2,035 stories by "Ken Davenport"
We had another super fun Saturday seminar this past weekend, with a room full of writers/producers/entrepreneurs from all over the city country world (we had a team from Venezuela!). �…
One of our sister industry’s biggest releases this December is the Old Testament inspired Exodus: Gods and Kings, starring the very white Christian “I didn’t scream at a…
Ho-ho-holiday shopping! Theater people are sooooo picky. Â How do I know? Â I’m one of ‘em. Â My mom asks me for a list every year of what I want (she’s a good mom). …
Imagine for a second that you start producing Broadway shows.  And your first Broadway show is Wicked.  The next Broadway show is bound to come up short, no matter how well it does,…
Did you watch Peter Pan live? Iain did. And his is the most important review of them all. Â It’s more important than Entertainment Weekly. Â More important than The Daily Beast. Â…
When one person emails me with an idea for a blog, I consider it. When five people email me with the same idea, I strongly consider it. Yesterday, ten people emailed me, four sent smoke sign…
I’ve been saving this article for a rainy day. And since it has been rainy, sleety and just plain sh@tty here in the city, I thought we could all use a little pick me up. And this one …
Extra, extra, read all about it! Â Broadway theatergoers are rich! Ok, that’s just one of the obvious takeaways from this year’s demographic study of Broadway theatergoers and …
When a Broadway producer options a play or a musical from an Author, the Producer pays a set amount of money (the advance) for a set amount of time. Â Usually that initial option period is…
Happy Black Friday, y’all! On this day, all around the country world,, people start their holiday shopping in earnest. Â Toys and clothes and hickory farm meat and cheese boxes will …
This business is a b@tch. Â And it’s easy to complain about, which I sometimes do on this blog (I try to keep it positive, I try to keep it positive, I really try). Â But the fact …
Last week I wrote a blog with my 5 Tips to Starting a Theater Blog.  And lo and behold, one appeared! Ok, truth time – this new blog didn’t have anything to do with my post…
If you’re new to the blog, then welcome to my quarterly analysis of Broadway grosses and attendance (The big-boy businesses on the Dow look at their “earnings” on a quarter…
Raising money is very similar to selling . . . anything. That’s why I recommend you become a master salesperson if you want to become a money raising superstar and fund all your sh…
I’m going to admit something super selfish right now. Yesterday, Mike Nichols, the genius writer/director/actor/superhero passed away. And I never got to work with him. (Told you it wa…
It’s that time, y’all! As you know, I love me some online communication. Â Blogs, email, the ol’ tweeter. Â It’s all good. But nothing, no-thing, compares to actu…
Did that David Bowie reference come across in the headline for this blog? Try again. Ex-ch-ch-ch-changes! There we go. Â You get what I’m laying down now, right? Speaking of laying d…
So you wanna start a theater blog, huh? Gosh, I hope the answer to that is yes. See, my mission statement, on and off my blog, is simple. Â I want to amplify the conversation about theater…
It was two years ago (time doesn’t fly, it rockets by) that Colony Records announced it was closing its doors forever. Â It was a sad day, of course, especially for those of us who s…
It’s dramatic writing 101 that the hero of your story (whether that’s a play, a musical, or a movie) has to want something. Â Badly. Â It gives him (or her) an action. Â A …
My dad really knows how to get my "billy" goat. Â (That will make sense in a minute.) About five years ago I got my father tickets to see the Metropolitan Opera . . . in HD. Â You know a…
I used to deliver pizza for Domino’s Pizza. That was my high school survival job (aka how I afforded to take my high school sweetheart to Riverside Park and Billy Joel concerts). It wa…
Yesterday, I gave you a brief history of Non Union Tours as I know it, and as I lived it. But what do I think about these tours? Â What do I think about the current campaign aimed at theat…
