2,069 stories by "Ken Davenport"
Can you believe it? It’s been five freakin’ years since my very first blog post. Five years. 3,137 posts. Â And my favorite stat . . . 10,610 comments. I started this blog on m…
I had lunch with a peer recently who was in negotiations for a a couple days' space rental and was up in arms because his negotiating adversary wasn't moving from her position.
Yesterday I examined the effects of an election season on our grosses, and today, we’re going to take a look at the micro effects of a Presidential election by comparing the average gr…
Broadway Producers are the best excuse makers, er, optimists, on the planet. We can come up with a reason to justify a dip in our box office grosses faster than you can say, “paper cli…
Another set of “Market Notes” (the super-informative every-so-often email from the folks at Telecharge) arrived in my inbox last week chock full of all sorts of stats and demogra…
The following are the Broadway Grosses from the week ending October 7, 2012: Show Name GrossGross TotalAttn %Cap AvgPaidAdm AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE $235,576 4,125 80.07% $57.11 ANNIE $560,928…
The race for the White House is one of the most “dramatic” events out there. Â And if you think there are a lot of Producers on Broadway shows, imagine how many “Producer…
I’ve been doing something at meetings for a few years now that I’ve found so rewarding to my projects and, frankly, so much fun, that I thought I’d share it with you. It…
When I was a kid and used to go to Red Sox games . . . (I know, I just lost all my NY readers, to whom I say . . . bite me! Â How many more World Series rings do you want?) . . . Â ok, b…
Move over Pulitzer, there’s a new award in town, with just as fancy of a name. Ken-nedy. Jean Kennedy Smith and Columbia University (the administrators of the aforementioned “Pul…
Rebecca has been on quite a ride for the past few years.  She kind of reminds me of Whitney Kropp.  She’s the girl who gets told she’s going to the big dance . . . and g…
The following are the Broadway Grosses from the week ending September 30, 2012: Show Name GrossGross TotalAttn %Cap AvgPaidAdm AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE $165,381 4,724 91.69% $35.01 BRING IT ON…
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 Negotiating Tips for Theater Professiona…
Discounting is not new. Â Discounting or “couponing” as it is/was more commonly referred to in other industries has been going on for decades. Â Who hasn’t clipped a co…
Broadway pumps $11 billion buckaroos into the NYC economy and provides 86,000 jobs to local residents . . . and the city just sent us a thank you card. That card came in the form of a fascin…
Yesterday I e-talked about how some of the most entertaining entertainment opened a door to a world that an audience had never seen before. Well, while researching that blog (which was about…
Is it just me, or does every woman you see have a copy of 50 Shades of Grey in her hands everywhere you go? According to wikipedia, the book has sold 40 million copies worldwide and has R…
Well, it’s about time. Last Friday (in a strategically timed late afternoon press release), the Romney campaign finally released a tax return, in response to months and months of his o…
How many of you have been following the story of the Brooklyn Nets? Since you’re all theater fans, I’m going to make a sweeping generalization and say, umm, probably not. So, the…
Here’s a recommendation that comes straight from one of my consultation clients. One of the tips I teach to my Get Your Show Off The Ground seminar participants is to submit their play…
YouTube is the Walmart of online videos. It’s a giant discount department store, stocked full of everything from “people falling down” to “funny babies” and eve…
I feel a bit like the band I did a documentary on this week, because I’m in like five different cities in six days: Â LA/Vegas/San Diego/LA/Portland. The cool thing about these trips…
I get about 275 emails a day, so it takes a lot for one to jump out and slap me in the face and say, “Look at this!” But recently I got one of those, and when I read it, I litera…
The theater is a bootstrappy business. Â Someone has a barn, so you put on a show. Â You grab costumes from a closet, and props from a living room and up the show goes to hopeful success…
It has been a little over two years since we debuted our “At The Booth” TKTS app, thanks to the creative inspiration of people like you (read the backstory here). We were immedia…
