Sunday, August 28, 2011
Hurricane Irene was downgraded to Tropical Storm Irene on Aug. 28 as sun began to filter through thick clouds by noon. Mass transit remains shut down on Sunday, as do Broadway and many Off-B…
SOURCE: Playbill at 06:11PMHurricane Irene was downgraded to Tropical Storm Irene on Aug. 28 as sun began to filter through thick clouds by noon. Mass transit remains shut down on Sunday, as do Broadway and many Off-B…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:50AMSaturday, August 27, 2011
I had a bunch of Godspell meetings set for today, including a financial update with my GM and a preview of our costume sketches with our Director, but this very rude young lady named Irene…
SOURCE: Day By Day: The Producer’s Perspective at 09:00PMFriday, August 26, 2011
Danny Goldstein took a break from our last day of auditions (and we mean it this time – because we did find our last Godspell cast member today – look for an announcement next we…
SOURCE: Day By Day: The Producer’s Perspective at 09:00PMThursday, August 25, 2011
We released another set of cast members today, adding the uberly talented threesome of Lindsay Mendez, Celisse Henderson and Wallace Smith (our Judas!) to the company. (It was tough keep …
SOURCE: Day By Day: The Producer’s Perspective at 09:00PMCelisse Henderson of the Wicked national tour, Lindsay Mendez of Broadway's Everyday Rapture and Wallace Smith of Broadway's American Idiot have joined the cast of the new Broadway p…
SOURCE: Playbill at 07:06PMThe box office at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre, which will be the home to the upcoming Broadway premiere of the new play The Mountaintop, opened for business Aug. 25.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:30PMA celebration of the life and work of Broadway producer Randall L. Wreghitt will be held 1 PM Sept. 15 at Broadway's Shubert Theatre. Friends, colleagues and family will gather to rememb…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:13AMWednesday, August 24, 2011
If ever a Producer tells you their show is for “everyone” . . . run. An important part of a Producer’s job is to realize exactly who the audience is for their show, classif…
SOURCE: Day By Day: The Producer’s Perspective at 09:00PMThe Ghostlight Records cast album for the acclaimed Tony Award-winning new Broadway production of Cole Porter's Anything Goes hit No. 1 on iTunes' Soundtrack Chart Aug. 23, the same …
SOURCE: Playbill at 01:05PMTuesday, August 23, 2011
Before you could purchase tickets on your computer, iPhone, iPad, microwave, (ok, maybe not your microwave . . . yet), the opening of a Box Office was quite a big deal. It’ll never hav…
SOURCE: Day By Day: The Producer’s Perspective at 09:00PMTricks the Devil Taught Me, the new play written and directed by Tony Georges, will end its Off-Broadway run following the evening performance on Aug. 28 at the Minetta Lane. It opened Aug. …
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:00AMMonday, August 22, 2011
Remember that Group Sales event I talked about on day 70? (If not, click here). It was today! We had a sound check this morning, followed by the luncheon for hundreds and hundreds of Stude…
SOURCE: Day By Day: The Producer’s Perspective at 09:00PMSunday, August 21, 2011
We’re 53 days away from the first preview, but only 22 days away from our first rehearsal. And that means, we’re going to need lots of hands on deck . . . and soon. I got my star…
SOURCE: Day By Day: The Producer’s Perspective at 09:00PMA cast album for the new Broadway revival of Follies is shaping up to be the Rialto's worst-keep secret this week. Cast members have leaked the news via Tweets and Facebook postings. The…
SOURCE: Playbill at 11:44AMSaturday, August 20, 2011
What’s great about working with incredibly creative people, is that every day by day in production, new and exciting ideas are born. I call it these ideas “Wouldn’t it be…
SOURCE: Day By Day: The Producer’s Perspective at 09:00PMFriday, August 19, 2011
Broadway demographic studies show that 65% of the Broadway audience is from “out-of-town”. Those 65% can’t all stay with friends, right? So they stay in hotels. And w…
SOURCE: Day By Day: The Producer’s Perspective at 09:00PMThursday, August 18, 2011
Our Set Design team and Technical Supervisors will make several trips to the scene shop during the build process to make sure that everything is proceeding according to the “plans.R…
SOURCE: Day By Day: The Producer’s Perspective at 09:00PMJames Barbour, who was announced to star as Frank 'N' Furter in The Old Globe's new production of The Rocky Horror Show, has exited the cult favorite due to family matters, it wa…
SOURCE: Playbill at 05:16PMWednesday, August 17, 2011
After Monday’s production meeting, a “sight-line” sub-committee was formed. Today, that group (including our TD team, Director Danny Goldstein, General Management, and ou…
SOURCE: Day By Day: The Producer’s Perspective at 09:00PMTuesday, August 16, 2011
We added four more cast members to the Godspell line-up today. In addition to the previously announced Hunter Parrish, early this AM we issued a press release to all outlets announcing tha…
SOURCE: Day By Day: The Producer’s Perspective at 09:00PMMonday, August 15, 2011
There have been lots of Godspell meetings going on over the last several weeks, months, and even years (it was two years ago that Stephen Schwartz, Danny Goldstein and I first met) . . . but…
SOURCE: Day By Day: The Producer’s Perspective at 09:00PMSunday, August 14, 2011
Anyone that runs a business that depends on investors to fund that business needs to have a good plan of how to keep those important people up-to-date on the happenings of the company. For…
SOURCE: Day By Day: The Producer’s Perspective at 09:00PMSaturday, August 13, 2011
There are all sorts of ways to get press and raise awareness for a Broadway show like Godspell. The most typical methods are through releasing big news items about your production, (e.g y…
SOURCE: Day By Day: The Producer’s Perspective at 09:00PMFriday, August 12, 2011
Today we got a second round of rates on the Godspell sound and light rental packages. (I often wonder why Broadway houses don’t have some “rep” lighting plots built in li…
SOURCE: Day By Day: The Producer’s Perspective at 09:00PMThursday, August 11, 2011
Even though it’s early in our sales cycle, and we’ve yet to start our primary advertising push (that’ll start post-Labor Day), I spent time today looking at all the tickets…
SOURCE: Day By Day: The Producer’s Perspective at 09:00PMWednesday, August 10, 2011
Remember the press release I was talking about yesterday? Well, it hit the wires early this morning. In case you missed it, today we announced that Hunter Parrish, star of the Showtime ser…
SOURCE: Day By Day: The Producer’s Perspective at 09:00PMThe Stratford Shakespeare Festival's popular Des McAnuff-directed revival of Jesus Christ Superstar, which will move to La Jolla Playhouse in southern California starting in November, ma…
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:10AMTuesday, August 9, 2011
We’re just a few hours away from starting to release information about the cast of Godspell. Deals have been done, and now it’s time to start getting the word out. Jeremy Shaffer…
SOURCE: Day By Day: The Producer’s Perspective at 09:00PMMonday, August 8, 2011
We had a mini-production meeting early this morning, which began with the Set Designer and Director talking through issues, changes, and updates, and then segued to the Lighting Designer, Mr…
SOURCE: Day By Day: The Producer’s Perspective at 09:00PMSunday, August 7, 2011
It may be further than 67 days away, but today I started a rough list of who will be invited to our opening night performance and party. With only just over 700 seats and with a lot of inv…
SOURCE: Day By Day: The Producer’s Perspective at 09:00PM 
