Friday, September 19, 2014
Shows about sports are usually hard sells. Â When we’ve got females making the majority of the ticket purchasing decision, it’s easy to see why. Â As much as I’d want t…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, September 18, 2014
In case you haven't heard, about two years ago I turned into one of those annoying golfers. You know the ones . . . they watch it on TV, they read golf magazines, and they wear golf attire e…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, September 17, 2014
The Off Broadway Alliance always tackles the hard topics. On Sunday, September 28th, the OBA is holding one of their informational monthly panel discussions . . . but this one is about the q…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, September 16, 2014
A lot of folks come into my office with musicals underneath their arm. Â Some need rewrites, some need readings, and many need actual productions. Â Of course, that’s the hardest a…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Monday, September 15, 2014
Last weekend, my grocery bill at a Ralphs grocery store in LA was thirty cents higher than the food costs.  Why? I forgot to bring my reusable bags and had to “buy” three p…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Friday, September 12, 2014
I'm in midair as I type this blog, flying back from my honeymoon in Hawaii, where I lived like a tourist for the last 10 days. Going on vacation is always great for relaxing and re-energizin…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, September 11, 2014
Sometimes I think the success of a movie should be measured not in awards and box office grosses, but in the number of memorable quotes that become pop culture cliches. If that were reall…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, September 10, 2014
Like really mad. Â I wasn’t mean to them or anything. Â I didn’t insult them or even punch them in the face. Â They just didn’t like the way I did something, that act…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, September 9, 2014
I’ve been on my honeymoon in Hawaii for a week now, and my new wife and I have done everything together from surfing lessons to a luau to 36 holes of golf in one day (am I a lucky guy …
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Monday, September 8, 2014
You know what makes Google so powerful? No, it’s not the billions of dollars.  It’s the billions of bits of data. Knowledge is power.  And the more you know, the m…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Friday, September 5, 2014
Calling all ‘shmen! Don’t worry, no hazing happening here. Â Just a fun video from Carnegie Mellon’s class of 2017 aimed at all those new BFA students around the country …
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, September 4, 2014
Before I dive in to today’s post, let me clear the tropical air. Â Yes, I am on my honeymoon . . . in Hawaii . . . And yes, I am bloggin’ from the beach. Â Why? Â Well, fir…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, September 3, 2014
You know where the biggest stage in the world is? I’ll give you a hint. It’s not on Broadway. It’s not in the West End. It’s in Washington, DC. The American political…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, September 2, 2014
Back in my early high school years, before the Gods of the Theater had really taken hold of my soul, I was a sports nut. And I used to look forward to this one time of year when all the majo…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Monday, September 1, 2014
To most people in the US, Labor Day means one thing. Â A day off. It’s a day of BBQs that signal the end of summer, back to school, and no more summer Fridays. When I first entered t…
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 10 Shows that Stand Out at the Fringe – 2014…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 10:45AM[SHARE]Friday, August 29, 2014
If you’re like me, and you get your daily weather report from The Weather Channel’s Weather.com, then you might think the sky is falling. Â Literally. Take a look at the headli…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, August 28, 2014
I knew there was a reason I was a McDonald’s fan. Burger King made a Whopper-sized announcement this week that they are buying Tim Hortons, another processed food parts chain, and m…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, August 27, 2014
I’m a salt-a-holic. I’m not as bad as my little bro, who salts his bacon hamburgers, but I’m still pretty bad. Â I’ll add extra salt to things like, oh McDonaldR…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, August 26, 2014
It seems like just yesterday we were talking about Hugh Jackman’s hoppin’ through the opening number of the Tony Awards, and now . . . the 1st quarter of the 2014-15 season is ov…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Monday, August 25, 2014
Based on the number of likes I got when I Facebooked the news about the soon-to-be-built Broadway theater (2018 anyone?), you all like love the idea. But is it really a good idea? Before …
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]The following are the Broadway grosses for the week ending August 24th, 2014.
The Broadway grosses are courtesy of The Broadway League
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SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 10:45AM[SHARE]Friday, August 22, 2014
Theater Owners have always had awesome power.  But in the past couple of decades that power has only grown, as the overall business has grown (since theater owners get a % of the gross…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, August 21, 2014
I’ve attended a lot of ad meetings in my couple of decades workin’ on The Great White Way, and they can be quite a party, let me tell you. One show I worked on had about seventee…
SOURCE: theproducersperspective.com at 11:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, August 20, 2014
A reader asked me recently what I spend most of my day as a Producer doing. “Is it analyzing ticket trends? Â Making budgets? Â Schmoozing agents to get their stars to do your show…
SOURCE: theproducersperspective.com at 11:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, August 19, 2014
My favorite NY slice place had a shark-infused spotlight thrown on it recently when it made an appearance in the highly anticipated sequel, Sharknado II. How do I know? Well it’s no…
SOURCE: theproducersperspective.com at 11:00AM[SHARE]Monday, August 18, 2014
I get my NY Times Sunday Arts and Leisure section delivered to me on Thursday.  Yep, in case you didn’t know, the sections of the Sunday Times that aren’t “headlin…
SOURCE: theproducersperspective.com at 11:00AM[SHARE]Sunday, August 17, 2014
Since our giveaway of a week of free theater rent was such a big hit, I thought I’d try to help out all you emerging artists and producers out there with a different kind of freebie sp…
SOURCE: theproducersperspective.com at 11:00AM[SHARE]Saturday, August 16, 2014
Well, if someone out there is going to produce a 90s musical, then we got your song list, courtesy of your entries into this week’s giveaway, right here. Although, honestly, and maybe …
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