2,035 stories by "Ken Davenport"
I write a lot of blogs with statistics and strategies . . . and this ain’t one of them. See, I’m writing this blog from the lobby of Portland Center Stage (it’s an amazing …
Fact: Â 60% of consumers use Gmail as their primary email account. So, you can bet your bippy that when the G-Man makes a change to how it delivers that email, it has an effect on business…
As you all know, I’m out in Portland right now for the very first production of Somewhere in Time. Â Audiences are loving the show and we even got nominated for a bunch of the local …
Long running shows, like any long running business, sometimes stray from the boot-strapping way that they got up in the first place. People fall into routines, settle into grooves, and often…
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 Play my Tony Pool! Win an iPad Mini! The most…
Sounds like the beginning of a joke, right? Well, it’s not. Â Tony winners are a serious matter because of the impact they can have on people’s lives, economic and otherwise. �…
Here are my Top 2 reasons why I love Marc Shaiman: He’s ferociously talented. He’s ferocious about speaking his mind. Maestro Marc has been involved with a few online public deba…
Put it in the history books, another Broadway season has come and gone. Â Dreams came true. Â Hopes were crushed. Â And that was just on Smash! Canceled TV show jokes aside, one of the…
I’m a subscriber to every Broadway discount site there is, and I recommend you sign up for ‘em all as well. Â Get on that Telecharge list, the Playbill List, the Theatermania l…
I’m a dude. And that means I love The Godfather. That also means you have to deal with a Godfather analogy every so often. And I’ve got a good one today. Because Broadway has ano…
I was going to write a snappy little intro to the blog and talk about the crazy number of entries we got, and how much fun my entire staff and I have reading all these playlets . . . but you…
This blog is a simple one, my friends. Â Easy for us to accomplish, and symbolic for us going forward. If you’ve been to an ad meeting for a Broadway show recently, then you’ve…
Bunches of books have been made into Broadway shows, from Phantom, to Tale of Two Cities, to Ragtime. And, as is more and more the case, lots of movies have made the leap as well, from Bi…
I was struggling with the tone of a show I was working on several years back . . . the audience just wasn’t getting on our journey fast enough. Â It took them too long to figure out …
Almost two decades ago, the Broadway League began tracking the demographics of the touring audience for Broadway shows, understanding that the audience on the road is a feeder audience for B…
I’m not smart enough to read The Economist. Thankfully, Â I have some friends that are . . . and one of them sent me a great article featured in this month’s issue that talked …
I got a lot of emails about last month’s “What The Tuck” blog and Broadway theater availability in general . . . which got me wondering . . . which Broadway Theaters are bo…
An up-and-coming Producer sent me an email the other day asking me how I developed my own producing style. And I answered, “What style?” Like a fashion style, I don’t think…
Oh Smash. Â I had such high hopes for you. Â And now, you’re (tear, tear), gone. For the second time in the past five-or-so years, another giant NBC network show about Broadway has…
King Kong is koming . . . to Broadway. If you haven’t heard, a musical version of King Kong is set to debut Down Under on June 15th. Â And, well, since one of the most famous scenes…
Ring the bells, for the Dinner Theater is no more. Ok, I’m being slightly dramatic. Â There are a few dinner theaters still around serving up so-so steaks, and the National Dinner Th…
Big corporations hire Mystery Shoppers to test out their salespeople, their stores, and every other aspect of the purchasing process. And every theater should too. In case you’re wonde…
Things happen in threes, right? Last week, my bloggin’ hero, Seth Godin, wrote a fantastic entry called, “The Critic Stumbles,” where he publicly announced that he thought …
Remember that time Mamma Mia announced they were moving down the block (and it caused that big traffic jam for those producers out there hunting for theaters?) Well we now know that the musc…
I got in a very interesting discussion with a reporter the other day about our beloved Tony Awards. Â She hypothesized that the awards were mostly a marketing exercise for Broadway and the…
