Monday, May 25, 2015
90% of the people reading this blog today won’t be doing it from work. Because you’ve got the day off! Woo-hoo! Happy Memorial Day, right? Now that we’re done celebra…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMFriday, May 22, 2015
You’re one of the few people who will read this blog today. Don’t fret, it’s not because Broadway isn’t cool anymore, or because people are mad at me, it’s sim…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMThursday, May 21, 2015
Spoiler alert! I was a big fan of Mad Men for the first several seasons. The series started with my favorite foundation for a story line for any drama (remember this, kiddos): show th…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMWednesday, May 20, 2015
When a Broadway show recoups its capitalization, the Producer and the Press Agent scream it from the hills like they were Mel Gibson in Braveheart going into battle. “Recooooooooou…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMTuesday, May 19, 2015
“What the heck was that?” I wondered silently. “It feels like there’s a leak, coming from the corner of my eye. There’s some sort of liquid coming . . . wait …
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMMonday, May 18, 2015
One of the reasons I started this podcast is because I was getting tired of the sound of my own voice typing. I wanted to hear other people’s perspectives. And I wanted you to hea…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMFriday, May 15, 2015
After a very well received workshop, and after Side Show posted a premature closing notice, Something Rotten! pulled out of their out-of-town tryout to come straight in to Broadway. How&…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMThursday, May 14, 2015
You thought I forgot about these, didn’t ya? Usually after one of my “Get Your Show Off The Ground” seminars, I post five takeaways that I think may appeal to all of you (c…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMTuesday, May 12, 2015
I only applied to five colleges. And ironically, I didn’t graduate from any of them. I spent a year at Johns Hopkins University as a pre-law dude and ended up spending more time doin…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMMonday, May 11, 2015
Joseph, Evita, Chess . . . Beauty and the Mother-Humpin’ Beast. These are just a few of the shows that Sir Timothy Rice wrote the lyrics to (obviously I got a little excited about that…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMFriday, May 8, 2015
Leave it to Avenue Q. The little-show-that-could, which is now in its 12th year in New York, after besting Wicked for the Tony, running six years on Broadway and now in its sixth Off Broadwa…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMThursday, May 7, 2015
I fell for the hype. You all know about my rule of three. If three people go out of their way to tell me about something, then I listen. That rule applies to recommended books, people to t…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMWednesday, May 6, 2015
I was lunching with an ex-big time Broadway dancer last week (who has since moved on to become a big time business guy) and I asked him how he managed to break into the chorus lines of so m…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMMonday, May 4, 2015
I met the award winning actor and author Charles Busch (The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife, Vampire Lesbians of Sodom, etc.) just a couple of weeks ago, and immediately asked him to do m…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMFriday, May 1, 2015
What I love about all TED Talks is that they’re great to just put on while you’re munching on your turkey on rye or your Caesar salad wrap or your 10 piece McNugget meal with ext…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMThursday, April 30, 2015
Yesterday we came to grips with the fact that not everyone out there is going to like you. And in today’s era of the empowered consumer, angry customers no longer have to sit down an…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMWednesday, April 29, 2015
Let’s play a game. Below is a quote from an actual Yelp review of a Broadway show. Guess which one: The storyline was predictable and weak and quite BORING. I was totally falling asl…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMTuesday, April 28, 2015
Whew. The 2015 Tony Nominations are finally out. Everyone can breathe now. Well, everyone can breathe unless you’re in Harvey Weinstein’s office. Those guys and gals might wa…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMMonday, April 27, 2015
It wasn’t too long ago that there were only two advertising agencies that serviced the bulk of Broadway shows. Then Elizabeth Furze came to town. “Liz” is the co-head of AK…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMFriday, April 24, 2015
There are a lot of people that are going to have a sleepless weekend. How can you relax if you’re just days away from finding out if you’re gonna get nominated for a Tony Award…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:28AMThursday, April 23, 2015
We get a lot of script submissions. Sometimes they are emailed to us. Sometimes they get mailed to us. Sometimes they get pressed on us when we’re at an industry event (I don’t…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMWednesday, April 22, 2015
You remember the BlackBerry? It wasn’t too long ago that the BlackBerry was the coolest device around. I wanted one big time. And when I had one, I thought I was the hippest cat ar…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMMonday, April 20, 2015
You might think a podcast featuring one of the most powerful casting directors in the biz is just for the actors out there. And why sure, if you’re an actor, you’re going to hea…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMFriday, April 17, 2015
When it was announced that James Corden was taking over The Late Late Show I cried a little. Why was I so verklempt? Because when I saw Jimbo in One Man, Two Guvnors I remember thinking, …
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMThursday, April 16, 2015
You ever cruise Facebook or Twitter, and see a page that hasn’t been updated in awhile? And I’m not talking days or weeks . . . but months . . . years even. You know what I&#…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMWednesday, April 15, 2015
The truth is . . . I love me some Lloyd Webber. Whether we’re talking old school JCS or Joseph, the classic Phantom (the first Broadway show I ever saw), the uber-romantic Aspects…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMTuesday, April 14, 2015
Were you surprised??? On Sunday, Hillary Clinton announced that she was running for President! This is my shocked face. Ok, so no one was taken aback by the news . . . but some folks wer…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMMonday, April 13, 2015
One of the first people that a Broadway Producer hires when he or she sets out to produce a show is his or her attorney. So, I thought it was about time we heard from one. It’s a fasci…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMFriday, April 10, 2015
Hundreds entered. Only ten remain. This is . . . The Davenport Songwriting Games! Dum-dum-dum. This is it. The day we announce the ten finalists in my Second Annual Songwriting Contest.…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMThursday, April 9, 2015
I got an email from a blog reader three weeks and four days ago, asking me the simple question of what I thought the definition of that crazy french-formed word, “entrepreneur,”…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMWednesday, April 8, 2015
You know what this past Monday was? That’s right . . . it was opening day for the 2015 Major League Baseball season. Everywhere I went, people were talking about it. I woke up to DJ…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM 
