All stories by Joe Patti on BroadwayStars

Monday, March 25, 2024

Looking Like The Hero, But Feeling Like The Imposter Of Our Story by Joe Patti

Seth Godin recently made a post reminding us that even those who seem like they are well-established in their career as artists may not feel that secure. He cites an article on a recent docu…

SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 09:36PM
Wednesday, March 20, 2024

Helping People Persuade Themselves by Joe Patti

Seth Godin made a post recently suggesting that the most effective persuasion occurs when we persuade ourselves. The purpose of the memo or the table or the graph or the presentation is to c…

SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 01:33AM
Tuesday, March 19, 2024

Mind Blowing How Much Close Family And Friends Add To Attendance Experience by Joe Patti

Some pretty compelling evidence that we should be encouraging people to participate in arts and cultural activities with family and friends. Colleen Dilenschneider and the folks at IMPACT re…

SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 01:12AM
Wednesday, March 13, 2024

Need To Create Promotional Content Competes With Need To Create Creative Content by Joe Patti

A few years ago I wrote a post about how actors were discovering that how many followers you had on social media was being taken into account during casting decisions. Vox recently had an ar…

SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 11:18PM
Tuesday, March 12, 2024

Getting Into Art Can Require Seeking Something Of Yourself In Art by Joe Patti

Last month Vox had a piece by Courtney Tenz about how to interpret art. It isn’t the sort of article you can simply link a social media post to for your audiences to read. One of Tenz’s …

SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 11:02PM
Monday, March 11, 2024

Some Ticketing Reform Bills Being Manipulated To Benefit Secondary/Speculative Market by Joe Patti

A nod to Erick Deshaun Dorris for the link to a Guardian article about how ticket resellers are leveraging the hatred being directed at Ticketmaster to manipulate legislation to their benefi…

SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 10:42PM
Wednesday, March 6, 2024

The Work Doesn’t Get Any Easier At The Top by Joe Patti

The Chronicle of Philanthropy had an article written by the co-executive directors of the Building Movement Project (BMP) which focuses on non-profit leadership issues. I have been writing a…

SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 02:02AM
Tuesday, March 5, 2024

Customer Centric Marketing Tips All In One Place by Joe Patti

I have been writing about the importance of providing audience focused marketing and experiences for a number of years now. These three links are just representative of  the hundreds of pos…

SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 01:36AM
Wednesday, February 28, 2024

ASL As Part Of The Performance Rather Than Reporting The Performance by Joe Patti

There was a really interesting article in Dance Magazine about artists using American Sign Language (ASL) as part of dance performances or to underscore movement in shows. One choreographer,…

SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 11:54PM
Tuesday, February 27, 2024

No Knitting Backstage In Germany Please by Joe Patti

Rainer Glaap, an arts administrator working in Germany reached out with an update about the publication of his second book whose title translates as Knitting Forbidden! The book covers laws …

SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 11:24PM
Monday, February 26, 2024

20th Anniversary Of Butts In The Seats by Joe Patti

This past Friday, February 23 marked the 20th anniversary of this blog. While Drew McManus often remembers the anniversary better than I do, I did recall the anniversary was coming up prior …

SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 11:02PM
Wednesday, February 21, 2024

Take Care That Mural Isn’t Destroying Instead Of Revitalizing by Joe Patti

I was walking through a building lobby when I noticed a table with a pamphlet discouraging people from painting murals on their brick buildings. My first thought was that this city departmen…

SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 09:06PM

Growing Trust And Confidence In Times Of Decline by Joe Patti

Seth Godin recently made a post citing a Brookings Institution survey series that showed a decline in confidence in multiple institutions and companies since 2018.   Godin notes that some …

SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 02:54AM
Monday, February 19, 2024

Who Will Make Classical Music The Next Old Spice? by Joe Patti

So hattip to Ruth Hartt who linked to a piece by David Taylor who argues that we shouldn’t be linking the lack of music education in schools to diminishing audiences for classical music. H…

SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 08:18PM
Thursday, February 15, 2024

Intricate Historic Valentines by Joe Patti

I happened across an Aeon article earlier this month featuring a video by the Victoria and Albert Museum displaying and discussing Valentine’s Day. I thought folks might enjoy learning abo…

SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 12:36AM
Wednesday, February 14, 2024

Secret Lonely Lives Of Arts Loving Kids by Joe Patti

Artsjournal.com linked to a Hudson Review piece by poet and former NEA Chair, Dana Gioia, talking about how he became entranced by opera and classical music as a child, but realized it was n…

SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 06:32PM
Tuesday, February 13, 2024

Don’t Be Too Quick To Paint That Mural by Joe Patti

One of the ways communities are using arts and creativity to revitalize buildings and downtown districts are murals on buildings. However, not all surfaces are suited for murals. The best in…

