2,036 stories by "Ken Davenport"
Quick! You just got stung on the leg by a jellyfish! What do you do? Pretend your limb is a pregnancy test and pee on it, right? Wrong. Pee is not a remedy for a jellyfish sting. It's just a…
The following are the Broadway Grosses from the week ending August 14, 2011: Show Name GrossGross TotalAttn %Cap AvgPdAdm ANYTHING GOES $862,819 8,260 100.63% $104.46 BABY IT'S YOU! $338,814…
Get ready for a road trip, Linda Sue Moshier, because you're going to see The Unauthorized Biography of Samantha Brown at Goodspeed Opera House! All the comments about up and coming MT teams…
In every marketing meeting I've been to, there's always one idea from someone around the table that makes everyone else look at each other and mouth, "WTF?" Now, I actually think y…
Have you noticed your inbox filled with more Kickstarter requests lately? Have you seen more postcards on radiators at rehearsal studios in town? Has your Facebook been blowing up with event…
Here's a biz idea for some budding entrepreneurs out there: create an S&P for Broadway investments; an "official" ratings board that grades investments on the same AAA scale th…
Ira Weitzman is a musical midwife. He has helped some of our industry's most celebrated authors give birth to musicals like Falsettos, Sunday in the Park with You Know Who, Once on This Isla…
A friend of mine produced a Broadway show this past spring, and we recently got together to trade stories. When I asked him how it went, he said, "You know that expression, being shot o…
The following are the Broadway Grosses from the week ending August 7, 2011: Show Name GrossGross TotalAttn %Cap AvgPdAdm ANYTHING GOES $874,887 8,268 100.73% $105.82 BABY IT'S YOU! $337,826 …
Congratulations to Price, who is going to see Zach Braff's All New People at Second Stage. Price, email me to set up your tickets, cuz you're going to the the-a-ter. Thanks to everyone else …
On a Friday afternoon during my first few weeks as an Assistant Company Manager at Show Boat back in 1996, two firemen came up to our office at the Gershwin theater and said there was a wate…
I was asked to speak at the Arizona Presenters Alliance annual retreat yesterday and during one of my sessions, which I call, "Stump The Marketing Guy!" (I offer a $100 prize to anyone that …
I travel a lot, and thanks to the international success of My First Time, and my love of London, I find myself crossing a lot of borders. And as many of you know, I'm sure, there is nothing …
No, I'm not talk about fruits and veges here. I'm talking about the word that we all throw about like it's confetti on New Year's. "I'm producing a new play" or "I want to pro…
You haven't heard about Broadway-Con? It's a convention like the unbelievably popular Comic-Con.
The following are the Broadway Grosses from the week ending July 31, 2011: Show Name GrossGross TotalAttn %Cap AvgPdAdm ANYTHING GOES $846,061 8,165 99.48% $103.62 BABY IT'S YOU! $372,629 6,…
I have to say, admitting that July is no longer with us gets me a little depressed. So let's make August one heck of a last summer month! Let's see what you got your interest this past month…
Yesterday's Sunday giveaway was for two tickets to Zach Braff's new comedy at Second Stage. As I was 'giving it away', I started thinking about how surprised I was to hear that Zach Braff ha…
If anyone was wondering if there were strong feelings about nudity in theater, check out the over 135 (!) comments from this week's contest. You guys take your nakedness seriously. The nudie…
Ok, this "overheard" entry didn't happen at Angus. It happened in Massachusetts about a week ago, when my Mom took one of her grandkids, a second grader, to see a show at the local…
This could be one of my favorite "Market Notes" yet. Market Notes is a report that the Shubert Organization, which sits on top of a mountain of Telecharge data, spits out every mon…
You haven't heard about Broadway-Con? It's a convention like the unbelievably popular Comic-Con. You know about Comic-Con, right? Comic-Con the unbelievably popular convention that unites fa…
Seems like just yesterday we were all freezing our spotlights off and picking the shows we thought would make money in this year's Will It Recoup! (If you aren't familiar with our game, clic…
I got an email from a reader who had already bought tickets to Godspell who told me she couldn't wait to see it again. She talked about the score, the joy, and more. This reader knew all the…
The following are the Broadway Grosses from the week ending July 24, 2011: Show Name GrossGross TotalAttn %Cap AvgPdAdm ANYTHING GOES $832,625 8,256 100.58% $100.85 BABY IT'S YOU! $436,377 7…
