Play "Will It Recoup?" and you can win $500! by Ken Davenport

It’s back!!! After a three year hiatus, we have revived my Broadway fantasy game “Will It Recoup?” just in time for the spring season. What you say?  You don’…

Podcast Episode #5 " Marketing Magic with The Wizard of Spotco, Drew Hodges. by Ken Davenport

Sure you can study marketing in school.  You can even read books about it like I do. But there’s really only one way to master Broadway marketing, and that’s to do it.  And…

Fun on a Friday: Techies get all musical on us. by Ken Davenport

If you thought yesterday’s blog was a little nerdified, wait until you hear about this. Every year, there’s this massive tech festival in Vegas called the Consumer Electronics Sh…

CES The Musical by Ken Davenport

If Grand Masters do it, so should you. by Ken Davenport

Nerd alert! I like chess. In fact, there was a time when I was a member of the Manhattan Chess Club.  I even took lessons from this guy, who at one point in his incredible career beat Bob…

A bust of a blizzard but what would you have done? by Ken Davenport

I woke up this morning half hoping to see mountains of snow in the streets, and people cross country skiing down 5th Avenue (I’ve seen that twice before in my twenty plus years in the …

5 Ways to sell tickets on a Snow Day. by Ken Davenport

You’ve worked so hard advertising your show, and then wham-bam-thank-you-sir-may-I-have-another, in comes Mother Nature to remind you who’s the boss. As you probably know, Broadw…

Podcast Episode #4 " Tony Award winning playwright Terrence McNally explains it all. by Ken Davenport

I first met Terrence McNally when I was the Associate Company Manager on Ragtime, although I felt like I had known him for years before.  There’s just something about his work . …

How to put the New York Times critics in your pocket. by Ken Davenport

Like it or not, reviews matter. And if you’re interested in the business of Broadway (which I gotta assume you are), then knowing what the reviewers say about all the shows on Broad…

This Sunday, It's Off Broadway Shark Tank! by Ken Davenport

They beat me to it. I’ve been brainstorming a way to do a live Broadway Shark Tank, and were just getting ready to firm up the details, when, leave it to those crafty folks over at the…

6 Reasons why the State of the Union is like Opening Night of a Broadway Show. by Ken Davenport

Politics is one of the greatest stages in the world.  And every year, we see one helluva show when the President addresses Congress and The Country World with his State of the Union addre…

This is not a dog. Or Ceci n'est pas un chien. by Ken Davenport

Made ya look, didn’t it? The dog in the photo on this blog, artistically frozen in mid walk, stands outside the 72nd Street Subway Station, making passerbys (like this producer-blogger…

Podcast Episode #3 " Broadway General Manager Nina Lannan on managing and more. by Ken Davenport

I’m one of the fortunate folks who have had the pleasure of working for Broadway GM and Executive Producer Nina Lannan, when I held the Company Manager post on Thoroughly Modern Mil…

Why a book writer is called a book writer and not . . . by Ken Davenport

I’m going to tickle your toes with a little tease right now . . . I just recorded Episode #4 of my Podcast with the living legend that is Terrence McNally, and when it hits the web-wav…

I'd like to take credit for this . . . by Ken Davenport

. . . but it wasn’t all me. Almost a year ago, I posted a ranty blog about those annoying alarms on subway emergency doors that never alerted anyone of an emergency.  “Enfo…

5 Ways to make your Off Broadway show work. by Ken Davenport

Off Broadway is dead. I’ve heard that from so many people in the last five years (irony in my use of that phrase, intended). And the good news is that it’s not dead. Is it sic…

Where oh where are the commercial Off Broadway shows? by Ken Davenport

They got the headline wrong. At the tail end of last year, Playbill posted an article entitled “Spring 2015 Off Broadway Preview,” which you can read here. If I was the editor of…

THE PRODUCER'S PERSPECTIVE PODCAST: EPISODE 2 " CHARLOTTE ST. MARTIN by Ken Davenport

I’m so thrilled at the terrific response I got from my very first podcast.  I’ve gotten so many emails all I can think is that I let you down by not doing this for you soon…

Fun on a Friday: How to tell if you're a musical nerd. by Ken Davenport

I’m a Musical Theater nerd.  I’ll admit it. How do I know?  Well it might be because I used to frame every single Playbill . . . and ticket stub . . . and cut out the pictu…

On Broadway, your competitor can also be your partner. by Ken Davenport

Out of nowhere, Andrew Lloyd Webber announced a super high profile project last month to open this fall at the Winter Garden Theatre, the same theater where he and his feline friends s…

Sure, These Broadway Shows Recouped! But Why? A By the Numbers Infographic. by Ken Davenport

I got such terrific feedback from our Best Musical Infographic that broke down the similarities and differences of the Best Musical Tony Award Winners of the last twenty years, that I had…

Introducing The Producer's Perspective PODCAST! by Ken Davenport

I tweet-teased this a few weeks ago, but now it is officially official.  The Producer’s Perspective Podcast is live! I’ve been wanting to start a Podcast for a couple of years…

My Top 10 Broadway Predictions for 2015. by Ken Davenport

We’re a day into the New Year . . . only 364 days to go until the ball drops and turns us sweet 2016! And oh so much can happen in that year!  It’s just full of unknown possib…

The Top 10 Most Read Producer's Perspective Blogs of 2014 by Ken Davenport

Another year is in the history books.  And another year is in the bloggin’ books! I don’t know about you, but at the close of every annum I like to take stock of what I’…

My Top 10 Biggest Broadway Moments of 2014 by Ken Davenport

There are just a few hours left in the 15th year of the 21st century.  And, as with all years, there have been ups and downs, and even a few sideways.  And while I’m a guy that l…

And the 2014 Broadway Producer of the Year is . . . by Ken Davenport

We had a record breaking number of votes for this year’s Broadway Producer of the Year, and with this year’s crop of nominees, I’m not surprised.  We had big corporation…

5 Reasons Why I Loved The Into The Woods Movie. by Ken Davenport

Like so many folks out there, seeing a movie on Christmas day has become a tradition.  I’m not sure when movie goin’ on 12/25 became such a thing, but it has (and it says a lo…

Meryl Streep singing "Stay With Me" from Into The Woods by Ken Davenport

Enjoy, Meryl.  And then get the recording here.  

My Holiday card to you . . . by Ken Davenport

Whatever holiday you celebrate or even if you don't celebrate a holiday, I hope today is filled with fun and family . . . and no "drama." :-)

What I want from Santa Claus this Broadway Christmas. by Ken Davenport

My Mom is the best. I’m in my 4th decade now, and still, every year right after Thanksgiving she shoots me an email and says, “What does my boy want from Santa this Christmas?…

Are you getting a lot of "donate now" emails? by Ken Davenport

I don’t know about you, but my inbox and mailbox are filled with requests for cash donations from all sorts of non-profits, charities, etc.  Why do they come in such a high volum…