Thursday, July 18, 2013
In my Broadway Investing Seminar, I always take a moment to answer the question “why do people invest in Broadway shows?” There are a bunch of reasons, from going to the opening …
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMWednesday, July 17, 2013
I get breaking news from CNN pushed to my iPhone, as I’m sure a lot of you do as well. And I’ve read some pretty sad things over the years. But for some reason, the death of Co…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMTuesday, July 16, 2013
I walked into a restaurant over the weekend (ok, ok, there may have been buffalo wings on the menu), and it was emptier than a Saturday matinee of Dude. The hostess was reading US Weekly, an…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMMonday, July 15, 2013
I don’t know about you, but I think this Tony Kushner guy has a future. The dude can write. Case in point . . . Remember that giveaway that I announced yesterday for Encores! Off-Ce…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMFriday, July 12, 2013
Think Broadway tickets (and concert tickets and sports tickets) are too expensive? Well, here comes an article from the NY Times which details the new strategy on the concert circuit . . . r…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMThursday, July 11, 2013
Here’s a little known secret out there for all you Producers looking to raise money internationally, and for all you wealthy foreign nationals looking to obtain green card status in ou…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMWednesday, July 10, 2013
You know what I love about David Rockwell? He’s the King of the Crossover, designing everything from hotels like the fabu Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas and restaurants like Nobu to airpor…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMTuesday, July 9, 2013
I love me an amusement park. At least one day every summer, you can find me at Six Flags eating a funnel cake (although we simply called ‘em fried dough back in Mass), and riding the…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMMonday, July 8, 2013
The 10th Anniversary of the New York Theatre Musical Festival is upon us! Boy, it seems like just yesterday I was attending an orientation meeting for Season #1 when Altar Boyz made itR…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMFriday, July 5, 2013
I helped a friend by a car yesterday. Thanks to the world-wide-interwebs, buying a vehicle ain’t like what it used to be. Thanks to websites like Truecar.com, buyers can walk into de…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMThursday, July 4, 2013
As we all take a moment today to celebrate the independence of our wonderful (even though at times dysfunctional) nation, I thought we should also take a moment to celebrate the Independence…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMWednesday, July 3, 2013
I recently found myself at a vacation destination . . . where the local economy is fueled almost entirely by tourists who fly in from places around the world. When I arrived, I was welcomed …
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMTuesday, July 2, 2013
Well, looks-a-daisy what we have here. Gordon Cox at Variety, who thankfully still gets to write about theater even though his publishers have slashed legit coverage like it was a rain fores…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMMonday, July 1, 2013
For the record, non-profit producing ain’t for me. I’ve got a lot of respect for those that can do it well, because just the thought of asking for money from folks with no possib…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMTime for that monthly summary of what got your attention last month here at The Producer’s Perspective The most read post of the month: My Top 6 Favorite Things about the 2013 Tony Aw…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 10:45AMFriday, June 28, 2013
The only party game more fun that YouTubing “people falling down” is watching polished and poised News Anchors f*@# up. They’ve got perfect hair, perfect skin, and speak …
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMThursday, June 27, 2013
Da-da-da-da! (That’s supposed to be a trumpet sound, btw.) The e-envelopes please, because it is time to announce the winners of the 2013 Broadway Marketing Awards, as chosen by you!…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMWednesday, June 26, 2013
It’s the battle of the business publications! In this corner, we have the Harvard Business Review, who in April published “7 Rules for Managing Creative-But-Difficult People.R…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMTuesday, June 25, 2013
I met Richard Matheson in 2001. I was 28 years old. And I hadn’t produced a dang thing. But I had a lot of ideas, and one of them was turning his novel and screenplay, Somewhere in …
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMMonday, June 24, 2013
I popped a rights request off to a major movie studio last week . . . for a semi-popular but mostly-forgotten flick that I think has tuner potential. The response I got from the studio inclu…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMFriday, June 21, 2013
We’ll get to the “fun” part of this Friday post in a paragraph or two, but this first bit ain’t so fun. The world tragically lost the big boss, Mr. James Gandolfini, …
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMThursday, June 20, 2013
I’ve been stewing about titles a lot lately. In fact, the show that I announced on this blog as Garage Band a few months ago, that opens at George Street Playhouse in the fall, is…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMWednesday, June 19, 2013
I did something crazy the other day. I read a newspaper. Not a kindle version. Not the .com version. No. I picked up and read an actual, ink comes off on your fingers, NY Times. (I d…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMTuesday, June 18, 2013
The survey results are in, and here’s your report card on this year’s Tony Awards telecast. 98. 66% of Producer’s Perspective readers watched the Awards On a scale of 1 to …
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMMonday, June 17, 2013
Here’s my rule of three: Whenever I hear the same comment from three or more people, whether that’s “Ken, I don’t like that actor’s costume,” or “Ke…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMFriday, June 14, 2013
It’s that time again! Just when you think Award Season is over, here comes the biggest and baddest . . . and what arguably could be the most important! It’s the 2013 Broadway Mar…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMThursday, June 13, 2013
First, let me say this . . . I love me some Bloomberg. There’s not much that he’s done in his reign over this city that I’ve disagreed with. Shoot, I’m a Coca-Col…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMWednesday, June 12, 2013
For everyone in the biz, the day after the Tonys is a busy one, especially if you have a new show running. Wraps are analyzed, new ads are placed, closing notices are prepped . . . and all…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMMonday, June 10, 2013
And just like that, the night that so many of us look forward to more than Christmas and our birthdays, is over. Another Tony Awards is in the books. The speeches are done. The parties…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMFriday, June 7, 2013
Oh man, it’s so dang exciting! Just 48 hours until Broadway’s big day, when a whole bunch of artists’ dreams will come true, and salary quotes will go up. But who will be tak…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMThursday, June 6, 2013
I write a lot of blogs with statistics and strategies . . . and this ain’t one of them. See, I’m writing this blog from the lobby of Portland Center Stage (it’s an amazing …
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