2,069 stories by "Ken Davenport"
A news alert from my neighbors upstairs! Â (Did you know I was in the same building as NYMF? Â Well, ya do now!) NYMF’s annual networking extravaganza is this coming Saturday, Marc…
A great lesson in business comes to us today from a new company called Pogoseat, who has developed some brand new software that could have a serious application in the theater. Remember that…
It’s trivia week here at the Producer’s Perspective! Â Yesterday a Sondheim stat and now take a look at this: We all know that print advertising is on the decline, right? Well,…
Everyone knows that the great Mr. S. has had a major impact on the Broadway stage, right? Well, get this. Our office just noticed that there isn’t a show with songs by our “Shake…
There’s something you never thought I’d say, right? Well, I didn’t. But Gary Emmanuel, who happens to be one of the brilliant lawyers that made my crowd-funded Broadway pro…
It’s been over a week since Seth MacFarlane offended a whole bunch of people (did people expect less?) and Anne Hathaway pi$$ed off a whole bunch of people (did people expect less?) at…
I remember when I was just starting out in the biz and thought I knew everything about sales. And then I met a box office treasurer and realized I didn’t know nuthin’. Why sure, …
Musical theater writers out there are facing the exact same problem that popular music writers/artists faced years ago: Â the internet has made it waaaaay too easy to steal their work. See…
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: Wanna be an Associate Producer? Introducing the …
Yesterday we refuted the notion that the number of new plays and new musicals were on a precipitous decline over the last thirty years. Today we’ve got a couple more graphs for you, bu…
I read a quote recently which lamented the fact that there weren’t as many new plays on Broadway anymore. At first, my head started a-nodding in agreement. Â It’s easy to jump …
I love a Broadway Q3 Report. Â Cuz it tells me that spring is right around the corner. And spring brings warm weather, warmer hellos from formerly frigid NYers, and higher grosses thanks t…
I first met Larry Peyton, the President of Celebrity Attractions, a Tulsa based Presenting and Producing house, in 1999, when I was the Company Manager of the National Tour of Jekyll & H…
Spoiler alert: Â If you work at or run a non-profit, I’ll bet you your endowment, you’re not going to like this post. Yesterday I put in a call to a vendor I have not worked wi…
When The Book of Mormon was prepping for its first performance, a lot of folks thought the Mormon Church was prepping for a protest to take place outside the theater. Many industry insiders …
On my birthday last August, I wrote a blog about my concern for the lack of Broadway Producers under the age of 40. Â Our research indicated that only 8% of the Producers in the Broadway L…
The Authors of The Book of Mormon were featured in a NY Times article a few weeks ago. Â If you only read Arts and Leisure then you probably missed it(,) because this 1000 worder was in th…
The best stories I’ve read, watched, and listened to have high, obvious and dramatic arcs. Â The writer(s) start you off slow, and then over the course of a number of pages or a numb…
The following are the Broadway Grosses from the week ending February 17, 2013: Show Name GrossGross TotalAttn %Cap AvgPaidAdm ANNIE $954,565 10,386 76.01% $91.91 CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF $957,7…
You know what everyone is saying these days, right? Â If you want to make money on The Broadway, then you gotta have a gimmick star. We here at the ol’ office don’t believe in …
My high school didn’t have a football team. Â And when I tell people that, they’re shocked. Â ”How could you not have a football team?” Â Well, we just didnR…
Who doesn’t love a little Cirque du Soleil? I remember the first time I saw “O” in Vegas (and yep, I said first time, because I’ve seen in multiple times). Â I spen…
I was thrilled that Once won the Grammy for Best Musical Theater Album on Sunday night.  But it got me thinking . . . is it just a coincidence that the Tony Award winner for Best Music…
Boston used to be one of THE tryout cities (along with New Haven and Philly) Â for big Broadway musicals. Â Shows like Funny Girl and Anything Goes all tapped their toes on a Boston stag…
Back in Mid-January, I asked all of you to take a survey about yourself and this blog with the promise that, like in previous years, I’d publish the results right here where you’…
