33 stories by "Jodi Schoenbrun Carter"
Just saw the over-the-top “Today” feature on a certain shall-not-be-named Broadway show that has been in the news just a little bit this week.
This may hit close to home for some theatre folks. Some will be offended. Some will get that it is healthy to laugh at ourselves. An Honest Theatrical Playbill by Daniel Falk Here ar…
Yesterday afternoon I was shocked when the ratings came out that Sunday’s night’s award fest with a little over 6M viewers was the lowest rated telecast since 1992. Really? A…
So here are my thoughts on TONY AWARDS " unedited while watching the show – so typos and grammatical errors don’t count in this post.. In spirit of the show's goals, I have rated…
Tonight, CBS will broadcast the TONY AWARDS. This ceremony used to celebrate Broadway's (notice I didn't say theatre's) best.  Now it is a really long commercial for shows that are on…
The big news of the week on Broadway is that the 2011-2012 season closed with record-breaking box office. I found this a bit heart-breaking. Why, you ask? Simple, attendance held steady …
Yesterday, in a very “needy girlfriend” kind of way, I coyly posted on twitter and facebook that I was thinking of blogging again. Which wasn’t really true. At 3am that mor…
A free picture collage by Smilebox Thanks for reading! Jodi Post from: off-stage rightWishing you the best of the holiday season and a wonderful 2012 No related posts.Thanks for reading! Jo…
Just saw the over-the-top "Today" feature on a certain shall-not-be-named Broadway show that has been in the news just a little bit this week (yes, I am purposefully avoiding Google alerts h…
I just finished reading John Heilemann and Mark Halperin's Game Change: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime. Certainly an intriguing read and well worth the …
Regular readers of Off-Stage Right might have noticed a whole new look to the site. I hope you will let me know what you think. I am quite excited about it! The best part of the …
First and foremost this post is a lesson to myself. This evening I had just finished writing out a nice long post on customer service and promptly knocked the battery out of my netbook a…
The Los Angeles Times reported some sad news yesterday, but not the least bit surprising. News like this was coming for a while now it was just a question of which major theatre would be…
I love those moments in life when you stop briefly, look around and say "wow, this is my life." For me there are more or less two themes to these moments " New York and theatre. I can be wal…
I certainly have written a lot about the under-representation women in theatre theatre, and I think great strides are being made to work on the problem. Here is an example of folks makin…
Earlier today I was listening to the GLEE soundtrack and got to the songs from the Mash-ups episode. It got me thinking, most music mash-ups (the combining of two songs) end up being cra…
Just like the rest of the world I hope 2010 will bring " on a global scale " peace and prosperity to all. I know that's a tough one, but I am holding out for it. For the theatre world, I…
William Hanney seems to be on a mission to convert failed nonprofit producing theatre companies into working ventures. He came to my attention during the on-going negotiations in Stratford, …
First and foremost, Happy Thanksgiving! It's difficult not to think of all of the things I have to be grateful for. They far out weigh any of the things in my life that I…
So today I got a little angry hearing for the umpteenth time about some theatre complaining about not getting the audience they wanted to get. Okay a little angry is an understatement.…
Recently I witnessed a major CEO speaking at a relatively informal event. This CEO had been making all the rounds trying to reposition a well-known brand. While speaking with thi…
Rocco's address last month at the Grantmakers in the Arts conference got a lot of attention. Here is the entire text. Good read. Thanks for reading! Jodi Post from: off-st…
I actually use Twitter a lot in my day to day life, mostly for work. Whether I am tweeting about a show I am working on and therefore promoting, looking for topics to blog about or jus…
Over at marketing guru Seth's Blog a few days, I read the below and it has stuck in my mind for a while. The platform vs. the eyeballs This might be the most subtle yet importa…
In addition to a fabulous production of Morris Panych's Vigil (playing at the DR2 in Union Square " get tickets while you can right here), I have been spending day and night with the …
