Friday, July 17, 2015
Ok, now we get to the good stuff. Yesterday, we talked all about the all-important reserve in Broadway Budgets, and how they are used and when they are used (and how we all dream of doing sh…
Linked From The Producer's Perspective at 10:35PMThursday, July 16, 2015
Before we decide if Broadway shows need bigger reserves, we should probably define what a reserve actually is. As I described in Breakin’ Down a Broadway Budget, a reserve is a chunk …
Linked From The Producer's Perspective at 09:19PMWednesday, July 15, 2015
Based on the emails I get, I know that a lot of you are looking to work in this sexy biatch of an industry. I know, I know, it seems so cool, and fun and mysterious. It’s a very clos…
Linked From The Producer's Perspective at 01:20PMMonday, July 13, 2015
The following are the Broadway grosses for the week ending July 12th, 2015.
The Broadway grosses are courtesy of The Broadway League
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Linked From The Producer's Perspective at 10:35PMIt’s quite symbolic that the TKTS booth is in the center of Times Square. Because TDF, the company that runs the booth, is a core part of our industry. What started out as a simple …
Linked From The Producer's Perspective at 11:46AMFriday, July 10, 2015
I must confess. I read the NY Post. It all started because I was reading Broadway gossip columnist (and former podcast guest), Michael Riedel. But then, well, I got sucked into their tab…
Linked From The Producer's Perspective at 05:23PMThursday, July 9, 2015
My staff and I got into a conversation at our last Fun Food Friday (every so often, we order pizza on Fridays and shoot the sausage and peppers) all about the Pulitzer. What kind of shows w…
Linked From The Producer's Perspective at 09:49PMWednesday, July 8, 2015
You guys love you some marketing. I don’t know what it was, but we had a record number of votes for this year’s Broadway Marketing Awards . . . and I’m not talking about ju…
Linked From The Producer's Perspective at 08:31PMTuesday, July 7, 2015
You know me . . . I’m an analysis guy. Before I make a decision, I do research, study charts, and conduct focus groups. Heck, I even dial test. And despite my innate desire for copio…
Linked From The Producer's Perspective at 01:47PMMonday, July 6, 2015
The following are the Broadway grosses for the week ending July 5th, 2015.
The Broadway grosses are courtesy of The Broadway League
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Linked From The Producer's Perspective at 05:01PMThis season put a lot of new hits on the boards, but none of them bigger than An American in Paris, which grossed a whopping $1.4mm last week (and I expect that number will get bigger as we…
Linked From The Producer's Perspective at 12:11PMFriday, July 3, 2015
There’s a lot of things to whine about in this one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. The health care system is still a mess. We disagree about things like why…
Linked From The Producer's Perspective at 04:51PMThursday, July 2, 2015
I’ve been thinking a lot about adapting movies into musicals these days. Maybe it’s because we’ve got a couple movie-turned-musicals coming up this season. Or maybe it&…
Linked From The Producer's Perspective at 08:13PMWednesday, July 1, 2015
Every day there seems to be another article crackin’ on the work ethic of the millennial. They jump from job to job, they check their Facebook more than they check their work email, …
Linked From The Producer's Perspective at 10:54PMMonday, June 29, 2015
I bet you think you know exactly who Ben Brantley is, don’t you? You’ve read him for years, and in your mind, you’ve come up with some character to go along with his all-i…
Linked From The Producer's Perspective at 07:18PMThursday, June 25, 2015
And you thought Award Season was over. Bahahahahaha! It’s that time, people and publicists. Time for the 2014-2015 Broadway Marketing Awards. Advertisers & Marketers are some of …
Linked From The Producer's Perspective at 12:45PMWednesday, June 24, 2015
A very influential individual who is about to make an appearance on my podcast said to me recently, “Don’t make predictions, because if you’re wrong, you get fired.”…
Linked From The Producer's Perspective at 09:15PMTuesday, June 23, 2015
Get ready to swipe right, y’all . . . cuz if you’re a writer, you’re gonna wanna get hooked up with this. It’s our Annual Davenport Theatrical Collaborator Speed Da…
Linked From The Producer's Perspective at 07:39PMMonday, June 22, 2015
“What I really need is an agent.” I’ve heard so many people say this over the years, including myself when I was acting back in the Clinton Era (the Bill Clinton era that is). For so m…
Linked From The Producer's Perspective at 07:01PMFriday, June 19, 2015
As if people weren’t talking about the future of theatrical criticism and reviewers enough . . . In today’s Yelp-ian society, legitimate theatrical criticism has waned, with a n…
Linked From The Producer's Perspective at 02:24PMThursday, June 18, 2015
I’m a big time goal setter. I set little goals, medium sized goals, and giant Moby Dick–like whoppers. And I go after all of ’em like Ahab. More often than not, I hit …
Linked From The Producer's Perspective at 01:23PMWednesday, June 17, 2015
I was asked to speak about how I raise money for shows a couple of weeks ago, and I was reminded about a simple tip that I’ve been using for years. See, during the Q&A portion of …
Linked From The Producer's Perspective at 03:45PMTuesday, June 16, 2015
Before I get to the results of my Tony Awards Telecast Satisfaction Survey, let’s start with a little data about the survey itself. I’ve been doing these surveys for five years…
Linked From The Producer's Perspective at 06:52PMMonday, June 15, 2015
If you have ever produced a workshop, been in a workshop, or just considered using the Actors’ Equity Association workshop contract, you should send you a thank you note to John Bregli…
Linked From The Producer's Perspective at 07:47PMSaturday, June 13, 2015
. . . until someone made a musical out of Game of Thrones. Luckily that someone was Coldplay. I had a super heady blog to write for today, but man, it seems like everyone is still a little h…
Linked From The Producer's Perspective at 11:17AMThursday, June 11, 2015
Now that the champagne bottles have been recycled, and those “Rent the Runway” dresses have been returned, it’s time to look at what happened on Sunday with an objective ey…
Linked From The Producer's Perspective at 05:10PMWednesday, June 10, 2015
Ok, now that all that Tony nonsense is out of the way, we can get back to our regularly scheduled podcast program. Where was I? Ok . . . How do shows get out on the road? Is it because o…
Linked From The Producer's Perspective at 07:22PMTuesday, June 9, 2015
Alright ladies and gentle-blog readers, it’s time to announce who is taking home that fancy dancy Apple Watch! But before we announce the winner . . . If you remember, last Friday I po…
Linked From The Producer's Perspective at 11:53AMFriday, June 5, 2015
When it comes to spending money for shows, my philosophy is this . . . get the very best, for the very least. Simple, right? Get the best for the audience, and save the most for the inv…
Linked From The Producer's Perspective at 10:52PMIf you run into someone you know on the street, the conversation usually starts like this . . . “Hey NAME . . . how are you?” Right? Well, run into someone you know in the Broadw…
Linked From The Producer's Perspective at 10:52PMTuesday, June 2, 2015
I’ll admit it. I’m obsessed with infographics. I like reading ‘em. And I like making ‘em. Ok, truth time, I like telling my Assistant, Dylan, to make them. …
Linked From The Producer's Perspective at 01:06PM 
