Tuesday, December 6, 2011
The other day I was speaking to a financial planning firm about networking and we came upon the topic of follow up. Following up can be very tricky. If you have a service you provide or if y…
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 10:30AMMonday, November 28, 2011
A number of folks have asked me lately about my consulting services, so below I have outlined exactly what I do. For those of you who love Cyber Monday, here are the deals on each of my serv…
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 12:17PMFriday, November 25, 2011
A very cool TED talk below about motivation. Enjoy! Want to take a class in my new school? Click here. The next Solving for X is coming up. Grab your tickets here. I created an evening versi…
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 10:30AMThursday, November 24, 2011
As another Thanksgiving passes, I wanted to take a quick second to thank those who have been so helpful to me throughout this year. Below are some great people who if you don't know already,…
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 10:30AMWednesday, November 23, 2011
If you haven't read The Tipping Point yet, close this window and do that now. Ok. Welcome back. In this book Gladwell points out the concept of the Law of the Few. In it he states that there…
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 10:30AMTuesday, November 22, 2011
I spent all day yesterday putting the pieces in place and now it's here. For years I have thought about the fact that with my education and experience, I could probably run my own school. Ma…
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 10:30AMFriday, November 18, 2011
A word from all of you. As many of you know, I love to teach and have created a number of great courses. I also realize that many of you love to teach as well and I thought it would...
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 10:30AMThursday, November 17, 2011
The She I'm talking about is Mary Birdsong. And if you have never had the pleasure of seeing her perform or meeting with her, you are missing out. Mary and her friend Matt are producing a sh…
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 11:06AMTuesday, November 15, 2011
Getting back to our series on raising money, I wanted to take a second to discuss the idea of chasing it. It's very easy when you are about to go out and raise to think about the money first…
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 11:24AMMonday, November 14, 2011
My friend Michael always lets me know about some of the best concerts and the one below is no exception. If you love watching musical theatre marvels sing their faces off, you'll want to che…
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 11:31AMFriday, November 11, 2011
It makes the baby go blind. This week's guest blog comes from the uber talented Cara Francis. Take it away Cara! My theater company tells stories. This one is mine: Once, when I was still in…
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 01:35PMTuesday, November 8, 2011
In the past few months I have spent a lot of time getting groups of people together to discuss problems. I have assembled meetings of producers, entrepreneurs, directors, connectors, and a h…
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 04:26PMMonday, November 7, 2011
What if I told you that today and for the next year, I was going to train for a trip to Vegas like I was training for the marathon? That I would hone my skills of pulling a slot machine...
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 11:42AMThursday, November 3, 2011
Last week I made you aware of a big problem and I asked you all to get in touch with Sean and help solve the problem. This week I just got word that Manhattan Theatre Source will soon be clo…
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 10:30AMWednesday, November 2, 2011
As we roll into November, there are a number of things I am excited about. Below is a list. 1. BETH- Tomorrow in RI, Daydream Theatre Company will open a show I wrote called BETH. It will be…
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 12:10PMMonday, October 31, 2011
For many of us, a big part of childhood was dressing up in a funny costume and going from house to house collecting candy (And in some cases Apples and Granola bars) and returning home with …
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 11:53AMThursday, October 27, 2011
This week's awesome person Thursday comes to us courtesy of Victoria Medley. She'll tell us a little about the show, and below is a cool event they are hosting.Take it away Victoria! Like ma…
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 01:04PMWednesday, October 26, 2011
The email below did it. As an educator and an artist, I read the request below from another amazing Indie Theatre supporter and I made a very clear cut decision. There are currently at least…
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 02:39PMTuesday, October 25, 2011
Raising money. It's interesting, I posted an entire series on my system for raising money and still when I sent the survey out this was the most requested topic. So I'll dig in again based o…
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 10:30AMMonday, October 24, 2011
When he's sick in bed and can't blog. Last week I kept trying to fight a cold, but sure enough, it evenetually clobbered me. Thanks to those of you who asked about me. My health is back to n…
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 12:05PMFriday, October 14, 2011
This week's guest blog comes from Lanie Zipoy, An amazing producer who wants to let all the playwrights know about a remarkable new program. Take it away Lanie! "How does one adequately…
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 12:53PMThursday, October 13, 2011
My apologies to those of you who follow the blog on a daily basis. Mom, you can breathe now. I am still alive I am currently General Managing the show Tour De Fierce by The Broadway Dolls an…
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 08:04AMMonday, October 10, 2011
Some of you may remember the class PLAE that I have been teaching for the past three years. One of the challenges I was presented with was that the time commitment of 10 weeks was difficult …
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 11:30AMFriday, October 7, 2011
This week's guest blog comes from Jillian Johnson who is creating work following the start up entrepreneur model. Below is a peek inside of the process. Enjoy. Excelsior! find three things u…
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 10:30AMThursday, October 6, 2011
Yesterday we lost someone who inspired more entrepreneurs than any of us can ever imagine. Below are some videos about this genius. In some of my darkest times, I can hear this voice telling…
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 12:14PMWednesday, October 5, 2011
Given that I spend so much time reading as well as meeting people from all walks of life. I often get introduced to some really cool new things that may not have hit the mainstream yet. Belo…
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 10:30AMTuesday, October 4, 2011
I had mentioned on this blog before about going to the people who are hungry instead of the people who are full, but I wanted to also make you aware of the people who are waving. These days …
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 10:42AMMonday, October 3, 2011
It's that time of year again. Every year I take time to create a survey for all of my blog readers so I can find out what is working and not working on the blog. You can take the survey...
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 10:30AMFriday, September 30, 2011
This week's guest blog comes from Krystle N. Adams, an up and coming film maker. Take it away Krystle! When I was in High School (Professional Performing Arts School), I had an amazing Human…
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 10:30AMThursday, September 29, 2011
This week's Awesome Person Thursday post comes from Domenic Mezzanotte, who also blogs. You can read all about him here. Domenic introduces us to the new group The Tempest Ladies. Take it aw…
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 10:30AMWednesday, September 28, 2011
When I was a kid, I loved going to the store and buying packs of Marvel trading cards. I bought tons of packs and there were even a few instances where I bought an entire box of these cards.…
SOURCE: One Producer in the City at 03:49PM 
