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The following are the Broadway Grosses from the week ending April 15, 2012: Show Name GrossGross TotalAttn %Cap AvgPdAdm A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE $328,001 6,384 68.32% $51.38 ANYTHING GOES $…
Remember last week when I announced that The Commerical Theater Institute was structuring their 3-Day Intensive Weekend all round Godspell? You can learn all about the weekend in this pos…
You’ve heard the aphorism “a rising tide lifts all boats”, right? Well, I’ve got my own related Kenism that goes something like this . . . “A sold out show is t…
You can feel it . . . hit the middle of April, and everyone who is involved in a new show walks around with a thought bubble over their head, “When do the nominations come out again?&#…
Listen to this tasty morsel of a conversation I eavesdropped on just last week . . . Producer #1: Â How are negotiations going with the actors for NAME OF NEW PLAY? Producer #2: Â I came…
I’ve been watching a lot of banner advertising for shows lately, especially on news sites like Playbill (as opposed to shopping sites, like Broadway.com). Â And, of course, the most …
The Commercial Theater Institute is like the astronaut training program at NASA. Â There’s only one like it. Â And it could just launch your career. I’ve spoken at CTI a few …
The following are the Broadway Grosses from the week ending April 8, 2012: Show Name GrossGross TotalAttn %Cap AvgPdAdm A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE $309,488 6,569 70.30% $47.11 ANYTHING GOES $5…
One of the most popular posts in Producer Perspective history was my “10 Audition Tips for Actors” from back in aught eight.  So, following the old Hollywood axiom that …
WHO: Gallery Players SEEKING: The Gallery Players in Park Slope is seeking designers, stage managers, an ASM, directors and associate producers for its upcoming Black Box New Play festival i…
WHO: Phoenix Entertainment SEEKING: Rock of Ages – National Tour Performers DREW: an appealing, good-guy rocker with great, easy comedic timing, a boyish charm, vulnerability and a ver…
WHO: Â NYC Arts in Education Roundtable SEEKING: Â Managing Director RESPONSIBILITIES:Â Â Developing content and implementing programs and events, including the major annual conferen…
The industry has a lot of big negotiations coming up in the next year or two, including Local 1 (stagehands) and 802 (musicians). Â We’ve had a tough last decade, with both of those …
Well, what do you think? If you're looking at this blog online, you're looking at a whole new look. (If you're reading this via email, then you're also seeing a new look, but click here …
It must be close to the end of the scholastic year, because I've gotten a few more emails than usual from high school and college students (including one from China) asking me for quotes or …
The following are the Broadway Grosses from the week ending April 1, 2012: Show Name GrossGross TotalAttn %Cap AvgPdAdm ANYTHING GOES $590,573 6,576 80.12% $89.81 CHICAGO $580,175 7,119 82.4…
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The Broadway industry tends to be pretty insular . . . and the outside business world rarely pokes their head in our world to see what’s going on. But when they do, it’s pretty f…
The Broadway industry tends to be pretty insular . . . and the outside business world rarely pokes their head in our world to see what's going on. But when they do, it's pretty fascinating. …
When I first started my plans for Godspell, I could have only dreamed that there might one day be legislation that would make it easier for startups from all different industries to have eas…
When I first started my plans for Godspell, I could have only dreamed that there might one day be legislation that would make it easier for startups from all different industries to have eas…
Here’s an idea . . . In all fairness, I’m not even sure websites can do this yet. Â Well, I’m sure they can, but I’m not sure they are doing this yet. I know our in…
Here's an idea . . . In all fairness, I'm not even sure websites can do this yet. Well, I'm sure they can, but I'm not sure they are doing this yet. I know our industry isn't . . ....
If Spring is in the air, then that means festival season is right around the corner. What festivals, you ask? Well, we've got NYMF, The Fringe, the Midtown Fringe, The AFO, and by the time I…
So, as a person who can't stand the gym unless it involves a basketball, I forced myself to get a personal trainer recently . . . who then forces me to do things I can't stand. But so far, s…
