2,068 stories by "Ken Davenport"
Nerd alert! I like chess. In fact, there was a time when I was a member of the Manhattan Chess Club. Â I even took lessons from this guy, who at one point in his incredible career beat Bob…
I woke up this morning half hoping to see mountains of snow in the streets, and people cross country skiing down 5th Avenue (I’ve seen that twice before in my twenty plus years in the …
You’ve worked so hard advertising your show, and then wham-bam-thank-you-sir-may-I-have-another, in comes Mother Nature to remind you who’s the boss. As you probably know, Broadw…
I first met Terrence McNally when I was the Associate Company Manager on Ragtime, although I felt like I had known him for years before.  There’s just something about his work . …
Like it or not, reviews matter. And if you’re interested in the business of Broadway (which I gotta assume you are), then knowing what the reviewers say about all the shows on Broad…
They beat me to it. I’ve been brainstorming a way to do a live Broadway Shark Tank, and were just getting ready to firm up the details, when, leave it to those crafty folks over at the…
Politics is one of the greatest stages in the world. Â And every year, we see one helluva show when the President addresses Congress and The Country World with his State of the Union addre…
Made ya look, didn’t it? The dog in the photo on this blog, artistically frozen in mid walk, stands outside the 72nd Street Subway Station, making passerbys (like this producer-blogger…
I’m one of the fortunate folks who have had the pleasure of working for Broadway GM and Executive Producer Nina Lannan, when I held the Company Manager post on Thoroughly Modern Mil…
I’m going to tickle your toes with a little tease right now . . . I just recorded Episode #4 of my Podcast with the living legend that is Terrence McNally, and when it hits the web-wav…
. . . but it wasn’t all me. Almost a year ago, I posted a ranty blog about those annoying alarms on subway emergency doors that never alerted anyone of an emergency.  “Enfo…
Off Broadway is dead. I’ve heard that from so many people in the last five years (irony in my use of that phrase, intended). And the good news is that it’s not dead. Is it sic…
They got the headline wrong. At the tail end of last year, Playbill posted an article entitled “Spring 2015 Off Broadway Preview,” which you can read here. If I was the editor of…
I’m so thrilled at the terrific response I got from my very first podcast.  I’ve gotten so many emails all I can think is that I let you down by not doing this for you soon…
I’m a Musical Theater nerd. Â I’ll admit it. How do I know? Â Well it might be because I used to frame every single Playbill . . . and ticket stub . . . and cut out the pictu…
Out of nowhere, Andrew Lloyd Webber announced a super high profile project last month to open this fall at the Winter Garden Theatre, the same theater where he and his feline friends s…
I got such terrific feedback from our Best Musical Infographic that broke down the similarities and differences of the Best Musical Tony Award Winners of the last twenty years, that I had…
I tweet-teased this a few weeks ago, but now it is officially official. Â The Producer’s Perspective Podcast is live! I’ve been wanting to start a Podcast for a couple of years…
We’re a day into the New Year . . . only 364 days to go until the ball drops and turns us sweet 2016! And oh so much can happen in that year! Â It’s just full of unknown possib…
Another year is in the history books. Â And another year is in the bloggin’ books! I don’t know about you, but at the close of every annum I like to take stock of what I’…
There are just a few hours left in the 15th year of the 21st century. Â And, as with all years, there have been ups and downs, and even a few sideways. Â And while I’m a guy that l…
We had a record breaking number of votes for this year’s Broadway Producer of the Year, and with this year’s crop of nominees, I’m not surprised. Â We had big corporation…
Like so many folks out there, seeing a movie on Christmas day has become a tradition. Â I’m not sure when movie goin’ on 12/25 became such a thing, but it has (and it says a lo…
Enjoy, Meryl. Â And then get the recording here.
