Thursday, June 7, 2012
Pizza! If you live in the city, you're going to find pizza on every corner and if you step inside of any of those shops, you're also going to find really good pizza and really bad pizza. Not…
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 11:49AMTuesday, June 5, 2012
Last night I was out with a group of producers and we were having a conversation about the developmental steps for shows. There were a number of stories of people spending way too much on a …
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 10:30AMMonday, June 4, 2012
If I had to identify the one thing that taught me the most about producing when I first got started it was doing internships and volunteering for projects. It was a great opportunity for me …
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 10:30AMFriday, June 1, 2012
This week's guest blog comes from my good friend Lenny Schwartz. What I admire so much about Lenny is that he's always writing and exploring new territory. His list of work is so impressive …
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 10:30AMThursday, May 31, 2012
Back in July of 2011 I received an email from a young woman who was really excited about a reading of a new play in the Midtown International Theatre Festival. I was struck by the email beca…
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 10:30AMWednesday, May 30, 2012
One of the most common concerns I hear from clients is that they feel they can't get beyond their existing customer base. Whether it involves raising money and they are trying to get beyond …
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 10:30AMTuesday, May 29, 2012
This memorial day weekend a whole slew of deals were made. And I'm willing to bet very few of them were around a conference table. They happened on boats, at barbeques, and most likely by sw…
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 10:30AMFriday, May 25, 2012
This week since my guest blogger cant make it, I wanted to make you all aware of some great projects and causes that could use the support of readers like you. A few notes about support: 1. …
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 10:26AMThursday, May 24, 2012
This week's A.P.T. is the film Baby Lu by new up and coming film maker Emily Ray Reese. Below Emily tells about her story and how that story has translated into a film. As a new producer, sh…
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 10:30AMWednesday, May 23, 2012
One of the shows that I enjoy watching when I have some precious downtime is NCIS. It's one of those murder mystery military things that ends up doing marathons on cable every other weekend.…
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 10:30AMTuesday, May 22, 2012
It's ok. We all have been there, myself included. About a year ago, I wasn't sure what was happening with my new business. I was pulled in so many directions that I wasn't really even sure w…
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 10:30AMMonday, May 21, 2012
We all have them, especially in an arts related field. Bad gigs. Someone asks us to come on board with a project and it looks pretty good from the outside, but once we sign on, it turns into…
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 10:30AMWednesday, May 16, 2012
We're switching it up a bit and giving a Wednesday guest blog. This is Patrick Soluri who's going to tell you all about throwing a great party. Take it away Patrick! As a composer and music …
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 10:32AMTuesday, May 15, 2012
We've all had those days where we set out to get something done and without warning everything seemed to go wrong. The file took too long to download We got stuck on the subway The paperwork…
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 10:44AMMonday, May 14, 2012
Old habits die hard. When I was young I hated cleaning my room. As a result, it would often get so messy, you couldn't even get in there. (Sorry, Mom) Once it got to be so ridiculous that it…
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 10:30AMFriday, May 11, 2012
This week's guest blog highlights the T. Schreiber studio who is taking on the challenge of producing a musical. Below are some great bits of wisdom from producer director Barb Kielhofer. Ta…
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 11:11AMThursday, May 10, 2012
This week's A.P.T. is devoted to the talented Tom Wojtunik. I had the pleasure of seeing a production of Children of Eden at APAC where he currently serves as the artistic director and was t…
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 12:00PMWednesday, May 9, 2012
In looking back at a lot of the work I've done I've discovered something interesting that I wanted to share with all of you. When something is a few months away, it's really easy to see it a…
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 10:30AMThursday, May 3, 2012
This week's A.P.T. is devoted to the awesome Matt Hoverman. I have had the honor of producing with many of Matt's students and their shows are always engaging, powerful, and thought-provokin…
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 10:30AMWednesday, May 2, 2012
When I was a kid, I loved legos. There was something about building a car or a helicopter, or a castle that made me smile. What was the most fun was when I would take a batch from the castle…
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 10:30AMThursday, April 26, 2012
This week's A.P.T. is dedicated to make sure you all know about the amazing organization Opening Act. I had the pleasure of sitting down with their deputy director and hear about the incredi…
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 10:30AMMonday, April 23, 2012
Last week I did a contest where you could win five free business books. Congrats to all of those who entered. This morning I picked the winner out of a hat and the lucky winner is: John Koll…
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 12:34PMWednesday, April 18, 2012
Many folks say that Life is a highway and some even sing about it. I also think it's important to view your career path as a highway and to recognize that there is more than one lane. You ma…
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 07:00AMTuesday, April 17, 2012
On Saturday, a new group came together to take Solving for X, the networking class I have been teaching for the past year. It was a particularly inspiring group, so I thought I'd share with …
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 10:30AMMonday, April 16, 2012
So while I was out of town last week, I did a lot of reading in my travels and each of the books I read were very helpful. I wanted to share those books with you all today. I would...
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 10:30AMThursday, April 12, 2012
It's always great when you get to work with a talented director, but it's even cooler when that talented director also becomes a talented entrepreneur with an awesome new business. That's wh…
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 10:30AMWednesday, April 11, 2012
And here is my take on how to use those business cards: A card is like a kiss So the past few days I have been out at a number of events with networking opportunities and in each of them...
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 10:30AMTuesday, April 10, 2012
This was one of the favorites for my readers and deserves repeating. I also often use this one in many of my talks. Enjoy. Excelsior! Make the water rise Yesterday I sat down for a meeting w…
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 10:30AMMonday, April 9, 2012
For those of you who do not know, I am out of town for the next couple of days and as a result of this, I will not be at a place where I can get to a computer easily....
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 06:44PMFriday, April 6, 2012
This week's guest blog comes from my friend Sam Fortenbaugh who provides some very good advice about protecting your work. Take it away Sam! BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE Of all the things I have l…
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 10:30AMThursday, April 5, 2012
Being a playwright myself, I am always thrilled when I come across companies that support the work of new playwrights, so I was super psyched to see what the folks at Page 73 are up to. If y…
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 10:30AM 
