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 …
SOURCE: theproducersperspective.com at 11:00AM[SHARE]Friday, August 15, 2014
The following is the definition of an accredited investor directly from the SEC.gov website.  The bolded bullet points below are the definitions that apply most often to Broadway Inves…
SOURCE: theproducersperspective.com at 11:41AM[SHARE]Yesterday was a big day for the Broadway Investing underworld. I say “underworld,” because it wasn’t too long ago that in order to invest in a Broadway show, you had to kno…
SOURCE: theproducersperspective.com at 11:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, August 14, 2014
I’m moving. After eight years and five different spaces in my current office building on 49th Street, I’m getting out. Ok, well, the truth is, they’re kicking us out. Â M…
SOURCE: theproducersperspective.com at 11:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, August 13, 2014
If you’ve ever produced a show, you know that when it’s over, you’re left with a lot of #@$%. I remember heading to the strike of one show I worked on and seeing a moose…
SOURCE: theproducersperspective.com at 11:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, August 12, 2014
Some people remember exactly where they were when JFK was killed, or when the planes hit the towers. I remember exactly where I was when Robin Williams first made me laugh. I was ten, and do…
SOURCE: theproducersperspective.com at 11:00AM[SHARE]Monday, August 11, 2014
I read an interesting blog and an even more interesting book recently about how to introduce a new product to the marketplace.  Now, granted, these publications were talking abou…
SOURCE: theproducersperspective.com at 11:00AM[SHARE]Sunday, August 10, 2014
Oh it was about 7 or so years ago now when I got a call from an agent in LA asking me if I’d meet with someone who was working on this “80s Rock Show Thingee” that had sold…
SOURCE: theproducersperspective.com at 11:00AM[SHARE]Saturday, August 9, 2014
Funky Cologne! Fire Power!  Or my favorite . . . Spicy Nachos! All of those were examples of your fictional translations of the words Fuerza Bruta! (It’s funny, because when I we…
SOURCE: theproducersperspective.com at 11:00AM[SHARE]Friday, August 8, 2014
One of my bloggin’ missions this year was to give you what you want. So back in the frigid month of January (remember that nonsense?) I wrote a blog asking you specifically “what…
SOURCE: theproducersperspective.com at 11:00AM[SHARE]Thursday, August 7, 2014
Everyone knows we’ve got a theater availability problem on Broadway. Â But what’s causing it? Like most business trends or any trend for that matter, our theater crunch isnR…
SOURCE: theproducersperspective.com at 11:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, August 6, 2014
One of the reasons I crowdfunded Godspell years ago was because I had this theory.  I believed that there were throngs of people in the world who were interested in investing in Broadw…
SOURCE: theproducersperspective.com at 11:00AM[SHARE]Tuesday, August 5, 2014
Did you guess ‘em? I’ll give you a hint.  My two least favorite words are not, “Didn’t Recoup.” (Which is technically three words anyway.) And surprisingl…
SOURCE: theproducersperspective.com at 11:00AM[SHARE]Monday, August 4, 2014
Some people like to read Stephen King or John Grisham novels in the summertime. You know what I like to read? The Fringe Festival catalog! Oh, man, there’s nothing like downloading tha…
SOURCE: theproducersperspective.com at 11:00AM[SHARE]Sunday, August 3, 2014
Bruta is back! In case you missed the Off Broadway sensation Fuerza Bruta the first time it came around, well, be glad you did because it’s back and “new and improved.” …
SOURCE: theproducersperspective.com at 11:00AM[SHARE]Saturday, August 2, 2014
We had almost as many entries to this week’s contest as there are Fringe shows! As has become a custom, you’ve come up with some super ideas for VIP perks for theatergoers. Â S…
SOURCE: theproducersperspective.com at 11:00AM[SHARE]Friday, August 1, 2014
The Broadway administrative hierarchy can be a confusing one. To help answer a few readers’ questions, I used my favorite analogy to describe the duties of a General Manager on a Broad…
SOURCE: theproducersperspective.com 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 AND the most commented on post of the month:Â Sure You Get a Refu…
SOURCE: theproducersperspective.com at 10:45AM[SHARE]Thursday, July 31, 2014
I love me some Florida Georgia Line. See, about six months ago I came down with a serious case of country-music-itis – which means I’ve become very familiar with phrases like …
SOURCE: theproducersperspective.com at 11:00AM[SHARE]Wednesday, July 30, 2014
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