2,069 stories by "Ken Davenport"
You read that right . . . not 1, not 2, not 3, but 4 tickets to see Nick Jonas in How To Succeed on Broadway! You could take all of the Jonas Brothers and still have room to go...
It's been talked about for years, and it looks like the new Telecharge.com is almost here! And it features 3-D seat maps, video content, and a whole bunch more. It's in Beta now, so it's not…
It's time to date it up! One of our most successful events last year was our Collaborator Speed Date. If you weren't a reader back then, a CSD is when we gather partnerless composers, libret…
I talk to lots of theatergoers: in focus groups, at the TKTS booth, in the lobby at Godspell, on the subway, on vacation, and everywhere in between. It's become somewhat of a hobby. What ama…
There's a classic musical theater axiom that states within the first fifteen minutes of any musical, the lead character or protagonist must have what is known as an "I want" song. …
If you follow me on the Facebook or the Twitter, then you know I am currently halfway around the world checking out the Japanese production of Altar Boyz. I had never been to Tokyo before (a…
The following are the Broadway Grosses from the week ending January 29, 2012: Show Name GrossGross TotalAttn %Cap AvgPdAdm ANYTHING GOES $618,894 7,000 85.28% $88.41 CHICAGO $424,654 5,806 6…
Happy Sunday, everyone! Tired of winter yet? Well, the good news is . . . it's the last Sunday in January. Bad news is . . . February has an extra day this year. But on one of those February…
Casinos have a lot on the 'line', which is why there is a lot to learn from everything they do. I stumbled upon a simple little trick that I've started using for my shows already, and it has…
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, …
