Wednesday, March 20, 2013
I stumbled on this website recently that had a bunch of great tips on writing from folks like David Ogilvy and Henry Miller . . . but it was Ol’ Kurt Vonnegut’s tips on writing a…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMTuesday, March 19, 2013
Before I begin this blog, let me say, I believe brokers have a place in our business. And in most businesses, actually. The free market system should allow an individual or a business to…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMMonday, March 18, 2013
Miss this year’s TEDxBroadway? Curious as to where I got my “takeaways?” Or were you there and do you just miss TEDxBroadway? And now you’re jonesin’ to re-see speakers…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMFriday, March 15, 2013
Whenever I scan a production budget for a new show, and see that hefty figure allocated to the opening night party, the scrooge in me always takes over and wonders, “What if we didn’t ha…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMThursday, March 14, 2013
Thanks to the glorious thing that is cable television, I watched one of my favorite 80s movies over the weekend . . . Wargames . . . starring none other than Nice Work if You Can Get It’s …
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMWednesday, March 13, 2013
Remember that time I said we’d have 10 Finalists for the Macbeth Associate Producer Scholarship? Well, because we received an inbox-clogging several hundred applications, I’m mo…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMTuesday, March 12, 2013
A news alert from my neighbors upstairs! (Did you know I was in the same building as NYMF? Well, ya do now!) NYMF’s annual networking extravaganza is this coming Saturday, March 16…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMMonday, March 11, 2013
A great lesson in business comes to us today from a new company called Pogoseat, who has developed some brand new software that could have a serious application in the theater. Remember that…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMFriday, March 8, 2013
It’s trivia week here at the Producer’s Perspective! Yesterday a Sondheim stat and now take a look at this: We all know that print advertising is on the decline, right? Well, c…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMThursday, March 7, 2013
Everyone knows that the great Mr. S. has had a major impact on the Broadway stage, right? Well, get this. Our office just noticed that there isn’t a show with songs by our “Shake…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMWednesday, March 6, 2013
There’s something you never thought I’d say, right? Well, I didn’t. But Gary Emmanuel, who happens to be one of the brilliant lawyers that made my crowd-funded Broadway pro…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMTuesday, March 5, 2013
It’s been over a week since Seth MacFarlane offended a whole bunch of people (did people expect less?) and Anne Hathaway pi$$ed off a whole bunch of people (did people expect less?) at…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMMonday, March 4, 2013
I remember when I was just starting out in the biz and thought I knew everything about sales. And then I met a box office treasurer and realized I didn’t know nuthin’. Why sure, …
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMFriday, March 1, 2013
Musical theater writers out there are facing the exact same problem that popular music writers/artists faced years ago: the internet has made it waaaaay too easy to steal their work. See, …
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: Wanna be an Associate Producer? Introducing the …
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 10:45AMThursday, February 28, 2013
Yesterday we refuted the notion that the number of new plays and new musicals were on a precipitous decline over the last thirty years. Today we’ve got a couple more graphs for you, bu…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMWednesday, February 27, 2013
I read a quote recently which lamented the fact that there weren’t as many new plays on Broadway anymore. At first, my head started a-nodding in agreement. It’s easy to jump on…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMTuesday, February 26, 2013
I love a Broadway Q3 Report. Cuz it tells me that spring is right around the corner. And spring brings warm weather, warmer hellos from formerly frigid NYers, and higher grosses thanks to …
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMMonday, February 25, 2013
I first met Larry Peyton, the President of Celebrity Attractions, a Tulsa based Presenting and Producing house, in 1999, when I was the Company Manager of the National Tour of Jekyll & H…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMFriday, February 22, 2013
Spoiler alert: If you work at or run a non-profit, I’ll bet you your endowment, you’re not going to like this post. Yesterday I put in a call to a vendor I have not worked with…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMThursday, February 21, 2013
When The Book of Mormon was prepping for its first performance, a lot of folks thought the Mormon Church was prepping for a protest to take place outside the theater. Many industry insiders …
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMWednesday, February 20, 2013
On my birthday last August, I wrote a blog about my concern for the lack of Broadway Producers under the age of 40. Our research indicated that only 8% of the Producers in the Broadway Lea…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMTuesday, February 19, 2013
The Authors of The Book of Mormon were featured in a NY Times article a few weeks ago. If you only read Arts and Leisure then you probably missed it(,) because this 1000 worder was in the …
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMMonday, February 18, 2013
The best stories I’ve read, watched, and listened to have high, obvious and dramatic arcs. The writer(s) start you off slow, and then over the course of a number of pages or a number…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMThe following are the Broadway Grosses from the week ending February 17, 2013: Show Name GrossGross TotalAttn %Cap AvgPaidAdm ANNIE $954,565 10,386 76.01% $91.91 CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF $957,7…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 10:45AMFriday, February 15, 2013
You know what everyone is saying these days, right? If you want to make money on The Broadway, then you gotta have a gimmick star. We here at the ol’ office don’t believe in an…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMThursday, February 14, 2013
My high school didn’t have a football team. And when I tell people that, they’re shocked. ”How could you not have a football team?” Well, we just didn’t. …
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMWednesday, February 13, 2013
Who doesn’t love a little Cirque du Soleil? I remember the first time I saw “O” in Vegas (and yep, I said first time, because I’ve seen in multiple times). I spent …
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMTuesday, February 12, 2013
I was thrilled that Once won the Grammy for Best Musical Theater Album on Sunday night. But it got me thinking . . . is it just a coincidence that the Tony Award winner for Best Musical a…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMMonday, February 11, 2013
Boston used to be one of THE tryout cities (along with New Haven and Philly) for big Broadway musicals. Shows like Funny Girl and Anything Goes all tapped their toes on a Boston stage fi…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMFriday, February 8, 2013
Back in Mid-January, I asked all of you to take a survey about yourself and this blog with the promise that, like in previous years, I’d publish the results right here where you’…
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