2,036 stories by "Ken Davenport"
Congratulations Ed Ertle, you are going to see YouTube sensations, The Voca People Off Broadway! Email me for details on how to get your tickets. And thanks to everyone else for the great vi…
For today's blog, I thought we'd stay on the Deloreon we took a ride on yesterday and take a glance at the New York Times review of Merlin in 1983 from the legendary Butcher of Broadway, Fra…
Listen to this quote: "Ever since the advent of talking movies in the twenties, pundits have fretted over Broadway's demise. The Great White Way is still around, continuing as it has fo…
Listen to this quote: "Ever since the advent of talking movies in the twenties, pundits have fretted over Broadway's demise. The Great White Way is still around, continuing as it has fo…
To call Lin-Manuel Miranda just a writer is like saying Da Vinci was just a painter. Like the ancient Italian, Mr. Miranda does a whole lot of things, and, unlike most, he does a whole lot o…
If you've got a product that already has market interest, another way to boost that interest is to create supporting products that might appeal to either a new demographic, or more important…
Telecharge.com recently sent out an email to its customers with a subject similar to the subject of this blog. Why? Because this summer, a bunch of shows are shaking up their schedules. Baby…
The following are the Broadway Grosses from the week ending July 17, 2011
Thanks for all entries about great theater outside of the city. I'll admit, even I can be snobbish about the great theater we have in this city, forgetting the incredibly diverse stuff that …
Now that the Anthony Weiner scandal has died down, there seem to be only two topics of water cooler conversation these days: Book of Mormon and Harry Potter. They seem so dissimilar, don't t…
A few of you may be in a statistic induced coma by now ever since I started my numbers craze last week. But I've got a-number one. (Get it? Ok, ok, I'll take that off the set list for my...
My office is right next to Book of Mormon, so every day and twice on Saturdays, I see a 100+ folks crossing their fingers hoping that they'll win the lottery and get to see the show that nig…
Remember when you were in high school and you were forced to read Jane Eyre or Moby Dick over the summer? Booooring. Well, you're not in school anymore (or most of you aren't - I do get a fe…
Godspell officially entered its "soft sale" period today. If you've enjoyed my blog, I hope you'll get a ticket today. Because I know you'll love the show. Get Godspell tickets her…
The following are the Broadway Grosses from the week ending July 10, 2011: Show Name GrossGross TotalAttn %Cap AvgPdAdm ANYTHING GOES $851,174 8,263 100.67% $103.01 BABY IT'S YOU! $406,515 6…
We set a record for the number of entries to this week's giveaway with almost 200 of you saying you were circus goers as a kid. An overwhelming majority of us saw the circus at some point or…
Yesterday we talked about musicals, and today we're talking plays. What has been the trend for new plays throughout the decades? Let's go to the stat board and see what we've got. In the 194…
I'm on a statistics kick lately. Don't know why. It's like that time I ate sushi every day for lunch for a week. It just satisfied a craving. And right now all that I can crave is numbers. R…
What do Happy Days, Cheers and Law & Order all have in common with this blog? They've all produced a spin-off! Last week, I revealed the results of my Producer's Perspective survey about…
I'm 38 years old. That puts me about 7-10 years away from entering the prime theatergoing age, according to recent demographics. The video game generation is about to become the theatergoing…
How many of you have seen a Pixar film? You know, Toy Story, Toy Story 2, Toy Story 3, Cars, Up, and so on. A lot, right? I've seen just a couple. I'm no die-hard, but I can get dragged...
The following are the Broadway Grosses from the week ending July 3, 2011: Show Name GrossGross TotalAttn %Cap AvgPdAdm ANYTHING GOES $875,398 8,265 100.69% $105.92 BABY IT'S YOU! $387,647 7,…
Happy Fourth, everybody! I'd bet that at least 70% of the readers of this blog will catch some sort of fireworks display tonight. Why? They're exciting, explosive, and even a bit dangerous. …
Congratulations to Barry Malawer, who is heading over the Second Stage to see The Illusion! Make sure you let us know what you think, Barry. Barry chose himself as the next playwright to wat…
