAN OF COLOR $143,850 3,640 43.62% $39.52 A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC …
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 12:16PM[SHARE]I was doing about 70 MPH down the West Side Highway last week when I heard a public service announcement commercial on the radio about the New York City speed limit of . . . 30 MPH. "Ye…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 11:00AM[SHARE]Monday, December 27, 2010
Ahhhh, memories. I was just thinking about my days of doing dinner theater in Baltimore (pre-The Wire). Every once in a while we used to do these things called "Post-Shows". The ca…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 11:00AM[SHARE]Saturday, December 25, 2010
iTunes revolutionized how music is consumed by satisfying our culture’s increasing demand for instant gratification. Â Want a song? Â Click. Â Bam. Â Boom. Â It’s on yo…
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I had the pleasure of hearing Patricia Martin speak a few weeks ago on the topic of her book about the RenGen and what it could mean for the theater. Well, the good peeps at Steppenwolf Thea…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 11:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, December 23, 2010
17 years ago, a lot of people thought a little policy called "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" was a good idea. And yesterday, President Obama (thankfully) threw it out. There are a lot of r…
SOURCE: feedproxy.google.com at 11:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, December 22, 2010
Yesterday, I listed the ETA's most performed plays and musicals in high schools. What surprised so many people about this list was that the play that topped even Shakespeare for the number o…
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