2,070 stories by "Ken Davenport"
On Wednesday, I spoke about the importance of the contrarian view. Well, you can't get much more contrarian that this. Enter Justin Moran, who earlier this month issued a challenge to himsel…
Every five years, the National Endowment for the Arts and the US Census Bureau take the temperature of arts consumption in the US. The last report was published in June of '09 (almost 2 year…
As I did yesterday, at the end of every month I take a look at the previous month's blogs to see what the most read and the most commented on blogs were. I do this for two reasons: To recap.…
The ides of March are almost upon us, which means it's time to check in and see what the most read and most commented on posts of the previous month were . . . just in case you missed one....
I promised this blog for yesterday, then bumped it to today. And now I feel like a guy who is about to tell a joke and quickly realizes his audience has heard it before. Because my two ways …
The following are the Broadway Grosses from the week ending February 27, 2011: Show Name GrossGross TotalAttn %Cap AvgPdAdm AMERICAN IDIOT $1,301,949 13,391 97.94% $97.23 ARCADIA $74,305 948…
I know, I know, on Friday, I promised to blog about two ways to get rid of discounting altogether. But while in the shower this weekend, I came up with a new idea for a feature that I wanted…
To paraphrase Falsettos, something good is happening.
We all know the internet brings like-minded people together. That's the theory behind newsgroups, chat rooms, forums and niche socia…
Who said being a ballet dancer wasn't cool? Over the years, people have slammed the movie to musical trend of Broadway adaptations. I'd like to see them try to slam Billy Elliot. In a strang…
Take some Pepto, Amanda Mashack, because you're gonna eat $100 of spicy Cuban food courtesy of Havana Central. And then stretch out those cheek muscles because you're going to be laughing at…
Damian Bazadona and his company, Situation Marketing, just about built the on-ramp from Broadway to the information super-highway. That's why he has been on The List for two years in a row. …
If comedy is about . . . timing, then modern theater producing is about . . . marketing. The best way to learn how to market is to actually try and marketing something. The second best way t…
And by cold winter, I mean the cold economic winter of the last several years . . . not this cold, snowy thing that NYC seems to be stuck in this year. Yep, the end of Quarter 3 of the...
The following are the Broadway Grosses from the week ending February 20, 2011: Show Name GrossGross TotalAttn %Cap AvgPdAdm AMERICAN IDIOT $1,144,030 11,811 86.39% $96.86 BILLY ELLIOT: THE M…
Six years ago, my head cheerleader at The Awesome 80s Prom grabbed me after one of our shows and said, "Ken! You have to come with us. We're going to hear my boyfriend's band!" I o…
It used to be that cheating husbands and bankruptcy scandals were the stuff only whispered about at parties. No one talked about the dark intimate details of others' lives in public. So, whe…
Producers Perspective giveaway this Sunday, 2/20: 2 Tickets to Colin Quinn: Long Story Short (Any performance through March 5 except 2/2 and 2/3) http://colinquinnlongstoryshort.com/ and $10…
Drumroll please . . . Chosen from a plethora of random tweets . . . the winner of the Priscilla tickets is . . . LANE BEAUCHAMP! (Isn't that a cool name, by the way?) Congratulations, Lane. …
. . . are based on a pre-existing musical catalog or are known as a so-called jukebox musical. 1/3. 1 out of 3. 33% I know you've probably thought about this before, but I just couldn't help…
The first job I ever had on the ol' Broadway was as a Production Assistant on the revival of My Fair Lady starring Richard Chamberlain. As a PA I worked very closely with the Stage Managers …
If you asked a NYer where Broadway was, they'd probably point you to the street that runs the length of Manhattan. If you said, "No, where's the Broadway they talk about in books,"…
I know what you're thinking. Because I've thought the same way too. If I can just get the show open, if I can just get the product launched, it's going to be a instant smash hit. It's that g…
The following are the Broadway Grosses from the week ending February 13, 2011: Show Name GrossGross TotalAttn %Cap AvgPdAdm AMERICAN IDIOT $977,545 10,923 79.89% $89.49 BILLY ELLIOT: THE MUS…
I got an unsolicited mass email last week from a company that provides a 'service' to the Broadway community. I was a little bugged by the impersonal feel of the salesy-email so I banged b…
It's hard to believe that this Winter will ever be over, but some sure signs that warmer weather is to come are the upcoming deadlines for the city's big theater festivals. Since there is no…
