2,035 stories by "Ken Davenport"
A friend of mine wrote a book. Wait, that's not entirely accurate. A friend of mine made it look like he wrote a book. The truth is, he had it written by someone else. A ghost. (Insert spook…
Chinglish, the very funny and very timely play by David Henry Hwang that I produced on Broadway this Fall, is closing up shop this Sunday, January 29th. And yep, it's closing earlier than we…
What a day. Damian, Jim and I had high expectations for the first ever TEDxBroadway, but we were blown away by the presentations given by our big-brained speakers. It was an exciting and ins…
And I'm not talking about the vinyl kind. Although I'm not a huge football fan, whenever the Patriots are in the post-season, my New England roots kick in, and I find myself cheering my head…
The following are the Broadway Grosses from the week ending January 22, 2012: Show Name GrossGross TotalAttn %Cap AvgPdAdm ANYTHING GOES $594,934 6,723 81.91% $88.49 CHICAGO $422,782 5,686 6…
There are just a few shows that have played on or off Broadway in NY that I have always regretted missing . . . and one of them is the show we're giving away tickets to this weekend. The win…
Bruce Barish and his wife Sarah could be the busiest couple on Broadway. What do they do? Well, you know how most theater folk are night owls? Well, these two can't be . . . because if they …
How many of you have played The Crane game? You know, that crazy coin-operated carny-like game where you spend megabucks try to win stupid stuffed animals worth about seventy-five cents just…
You've probably seen more of Bradshaw Smith's work than any other actor, director or producer in town. But you also probably didn't know his name. He was just "Bradshaw" to most an…
The battle of the Broadway websites just got real, yo. Playbill.com could sit back and stay fat on its yellow striped cover and trademarked font and still have more traffic than the 405 in L…
The following are the Broadway Grosses from the week ending January 15, 2012: Show Name GrossGross TotalAttn %Cap AvgPdAdm AN EVENING WITH PATTI LUPONE AND MANDY PATINKIN $375,294 4,231 66.6…
Theater tickets are a luxury good . . . so they can be expensive. But, thanks to programs like 20at20, they can also be downright cheap. Starting January 18th and continuing on for 20 days, …
We're 8 days and counting from the first ever TedX Broadway. All of you should be going . . . and one of you, is going for free! (If you don't know what Ted is, check out Seth Godin's blog...
If you've been reading my blog for a while, then you know that I'm a big proponent of research. We're one of the few industries on the planet that spends millions of dollars developing a pro…
It has been almost two years since I blogged about the kickstart of Kickstarter (read the original post here). There's no question that this previously little and now big dot-com has had a s…
The Presidency of the United States could be one of the most valuable things in the world, which is why millions and millions and billions of dollars are spent on advertising and marketing, …
It's easy to forget that our audiences have lives outside our shows. They read books. They go on vacations. And they download iPhone apps. And those books, vacations, and yes, even iPhone ap…
I was very hungry. And then I got very confused. Take a look at the picture in this blog and you'll see what I mean. This was the wall of a Quiznos I was visiting. I call it, the "Wall.…
The following are the Broadway Grosses from the week ending January 8, 2012: Show Name GrossGross TotalAttn %Cap AvgPdAdm AN EVENING WITH PATTI LUPONE AND MANDY PATINKIN $539,026 5,272 71.19…
Ever been an assistant? Ever wanted to be an assistant? Ever had an assistant? Well, there's a new play just for you . . . and we're giving away two free tickets! Assistance, by Leslye Headl…
I woke up yesterday morning to Senator McCain endorsing Mitt Romney for President (and I'm sure looking for a VP nod as well). Since this is an election year, there will be more endorsements…
There's an advertising practice that has been going on for a number of years that . . . well, has to change. It was a great one to start off with, and it helped both parties, but now, as is.…
Marketing has a lot of similarities to warfare, believe it not . . . but instead of trying to kill, you're trying to capture. If you were reading Sun Tzu's Art of War, or any book about batt…
Talk to any General Manager in town and they'll tell you that the busiest week on Broadway is from 12/26 - 1/1. That's the one seven day period shows look forward to all year. In fact, have …
The following are the Broadway Grosses from the week ending January 1, 2012: Show Name GrossGross TotalAttn %Cap AvgPdAdm AN EVENING WITH PATTI LUPONE AND MANDY PATINKIN $460,420 4,707 55.61…