SOURCE: artshacker.com at 03:00AM
Monday, February 12, 2024

What Other Dwindling Skillsets Threaten Arts and Culture? by Joe Patti

Last August, I called attention to the dwindling number of qualified piano tuners posing a threat to arts organizations’ ability to host concerts.  Along those same lines, Artsjournal.com…

SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 11:48PM
Tuesday, February 6, 2024

Pay Attention To New Spam Policies Going Into Effect This Month by Joe Patti

Last month Drew McManus posted on ArtsHacker warning about changes that Yahoo and Gmail are implementing this month that will shunt a greater number of emails to spam folders unless you take…

SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 09:48PM
Monday, February 5, 2024

Music To Your Beers by Joe Patti

I was kinda thrilled to hear the melodious voice of conductor Bill Eddins on the Marketplace Morning Report this morning. Bill had written the Sticks and Drones blog here on Inside the Arts …

SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 09:24PM
Thursday, February 1, 2024

Enrolled In Ones Work by Joe Patti

Yesterday I cited a Seth Godin post about rethinking how we measure work productivity.  Around the same time he made a post along the same lines noting that while strictly following instruc…

SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 01:42AM
Wednesday, January 31, 2024

The Measurement Used Can Alter The Impact Of Your Work by Joe Patti

Long time readers know that I resist the use of economic impact as a measure of value for arts and culture for many reasons. The late potter-philosopher Carter Gillies was really effective i…

SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 01:18AM
Tuesday, January 30, 2024

Will Congestion Pricing Further Depress Broadway Attendance From NYC Suburbs? by Joe Patti

Just before Christmas Broadway producer Ken Davenport called attention to an issue which may or may not impact Broadway attendance starting later this year. Starting this Spring, congestion …

SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 12:54AM
Wednesday, January 24, 2024

Artists, They Aren’t Making The Community Any Worse by Joe Patti

Title of the post today is intentionally leveraging a statement in a study conducted by Jennifer Novak-Leonard and Rachel Skaggs for the National Endowment for the Arts of public perception …

SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 10:48PM
Tuesday, January 23, 2024

Hiring A Fun Coach Like A Physical Trainer by Joe Patti

Last week, NPR Reporter Andrew Limbong interviewed Catherine Price, author of The Power of Fun: How to Feel Alive Again. Limbong observed that while he has the impulse to roll his eyes at th…

SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 10:36PM
Monday, January 22, 2024

Supermarket Self-Checkout And Loyalty by Joe Patti

I came across a study conducted by researchers at Drexel University , (well one is an alum that teaches at University of San Diego), on whether using the self-checkout lane at a supermarket …

SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 10:12PM
Thursday, January 18, 2024

Cleveland Ballet Issues Turned Out To Be Much Bigger Than Initially Suspected by Joe Patti

Back in November, I had written about allegations of harassment by the administration of the Cleveland Ballet of one of their teachers due to body weight issues. I thought that would more or…

SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 08:48AM
Wednesday, January 17, 2024

Guaranteed Basic Income Programs Seem To Benefit Those With Concrete Goals by Joe Patti

Long time readers know I tend to pay attention to news about guaranteed basic income programs, particularly those that have artists as a target group. Thanks to a CityLab link to a story on …

SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 02:36PM
Tuesday, January 16, 2024

It Ain’t Easy Being Public Art by Joe Patti

I think Art in Public Places staff for any community have one of the most difficult jobs in the arts, particularly when it comes to public perception of the job they do.  While everyone acc…

SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 02:02AM
Thursday, January 11, 2024

Kids Making Modern Art Less Intimidating For Adults by Joe Patti

I came across a link to a post on the Alliance of American Art Museums website about the Clyfford Still Museum’s efforts to make their facility a welcoming option for bringing kids as youn…

SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 12:06AM
Tuesday, January 9, 2024

Many Moving Pieces Means Many Opportunities To Remove Friction by Joe Patti

One thing I like about Broadway producer Ken Davenport is that he is constantly trying to identify barriers to attending shows on Broadway. Not just his, but any show. He has the rising tide…

SOURCE: insidethearts.com at 11:48PM

All that Chat

2024-2025 BROADWAY SEASON
Jun 05, 2024: Home - Todd Haimes Theatre
Jul 11, 2024: Oh, Mary! - Lyceum Theatre
Jul 30, 2024: Job - Hayes Theater
Sep 12, 2024: The Roommate - Booth Theatre
Nov 14, 2024: Tammy Faye - Palace Theatre
Dec 12, 2024: Cult of Love - Hayes Theater
Dec 19, 2024: Gypsy - Majestic Theatre
Mar 17, 2025: Purpose - Hayes Theater
Apr 01, 2025: Glengarry Glen Ross
Apr 10, 2025: Smash - Imperial Theatre
TBA: Titanic
TBA: Ragtime