Podcast Episode #19 " Lessons in Lyrics and Life from the Legendary Tim Rice. by Ken Davenport

Joseph, Evita, Chess . . . Beauty and the Mother-Humpin’ Beast. These are just a few of the shows that Sir Timothy Rice wrote the lyrics to (obviously I got a little excited about that…

SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00am on May 11, 2015☆⚑

Fun on a Friday: It's The Circle of Puppets. by Ken Davenport

Leave it to Avenue Q. The little-show-that-could, which is now in its 12th year in New York, after besting Wicked for the Tony, running six years on Broadway and now in its sixth Off Broadwa…

SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00am on May 8, 2015☆⚑

The big mistake the promoters of the Mayweather/Pacquiao fight made that you shouldn't. by Ken Davenport

I fell for the hype. You all know about my rule of three. If three people go out of their way to tell me about something, then I listen.  That rule applies to recommended books, people to…

SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00am on May 7, 2015☆⚑

What a Broadway dancer taught me about marketing. by Ken Davenport

I was lunching with an ex-big time Broadway dancer last week (who has since moved on to become a big time business guy) and I asked him how he managed to break into the chorus lines of so…

SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00am on May 6, 2015☆⚑

Podcast Episode #18 " Playwright, Performer and even Entrepreneur, Charles Busch. by Ken Davenport

I met the award winning actor and author Charles Busch (The Tale of the Allergist’s Wife, Vampire Lesbians of Sodom, etc.) just a couple of weeks ago, and immediately asked him to do m…

SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00am on May 4, 2015☆⚑

Learn something on your lunch break. TEDxBroadway 2015 videos released! by Ken Davenport

What I love about all TED Talks is that they’re great to just put on while you’re munching on your turkey on rye or your Caesar salad wrap or your 10 piece McNugget meal with ext…

SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00am on May 1, 2015☆⚑

What to do when someone says, "You Suck!" on Social Media. Part II. by Ken Davenport

Yesterday we came to grips with the fact that not everyone out there is going to like you.  And in today’s era of the empowered consumer, angry customers no longer have to sit down …

SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00am on April 30, 2015☆⚑

What to do when someone says, "You Suck!" on Social Media. Part I. by Ken Davenport

Let’s play a game. Below is a quote from an actual Yelp review of a Broadway show.  Guess which one: The storyline was predictable and weak and quite BORING. I was totally falling a…

SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00am on April 29, 2015☆⚑

My reaction to the 2015 Tony Nominations. And how I did with my predictions. by Ken Davenport

Whew. The 2015 Tony Nominations are finally out.  Everyone can breathe now. Well, everyone can breathe unless you’re in Harvey Weinstein’s office.  Those guys and gals migh…

SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00am on April 28, 2015☆⚑

Podcast Episode #17 " Elizabeth Furze From AKA Advertising Explains It All To You. by Ken Davenport

It wasn’t too long ago that there were only two advertising agencies that serviced the bulk of Broadway shows. Then Elizabeth Furze came to town. “Liz” is the co-head of AK…

SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00am on April 27, 2015☆⚑

My Predictions for the 2014-15 Tony Nominations. by Ken Davenport

There are a lot of people that are going to have a sleepless weekend.  How can you relax if you’re just days away from finding out if you’re gonna get nominated for a Tony Awa…

SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:28am on April 24, 2015☆⚑

Why your materials matter. by Ken Davenport

We get a lot of script submissions. Sometimes they are emailed to us.  Sometimes they get mailed to us. Sometimes they get pressed on us when we’re at an industry event (I don’…

SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00am on April 23, 2015☆⚑

Forget the Alamo. Remember the BlackBerry? by Ken Davenport

You remember the BlackBerry? It wasn’t too long ago that the BlackBerry was the coolest device around.  I wanted one big time.  And when I had one, I thought I was the hippest ca…

SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00am on April 22, 2015☆⚑

Podcast Episode #16 " Broadway Casting Director Bernie Telsey describes the magic of casting. by Ken Davenport

You might think a podcast featuring one of the most powerful casting directors in the biz is just for the actors out there. And why sure, if you’re an actor, you’re going to h…

SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00am on April 20, 2015☆⚑

Fun on a Friday: He left us, but hasn't forgotten us. by Ken Davenport

When it was announced that James Corden was taking over The Late Late Show I cried a little. Why was I so verklempt? Because when I saw Jimbo in One Man, Two Guvnors I remember thin…

SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00am on April 17, 2015☆⚑

You've built an army, but the war is over. What do you do with 'em? by Ken Davenport

You ever cruise Facebook or Twitter, and see a page that hasn’t been updated in awhile?  And I’m not talking days or weeks . . . but months . . . years even.  You know what…

SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00am on April 16, 2015☆⚑

Why I'm mad at Andrew Lloyd Webber. by Ken Davenport

The truth is . . . I love me some Lloyd Webber. Whether we’re talking old school JCS or Joseph, the classic Phantom (the first Broadway show I ever saw), the uber-romantic�…

SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00am on April 15, 2015☆⚑

What Hillary Clinton's announcement means for your press strategy. by Ken Davenport

Were you surprised??? On Sunday, Hillary Clinton announced that she was running for President! This is my shocked face.   Ok, so no one was taken aback by the news . . . but some folks…

SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00am on April 14, 2015☆⚑

Podcast Episode #15 " Broadway Attorney Dan Wasser explains the JOBS Act and more. by Ken Davenport

One of the first people that a Broadway Producer hires when he or she sets out to produce a show is his or her attorney. So, I thought it was about time we heard from one. It’s a fasci…

SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00am on April 13, 2015☆⚑

And the finalists for the Second Annual Davenport Songwriting Contest are . . . by Ken Davenport

Hundreds entered.  Only ten remain. This is . . . The Davenport Songwriting Games! Dum-dum-dum. This is it.  The day we announce the ten finalists in my Second Annual Songwriting Co…

SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00am on April 10, 2015☆⚑

My definition of an Entrepreneur (And Producers are entrepreneurs, ya know!) by Ken Davenport

I got an email from a blog reader three weeks and four days ago, asking me the simple question of what I thought the definition of that crazy french-formed word, “entrepreneur,̶…

SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00am on April 9, 2015☆⚑

Why can't we be like the Yankees? by Ken Davenport

You know what this past Monday was? That’s right . . . it was opening day for the 2015 Major League Baseball season. Everywhere I went, people were talking about it.  I woke up t…

SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00am on April 8, 2015☆⚑

Three things I learned about marketing from my April Fools' joke. by Ken Davenport

If you fell for my April Fools’ joke last week, you weren’t the only one. I got tons of emails, tweets and slaps on the back for announcing I was building a Broadway theater f…

SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00am on April 7, 2015☆⚑

Podcast Episode #14 " David Rockwell, Designer of, well, Everything. by Ken Davenport

I can’t draw.  I can’t decorate.  And the bird house I built in shop class was only valuable for the air rights. So I’m in serious awe of all designers.  But it…

SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00am on April 6, 2015☆⚑

The most common action item for my writer consult clients is . . . by Ken Davenport

More than half my consulting clients are writers. At each of our sessions, I give them all three action items to help them get their show to the next “stage” of development. A…

SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00am on April 3, 2015☆⚑