2,068 stories by "Ken Davenport"
A producer's job is to get people in a room. Even if that room is a Facebook group! In case you missed the news, we started a free Facebook group for TheaterMakers! Writers, directors, a…
ESTIMATED LISTENING TIME OF THIS EPISODE: 12 Minutes  LISTEN WHEREVER YOU LISTEN TO PODCASTS: The Producer's Perspective Broadway Podcast Network Spotify Apple Podcasts Google Podcas…
In case you missed the news last week, there was indeed a winner this year for the Pulitzer Prize in Drama! (There have been several years where the award was not given " and in a year where…
Here's what TheaterMakers were talking about this week . . . Â 1 " Bob Fosse's Dancin' Will Return to Broadway Next Season A 'contemporary celebration' of Bob Fosse's legacy is heading ba…
Maybe it was because I was about to turn 30. Or maybe it was because Raul Esparza, Amy Spanger and Jerry Dixon gave some of the best performances I've seen. Or maybe it was because I so w…
 Here's what TheaterMakers were talking about this week . . .  1 " Jordan Fisher Will Return to Dear Evan Hansen on Broadway When It Reopens The Broadway production will resume its r…
I didn't sleep much in my 20s. And 30s. And whenever I'm in tech. I worked into the wee hours. It was lonely in my apartment (being an artrepreneur often is, am I right?), so I kept the tele…
My mission is to get more theater out into the world. Because I believe the world is a better place if there is more theater in it. One of the most successful tools in this initiative …
ESTIMATED LISTENING TIME OF THIS EPISODE:Â 15 Minutes LISTEN WHEREVER YOU LISTEN TO PODCASTS: The Producer's Perspective Broadway Podcast Network Spotify Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Am…
I've been working on Broadway for 2.5 decades now, and a lot of things have changed over those years . . . from the types of lights we use, to how our customers order our tickets . . . and t…
I call myself an ahole in this podcast episode. Why Becausein my desire to put a spotlight on the business of Broadway, and give you a peek into the professions who aren't always front and c…
If you asked me what the one area in the theater I know the least about is, it would be Hair and Wig Design. That's why I decided to do something about it and ask one of the best in the biz …
If you asked me what the one area in the theater I know the least about is, it would be Hair and Wig Design. That's why I decided to do something about it and ask one of the best in the biz …
That was a fast 13 weeks, wasn’t it?  Feels like just yesterday our hair was blown back when Fun Home took home the Tony Award.  But alas, alack, time marches on, and the s…
Sometimes I think we throw around the words “Tony Winner” like it’s the latest teen speak like “OMG” or “Hashtag.” The fact is the Tony Awards on…
Theaters don’t stay dark too long these days.  Even the ones that are tougher to fill. I was the Associate Company Manager of the original production of Ragtime at the Lyric Thea…
When I was a pre-law guy at Johns Hopkins University back in 19-mumble-mumble, I spent more time in the computer lab than I did in class. I wasn’t working on inventing Google or Facebo…
We get a lot of new plays submitted to us through our open submission program (we’re proud to be one of the few offices that take unsolicited submissions – even though, admittedl…
Yep, it’s true. Â I watched the effin’ Teen Choice Awards. I am not a teen. Â I don’t have a teen. Â But I’ll admit, I watched ’em. And since John Stamos�…
In the time it took me to write this blog post, Theresa Rebeck probably finished another play. And I’d bet you my blog subscribers, it’s a good one. Theresa Rebeck is one of the …
Remember when it was freezing in February? Â And remember when I revived my favorite Broadway Fantasy Game, “Will It Recoup?” I challenged all of you to play Producer and decid…
You ever see a show early in previews, fall in love with its awesomeness, and then go back to see it again a few months later . . . and somehow it feels different? Â Maybe the energy is of…
Ladies and Gentle-Blog-Readers . . . it is my pleasure to introduce the newest Associate Producer on Broadway . . . Alice Rix! Â Let me hear a woo-hoo! And boy am I glad that decision is d…
Kristin Caskey was part of the producing wonder team behind Thoroughly Modern Millie (along with Hal Luftig and her partner Mike Isaacson) that grabbed the Tony Award away from Urin…
In the spirit of last night’s boundary-bustin’ opening of Hamilton that got this God-like set of reviews, I thought I’d ask a Hamilton-themed question today. So who d…
