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☆⚑

At last . . . it's Get Your Show Off The Ground " online style. by Ken Davenport

You gave me an idea. While typing up my last Get Your Show Off The Ground takeaway blog, I thought . . . since GYSOTG was my first and is still my most popular seminar, why not take th…

SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00am on April 2, 2015☆⚑

There aren't enough Broadway theaters. So I'm building one! by Ken Davenport

I’ve written about the theater crunch on Broadway a bunch of times . . . and I got to thinking the other day, it’s time for me to stop writing about it and start doing somethi…

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

If only they had this when I crowdfunded Godspell. by Ken Davenport

Hold on to your offering documents, people, because raising money for businesses, including Broadway shows, just got easier. Several years (!) after Congress passed the JOBS Act, the SEC …

SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00am on March 31, 2015☆⚑

Podcast Episode #13 " Broadway Producer and The Advocate for Artists, Tom Kirdahy. by Ken Davenport

What I love about Broadway is that there is no one path to becoming a Producer.  Everyone who gets their name above the title comes at it from their own unique angle.  We’ve got …

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

Who won the tickets to The Visit on Broadway? by Ken Davenport

There have been quite a few faux-historical mashups in our recent theatrical past, like the popular Off Broadway fair Freud’s Last Session, which put C.S. Lewis and Freud in the …

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

The nuts and bolts (and a few screws too) of a Broadway Budget. by Ken Davenport

Since I started blogging six years ago, I’ve received countless emails from folks around the world asking for information about Broadway budgets. “Can I see one?” “Ho…

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

What we learned in kindergarten is now the new economy. by Ken Davenport

The first lesson I learned from Mrs. Beasley, my Kindergarten teacher, was to share. It wasn’t easy, but I did it.  And when I shared, people shared with me.  And we both were ha…

SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00am on March 25, 2015☆⚑

Three tips I learned about raising money from Shark Tank. by Ken Davenport

Are you watching Shark Tank? I love it. You’ve got those big billionaires hearing pitches from up and coming entrepreneurs. Big money and bigger dreams are on the line. It’s grea…

SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00am on March 24, 2015☆⚑

Podcast Episode #12 " Broadway General Manager Wendy Orshan on modern day management. by Ken Davenport

You know what I love about our industry?  Of the eight or so Broadway General Managers that GM 99% of all Broadway shows, at least half of them are women.  That’s right, the t…

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

Why this Broadway bound musical worries me. by Ken Davenport

I try to remain super positive about our lovely little industry, even when things make me go “Ummmm?” I had one of those, “Ok, Ken, stay positive.  Stay positive.  No…

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

5 more Takeaways from my latest Get Your Show Off The Ground seminar. by Ken Davenport

Four times a year, I get a group of super passionate peeps in a room, listen to what they are struggling with, and then I kickstart their shows.  It’s the first seminar I ever taugh…

SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00am on March 18, 2015☆⚑

Just who goes to Broadway National Tours anyway? The Broadway Touring Demographics of 2013-14. by Ken Davenport

Studying demographics is like studying the ingredients in your food.  You want know what’s in there, so you can make sure it’s gonna keep you healthy for a long time to com…

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

Podcast Episode #11 " From the stage to the screen. A chat with Academy Award Nominee Richard LaGravenese. by Ken Davenport

There have been a ton of Broadway musical to movie adaptations over the years . . . from Chicago to Hairspray to Rent to Into the Woods. But there have been hardly any O…

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

Just why are there two Telecharge sites anyways? by Ken Davenport

Did you even know there are two Telecharge websites out there? There are. One is Telecharge.com, the one you know and love.  The other, formerly known as BroadwayOffers.com, has now been …

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

Look who's upset over actors getting paid more. by Ken Davenport

There’s an interesting controversy brewing on the left coast, and it’s not about whether there should be a Sharknado III. No, this one is actually about theater.  Yep, they no…

SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00am on March 12, 2015☆⚑

Sometimes you need to puke to make yourself feel better. by Ken Davenport

I haven’t thrown up since 1984. Seriously, I’m talking 31 years without as much as a dry heave.  And that’s an extra special accomplishment when you consider the tons of…

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

Podcast Episode #10 " The past, present and future of Digital Marketing with Damian Bazadona. by Ken Davenport

It wasn’t too long ago that the most buzzed phrase around the biz was “The future of advertising is online.”  Broadway (and the rest of the world) got swept up in the…

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