2,070 stories by "Ken Davenport"
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…
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…
