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I’ve been looking to do a “10 Qs” post by a Broadway General Manager for a long time. Â But it’s taken a looooong a$$ time, because they are all so dang busy. Â W…
You probably think that the subject of this blog is about our declining attendance rate. But it’s not. In fact, it’s the kind of blog that reminds you that declining or rising at…
The Off Broadway Alliance is out to educate y0u once again. This Sunday, September 29th, the OBA (the organization behind the very successful 20at20Â promotion) is sponsoring an awesome pa…
The crowdfunding event I spoke at last week was held at the infamous Players Club in Gramercy Park. Â If you’re not familiar with The Players, it’s a schamncy members-only org …
Great blog title right? Before you go patting me on the back, let me tell you that I didn’t write it. It was written by a PR and Communications Pro in Washington who has “never t…
If you haven’t been reading the blog day-in and day-out over the last week, let me do a little wrap up for you. Â In the last 7 or so days, I’ve . . . Announced that I signed o…
Everyone in the world of investing, whether that means Broadway investing or Hedge Fund investing or Early Hungarian Cabinetmaking investing, has been talking about crowdfunding since the JO…
Back in early June, I blogged about a change in the Gmail inbox that you are probably all very aware of by now – the separation of your inbox into three categories: Â primary, social…
Last week, Mark Gordon and Hawk Koch, the Presidents of The Producers Guild (the Hollywood version of The Broadway League), called the 40+ names of Producers on The Butler ”embar…
The Awesome 80s Prom was my very first show in New York. After a decade of Company Managing and General Managing Broadway shows and National Tours and dreaming about creating my own, I jumpe…
Alright Procrastinators . . . did you accomplish that New Year’s Resolution of yours to finish your musical? Â I hope so, because the New York Musical Theatre Festival’s submis…
On Tuesday, I tweeted that I had just signed on to be an above-the-title Producer on a new Broadway show arriving this season (in just a few months actually). Now that the ink is drying on t…
If you’ve taken a stroll down the middle of Times Square lately, you may have noticed that a huge chunk of the street has been ripped up around 42nd street. It looks like this: …
Oh, how different things were just a few years ago. When I was brainstorming creative ways to raise money for Godspell that were aligned with the creative message of the show (GodspellÂ�…
I have a man crush on Bob Greenblatt. I first met him back in the day, when he was still at Showtime, and producing 9 to 5Â in his spare time (I mean, that’s a seriously successful m…
Yesterday, we looked at some nasty-a$$ numbers about the first quarter of the Broadway season. And, as you may recall, it got me a little jittery. So, I put a whole bunch of numbers into a g…
I just didn’t want to admit it. I didn’t want to admit that summer was over, which is why I flew by the end of Broadway’s first 13-week cycle last week without my usual blo…
I was getting out of the subway this morning and thinking, “What will I write about for tomorrow’s blog?” when StubHub slapped me in the face. On the West side of Broadway,…
I’m going to make a little wager. If you’re reading this blog, then I’ll bet that you’re a planner. Â Come on, admit it . . . you’re an organizer, with to-do-…
Happy L-Day, PPers. It’s easy to believe the old cliché out there that all Producers are union-hating organizer-busters. Â And it’s easy to believe that all card carrying memb…
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 10 Shows that Stand Out at the Fringe " 2013 The mo…
If you’re producing a show, then you should have merch. Â I don’t care how small of a show it is, or where it is, or even what it is. Â With the cost of production so cheap t…
Say goodbye to the tourists. After Labor Day, they’ll check out of the city, and they won’t be back for some time. Â We’ll see a few in the middle of October, and a few …
In case you’ve been living under a rock, that’s under a rock, that’s under a mountain of rocks, you have probably heard that Miley Cyrus turned some heads on Sunday night w…
I owe you an apology. Because this blog, and its related seminar, is at least a year in the making. Ever since I started teaching my Get Your Show Off The Ground and Broadway Investing 101 S…
