The Book of Mormon Comes to South Park: A Fan-Made Video by Ken Davenport

From Their Own Mouths: The Ghostlight Awards Acceptance Speeches. by Ken Davenport

The reason we held the first annual Ghostlight Awards was to shine the spotlight on the people in the wings, in the pits and working front of house at the forty Broadway theaters in to…

Hard Times for a Hardbody. by Ken Davenport

A scandal and an outrage has been brewin’ out of town over the last few days ’bout a show from last season that didn’t last too long on the boards. I’m talkin’ …

The Nominees for the 2014 Broadway Marketing Awards are . . . by Ken Davenport

And you thought award season was over. Bahahahahaha. Awards season ain’t over until The Fat Lady sings the nominees for the most important awards of all . . . the awards that actually …

Ghostlight Awards 2013-2014 Best Stage Manager by Ken Davenport

Ghostlight Awards 2013-2014 Best Musician by Ken Davenport

Ghostlight Awards 2013-2014 Best Usher by Ken Davenport

Ghostlight Awards 2013-2014 Best Stagehand by Ken Davenport

Ghostlight Awards 2013-2014 Best Concessions/Bar Staff by Ken Davenport

Ghostlight Awards 2013-2014 Best Musical Director by Ken Davenport

Ghostlight Awards 2013-2014 Best Child Guardian by Ken Davenport

Ghostlight Awards 2013-2014 Best Dresser by Ken Davenport

Ghostlight Awards 2013-2014 Best Dance Captain by Ken Davenport

Ghostlight Awards 2013-2014 Best Company Manager by Ken Davenport

The Sunday Giveaway: Two NYMF Silver Passes! by Ken Davenport

Remember that time NYMF used to be in the fall? Not anymore! In 2012, the New York Musical Theatre Festival, the world’s most popular festival exclusively for the development of new mu…

Who won the tickets to Black Stars of the Great White Way at Carnegie Hall? by Ken Davenport

You should all be concert promoters. For this week’s giveaway, I challenged you all to come up with a trio of performers (living or dead) for a one-night-only concert, and I can honest…

Why my site needed a makeover. And why yours may too. by Ken Davenport

So, whadda ya think? Do you like the new look of the blog?  (If you’re reading this blog via email, click here to check out my fresh new summer look!) Believe it or don’t beli…

Why I'll never sell umbrellas for a living. by Ken Davenport

Every time it pours down rain in our fair New York City, a bunch of pop-up umbrella shops emerge on every street corner. I used to give those hungry weather watchers a lot of credit.  The…

Three Things Broadway can learn from The World Cup. by Ken Davenport

Gooaaaaaaaaaaaaaal! Is it just me or has everyone gone World Cup Crazy? It’s been four years since the last Cup, and I don’t remember the volume of the soccer conversation in thi…

What Broadway customer service and a teapot have in common. by Ken Davenport

Back in the frigid cold of January (remember that single degree nonsense?), we announced the opening of The Davenport Theatre, named after my dear old grandpa, Delbert Essex Davenport (we ju…

What did you think about this year's Tony Awards? Survey says . . . by Ken Davenport

As we’ve done for the last several years, the morning after The Tony Awards, we put together a survey to find out what you, the passionate Broadway lover, thought about the Tony Awards…

Tony Voter Turnout, and Actual Voters, Could Make a Difference - NYTimes.com by Ken Davenport

"The Tonys are rigged." I've heard that phrase uttered many times by a bunch of my producing peers. Of course, I've usually heard it on Tony night, a couple hours after the last winners …

The Post Tony Fallout: 2 Less Awards and a Few More Trophies by Ken Davenport

Post Tony Fallout used to mean which shows would close after the Producers did their analyses of their Monday sales, with many praying for bumps from the telecast before, or a ton of awards …

Why I'm going to start producing movies. by Ken Davenport

In case you missed it, a show closed recently without ever having opened. Back before all the Tony Award hoopla, the Broadway bound production of Titanic hit an iceberg.  (Ironicall…

Tony Pool Winner Announced! And how did me, you, and our Psychic do? by Ken Davenport

Okey dokey smokey, the accounting firm of the Davenport Theatrical Interns has finished their audit of our Tony Pool entries and they have selected a winner. But first, How did I do? Eh. I m…

It's our 3rd Annual 10 Minute Play Contest! You can win $500! by Ken Davenport

Were you inspired by the Tonys?  Did it make you want to get out and audition for something?  Produce something? Or . . . drumroll please . . . write something? Have we got that someth…

My Top 5 Favorite Moments of the 2014 Tony Awards by Ken Davenport

Well, that’s it.  Put a fork in the 2013-14 season, because she is done.  Now that the 2014 Tony Awards have been dished out, it’s time for everyone in the industry to dish…

My predictions, your predictions (and a psychic's) for the 2014 Tony Awards! by Ken Davenport

The Friday before the Tony Awards. It’s the last chance for water cooler talk about who will win, until Monday morning when the cooler chitter chatter will be all about who won . . . a…

A Producer's greatest mistake. by Ken Davenport

"Can you repeat that?" I asked, even though I had heard the question perfectly clear. "What's the biggest mistake a Producer or an Entrepreneur can make?" I think the reason I didn't want to…

Why I'm producing It's Only A Play on Broadway. by Ken Davenport

A bunch of years ago I looked into commissioning a playwright to write a backstage comedy about the business of Broadway. More specifically,  I wanted this play set at a Broadway ad me…

How often do the Drama Desk and Outer Critics Winners predict the Tony Award winners? by Ken Davenport

It’s inevitable. When you have a set of awards that precede a bigger set of awards, people start asking . . . “Does the winner of the first mean that they are a shoe-in for the s…