2,068 stories by "Ken Davenport"
So, whadda ya think? Do you like the new look of the blog? Â (If you’re reading this blog via email, click here to check out my fresh new summer look!) Believe it or don’t beli…
Every time it pours down rain in our fair New York City, a bunch of pop-up umbrella shops emerge on every street corner. I used to give those hungry weather watchers a lot of credit. Â The…
Gooaaaaaaaaaaaaaal! Is it just me or has everyone gone World Cup Crazy? It’s been four years since the last Cup, and I don’t remember the volume of the soccer conversation in thi…
Back in the frigid cold of January (remember that single degree nonsense?), we announced the opening of The Davenport Theatre, named after my dear old grandpa, Delbert Essex Davenport (we ju…
As we’ve done for the last several years, the morning after The Tony Awards, we put together a survey to find out what you, the passionate Broadway lover, thought about the Tony Awards…
"The Tonys are rigged."
I've heard that phrase uttered many times by a bunch of my producing peers. Of course, I've usually heard it on Tony night, a couple hours after the last winners …
Post Tony Fallout used to mean which shows would close after the Producers did their analyses of their Monday sales, with many praying for bumps from the telecast before, or a ton of awards …
In case you missed it, a show closed recently without ever having opened. Back before all the Tony Award hoopla, the Broadway bound production of Titanic hit an iceberg.  (Ironicall…
Okey dokey smokey, the accounting firm of the Davenport Theatrical Interns has finished their audit of our Tony Pool entries and they have selected a winner. But first, How did I do? Eh. I m…
Were you inspired by the Tonys? Â Did it make you want to get out and audition for something? Â Produce something? Or . . . drumroll please . . . write something? Have we got that someth…
Well, that’s it. Â Put a fork in the 2013-14 season, because she is done. Â Now that the 2014 Tony Awards have been dished out, it’s time for everyone in the industry to dish…
The Friday before the Tony Awards. It’s the last chance for water cooler talk about who will win, until Monday morning when the cooler chitter chatter will be all about who won . . . a…
"Can you repeat that?" I asked, even though I had heard the question perfectly clear. "What's the biggest mistake a Producer or an Entrepreneur can make?" I think the reason I didn't want to…
A bunch of years ago I looked into commissioning a playwright to write a backstage comedy about the business of Broadway. More specifically,  I wanted this play set at a Broadway ad me…
It’s inevitable. When you have a set of awards that precede a bigger set of awards, people start asking . . . “Does the winner of the first mean that they are a shoe-in for the s…
Boom. That sound you heard was the massive amount of monetary impact Broadway has on the New York City economy. The latest financial ramification report was released last week by the Broadwa…
Time for that monthly summary of what got your attention last month here at The Producer's Perspective: The most read post of the month:Â And the nominees for the 1st annual Ghostlight Awa…
If you asked a bunch of Broadway Producers why they got into the theater business, you’d hear a long litany of responses . . . and you know what wouldn’t be anywhere on that list…
I don’t have them. But, I know some people that do. And those secret-holders are gonna be featured on a panel this coming Sunday, June 1st, sponsored by our good ol’ friends at t…
To quote Queen, “Another one bites the dust! Â And another one gone, and another one gone, another one bites the dust!” The one I’m referring to, of course, is the Broadw…
Sweet Jumpin’ You-Know-Who! We got almost four thousand votes for the first annual Ghostlight Awards! I just love it.  It just shows how much support and love there is for those …
I try to come up with ideas for blogs . . . well, I try to come up with them all the time. Â And I have what I think are some good ones lined up for the next week or so (including one abou…
The London revival of Miss Saigon opened this past Wednesday night. 24 hours later, Producer Cameron Mackintosh announced that it had already recouped. I mean, wowza. I’ve been a pa…
I’m predicting a new Law & Order SVU-like spin-off. Â Law & Order: Â CCU (Cyber Crimes Unit). One of their first “ripped from the headlines” plots would be this…
Yesterday’s blog, as well as my acceptance speech for last year’s Broadway.com Audience Award for Macbeth, was about paying respect to those above-the-title producers out t…
