Friday, October 4, 2013
Winning a Best Musical Tony is one thing . . . but recouping? Nothing gets me more excited than recouping a show, because recouping means three things to a Broadway Producer: It means you di…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMThursday, October 3, 2013
Like so many others, there was time when I was addicted to my Crackberry. I can still hear the click-click-click of those keys. And the only time my thumbs were in better shape was in 1988…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMWednesday, October 2, 2013
Effin’ politicians. Just when you think things can’t get any worse, they do. Like Cats and Dogs and Jets and Sharks, these guys just can’t seem to get along. And it just …
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMTuesday, October 1, 2013
I’ve been spending a lot of time in the fraternity-filled town of New Brunswick, New Jersey these past couple of weeks, rehearsing / teching / opening Gettin’ The Band Back Toge…
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: After Nine Awesome years . . . The most commented o…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 10:45AMMonday, September 30, 2013
Most people think that the greatest inventors or creators in the world are hit by lightning bolts of inspiration that cause them to come up with a successful product. I’ve heard many…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMFriday, September 27, 2013
I’ve been looking to do a “10 Qs” post by a Broadway General Manager for a long time. But it’s taken a looooong a$$ time, because they are all so dang busy. Why? …
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMThursday, September 26, 2013
You probably think that the subject of this blog is about our declining attendance rate. But it’s not. In fact, it’s the kind of blog that reminds you that declining or rising at…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMWednesday, September 25, 2013
The Off Broadway Alliance is out to educate y0u once again. This Sunday, September 29th, the OBA (the organization behind the very successful 20at20 promotion) is sponsoring an awesome pane…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMTuesday, September 24, 2013
The crowdfunding event I spoke at last week was held at the infamous Players Club in Gramercy Park. If you’re not familiar with The Players, it’s a schamncy members-only org fo…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMMonday, September 23, 2013
Great blog title right? Before you go patting me on the back, let me tell you that I didn’t write it. It was written by a PR and Communications Pro in Washington who has “never t…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMFriday, September 20, 2013
If you haven’t been reading the blog day-in and day-out over the last week, let me do a little wrap up for you. In the last 7 or so days, I’ve . . . Announced that I signed on …
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMThursday, September 19, 2013
Everyone in the world of investing, whether that means Broadway investing or Hedge Fund investing or Early Hungarian Cabinetmaking investing, has been talking about crowdfunding since the JO…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMWednesday, September 18, 2013
Back in early June, I blogged about a change in the Gmail inbox that you are probably all very aware of by now – the separation of your inbox into three categories: primary, social, …
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMTuesday, September 17, 2013
Last week, Mark Gordon and Hawk Koch, the Presidents of The Producers Guild (the Hollywood version of The Broadway League), called the 40+ names of Producers on The Butler ”embarrass…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMMonday, September 16, 2013
The Awesome 80s Prom was my very first show in New York. After a decade of Company Managing and General Managing Broadway shows and National Tours and dreaming about creating my own, I jumpe…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 10:30AMFriday, September 13, 2013
Alright Procrastinators . . . did you accomplish that New Year’s Resolution of yours to finish your musical? I hope so, because the New York Musical Theatre Festival’s submissi…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMThursday, September 12, 2013
On Tuesday, I tweeted that I had just signed on to be an above-the-title Producer on a new Broadway show arriving this season (in just a few months actually). Now that the ink is drying on t…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMWednesday, September 11, 2013
If you’ve taken a stroll down the middle of Times Square lately, you may have noticed that a huge chunk of the street has been ripped up around 42nd street. It looks like this: …
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMTuesday, September 10, 2013
Oh, how different things were just a few years ago. When I was brainstorming creative ways to raise money for Godspell that were aligned with the creative message of the show (Godspell is …
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMMonday, September 9, 2013
I have a man crush on Bob Greenblatt. I first met him back in the day, when he was still at Showtime, and producing 9 to 5 in his spare time (I mean, that’s a seriously successful mul…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMFriday, September 6, 2013
Yesterday, we looked at some nasty-a$$ numbers about the first quarter of the Broadway season. And, as you may recall, it got me a little jittery. So, I put a whole bunch of numbers into a g…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMThursday, September 5, 2013
I just didn’t want to admit it. I didn’t want to admit that summer was over, which is why I flew by the end of Broadway’s first 13-week cycle last week without my usual blo…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMWednesday, September 4, 2013
I was getting out of the subway this morning and thinking, “What will I write about for tomorrow’s blog?” when StubHub slapped me in the face. On the West side of Broadway,…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMTuesday, September 3, 2013
I’m going to make a little wager. If you’re reading this blog, then I’ll bet that you’re a planner. Come on, admit it . . . you’re an organizer, with to-do-li…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMMonday, September 2, 2013
Happy L-Day, PPers. It’s easy to believe the old cliché out there that all Producers are union-hating organizer-busters. And it’s easy to believe that all card carrying member…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMSunday, September 1, 2013
Time for that monthly summary of what got your attention last month here at The Producer’s Perspective The most read post of the month: 10 Shows that Stand Out at the Fringe – 2013 The …
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 10:45AMFriday, August 30, 2013
If you’re producing a show, then you should have merch. I don’t care how small of a show it is, or where it is, or even what it is. With the cost of production so cheap these…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMThursday, August 29, 2013
Say goodbye to the tourists. After Labor Day, they’ll check out of the city, and they won’t be back for some time. We’ll see a few in the middle of October, and a few ar…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMWednesday, August 28, 2013
In case you’ve been living under a rock, that’s under a rock, that’s under a mountain of rocks, you have probably heard that Miley Cyrus turned some heads on Sunday night w…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMTuesday, August 27, 2013
I owe you an apology. Because this blog, and its related seminar, is at least a year in the making. Ever since I started teaching my Get Your Show Off The Ground and Broadway Investing 101 S…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM 
