Favorite Quotes Volume XXXIV: The difference between movies and theatre. by Ken Davenport

Some people think Michael Riedel is only good for gossip. Not so, not so! Last week, Riedel’s column about the soon-to-be-made-for-walking Kinky Boots featured a gem of a quote f…

SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00am on July 16, 2012☆⚑

Broadway Grosses* w/e 7/15/2012 by Ken Davenport

The following are the Broadway Grosses from the week ending July 15, 2012: Show Name GrossGross TotalAttn %Cap AvgPdAdm A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE 488,099 7,184 76.88 67.94 BRING IT ON THE MUS…

SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 10:45am on July 16, 2012☆⚑

Summer lovin', had me a basketball blast. by Ken Davenport

I was in a sports bar the other day (yes, eating wings), and looked up at one of the 57 large screen TVs to notice a whole bunch of very tall men playing basketball on a very small court. Co…

SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00am on July 13, 2012☆⚑

Why a lobster roll gave me an upset stomach. by Ken Davenport

I love a nice summer lobster roll.  It must be my ‘wicked’ New Englandish roots. The other day, I found myself at a lobster roll place (can’t really call them restaurant…

SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00am on July 12, 2012☆⚑

Do movie musicals boost box office? And by how much? by Ken Davenport

It has been almost a decade since the movie musical came back in fashion, thanks to Rob Marshall’s Oscar Winning Chicago in 2003.  We’ve finally shed our geek status with H…

SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00am on July 11, 2012☆⚑

He made us all look so good. by Ken Davenport

Martin “Marty” Pakledinaz, one of the Broadway’s best costume designers, passed away on Sunday night at the all too early age of 58. How good was he?  Well, in the last …

SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00am on July 10, 2012☆⚑

This blog was written by David K Sweet. by Ken Davenport

Know who David K Sweet it? It's me.  Ken.  David K Sweet is the pseudonym I just made up . . . when I realized that no one in the theater really uses pseudonyms. What do you think?

SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00am on July 9, 2012☆⚑

Two things that turn me on. by Ken Davenport

Want to know what really gets my engine going? 1.  Data. 2. When experts from outside of our industry analyze our data. Ohhhh yeah.  Just typing that gets me all a-tingley. So imagine …

SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00am on July 6, 2012☆⚑

5 Shows that Stand Out at NYMF 2012 by Ken Davenport

If it feels like I just wrote one of these posts, it’s because I did. It hasn’t even been nine months since the last New York Musical Theatre Festival, and here we are again, rea…

SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00am on July 5, 2012☆⚑

Who cares where it's from, as long as it's good. by Ken Davenport

I’ve written about adaptations a bunch of times on this blog, including this entry which detailed the rise of movie-based musicals over the past 30 years (from 6% to 19% of new musical…

SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00am on July 3, 2012☆⚑

Shopping and Broadway sitting in a tree. by Ken Davenport

I was strolling through Saks on a weak weekend for Broadway tickets recently, and I noticed something interesting . . . there was hardly anyone in the store shopping for clothes, just like t…

SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00am on July 2, 2012☆⚑

Broadway Grosses* w/e 7/1/2012 by Ken Davenport

The following are the Broadway Grosses from the week ending July 1, 2012: Show Name GrossGross TotalAttn %Cap AvgPdAdm A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE $349,304 5,237 56.05% $66.70 ANYTHING GOES $50…

SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 10:45am on July 2, 2012☆⚑

Favorite Quotes Volume XXXIV: A Bee Gee tells us how it be. by Ken Davenport

We lost Robin Gibb, one of the founding brothers of the iconic pop group The Bee Gees, over a month ago.  Obviously their music will live on for decades to come .  . . but the words th…

SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00am on June 29, 2012☆⚑

And the winners of the 2012 Broadway Marketing Awards are . . . by Ken Davenport

Ok, so we don’t have the Beacon Theatre, or Neil Patrick Harris hosting, or even a performance from a Royal Caribbean cruise ship (!) . . . but this is still pretty exciting, isn’…

SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00am on June 28, 2012☆⚑

JC Penney proves why simple pricing is not so simple. by Ken Davenport

We so want it to work.  But it just never, ever does. Ok, here’s the back story: JC Penney is sucking sales wind.  JC Penney hires formed Apple retail chief Ron Johnson as CEO to…

SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00am on June 27, 2012☆⚑

What does the JOBS Act mean for raising money for Broadway? by Ken Davenport

Good question. There’s been a lot of buzz about the recently signed JOBS Act and just what all the jargon and legalese in its many pages means to us out here pounding the pavement look…

SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00am on June 26, 2012☆⚑

They may not like to come to the theater, but we sure do like to write about 'em. by Ken Davenport

Ahhhh, irony, thy name is young people. At 9 out of 10 ad meetings I attend, the topic of getting more young people always comes up.  And despite many concentrated and intelligent efforts…

SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00am on June 22, 2012☆⚑

How many Best Plays and Best Musicals recoup? by Ken Davenport

Can you tell that I can’t get enough of the Tony Awards? The telecast and all of its post-appearance residue are keeping me up at night lately.  It’ll probably take weeks for …

SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00am on June 21, 2012☆⚑

Another thing we have in common with the airline industry: attire. by Ken Davenport

I have a travel outfit. I sleep on planes (sometimes more than I do at home), so I snuggle up in a pair of cozy track pants, the softest and loosest long sleeve shirt I can find, and a sweat…

SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00am on June 20, 2012☆⚑

If the show was good, why were ratings so low? by Ken Davenport

Talk about a Broadway buzz kill. After last year’s raging success of a Tony show (everyone was so nervous about taking the show from Radio City to The Beacon – and then they real…

SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00am on June 19, 2012☆⚑

What did YOU think of the Tony Telecast? Survey Results Revealed. by Ken Davenport

Anecdotal evidence (aka Water Cooler and Twitter talk) told me that overall people were pleased with this performance packed Tony Awards telecast, but maybe not as much as last year.  But…

SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00am on June 18, 2012☆⚑

The Nominees for the 2012 Broadway Marketing Awards are. . . by Ken Davenport

You couldn’t sleep last night, could you? You were on edge with anticipation . . . who will be nominated for the first ever Broadway Marketing Awards?  Will it be your favorite show…

SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00am on June 15, 2012☆⚑

Why aren't there Broadway Marketing Awards? Oh wait . . . by Ken Davenport

Maybe I’ve still got Award Fever, but as I was watching the Tonys on Sunday I couldn’t help but think . . . we’ve got lots of Awards from lots of different organizations fo…

SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00am on June 14, 2012☆⚑

The Godspell Update: We built a beautiful city. by Ken Davenport

Producing shows can be one of the most rewarding professions on the planet.  Watching audience members smile and laugh and cry as they take in a show that you helped put together is just …

SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00am on June 13, 2012☆⚑

Tony Pool Winner Announced! And how did me, you, and our Psychic do? by Ken Davenport

There were more shockers in this year’s Tonys than in Next to Normal!  (Get it?) And the number of those surprises affected all of our scores. In last year’s Tony Pool, we had…

SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00am on June 12, 2012☆⚑