2,068 stories by "Ken Davenport"
I was reading a small town newspaper (!) over the weekend, and I flipped through the arts “corner” (It probably used to be called a section, but no longer) to see if there were a…
I love it when one of our own gets a bigger stage and grabs the world’s attention. Â You know, like Matt Morrison, Cheyenne Jackson, and most recently, Godspell‘s own Uzo Aduba…
I got one of those mass emails the other day that thankfully slipped through my spam filters and got me thinking. Â The subject? Â ”Life 100 Years Ago . . .” The email includ…
The Broadway community is an incredibly tight knit family, albeit a little dysfunctional. Â We’re all pulling for each other, because deep down the theater, any theater, whether it&#…
I got an email from my high school English teacher last week asking if I could help a group of students she knew get a backstage tour at a Broadway show. She didn’t ask me which show t…
This should be American Idol‘s summer vacation. Â They just crowned the winner of season 12 a couple of months ago. Â And Season 13, with some new celebrity judge du jour (I’…
We’re a game-playing society . . . and I’m not just talking about the psychological ones agents try to play on producers when negotiating contracts. Everything’s more fun w…
A great new study was released on Tuesday from ShareThis that “provides insights into the relationship between online sharing of movie related content and movie ticket purchases.”…
I enrolled in a mini-golf school over the weekend, which consisted of several Tiger-wannabes like me and an old touring pro who could have taught Tiger a thing or two himself. All of us wann…
I went to see a show the other night and found myself sitting right next to an old fuddy-duddy (I do realize that by using the term “fuddy-duddy,” I am probably now one myself). …
Shirley Herz, one of the “founders” of theatrical press, passed away on Sunday. What do I mean by “founders?” Â Well, although the theater is thousands of years old…
There’s some VHS footage of me out there somewhere performing in my middle school musical. Â I’ve been trying to track it down and destroy it for years. Â It involves me wear…
In yesterday’s blog, I hinted that I was going to reveal one of my “rules” of writing today, so here goes. You’ve probably heard descriptions of basic plot structure …
It’s August in NYC, which means stanky subway platforms, throngs of tourists, and the New York International Theater Festival! And if you’re an obsessive, compulsive theatergoer …
Anyone else read the NY Times article this past Sunday about the influx of Movie Studios on Broadway?  You know, the one that said Wicked would be Universal’s most successful pr…
On Saturday, I hinted at an idea I had for the Cabaret sub-culture of New York City. Â You ready for it? Now that I’ve built it up like an Edsel, I’m certain to disappoint (rem…
I walked into an unfamiliar Times Square deli last week on one of those cook-an-egg-on-the-sidewalk days and ordered up my usual can of Coke. Â The deli-keep said, “That’s $1.7…
One month ago, I wrote about the lesson I learned from a car salesman on how to solicit Broadway investments. Â Well, yesterday I found myself car shopping once again, right here on the is…
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 5 Shows that Stand Out at the NYMF " 2013 The…
Check out this fascinating article on psfk.com about how our entertainment ADD is not only being addressed by content creators, it is being celebrated. Here’s the jist: Admit it. Â W…
First, yes, I’ll admit, the title of this blog sounds a little creepy. But it’ll make sense. Â I hope. If you love Broadway show tunes, then I bet you have a soft spot in your …
Negotiations in the theater shouldn’t take very long. Â Jobs aren’t as common, so most Artists want to find a way to take the gig. Â And most Artists have such specific talen…
JK Rowling has been casting some magic spells again. Â And this one was called “Pseudonymicus Invisiblistus!” Here’s the cliff notes version of what happened: JK wrote a …
A great article appeared in The Journal last week written by its critic (and one of last year’s TEDx Broadway speakers), Terry Teachout. As we all know, it’s easy for us (includi…
Some of the coolest cold emails I get are from high school students all over the country, asking me for advice on where to go and what to study in college if they want to work on Broadway so…
