2,070 stories by "Ken Davenport"
One of my New Year's Resolutions was to figure out more ways to thank all of you for reading and tweeting and liking the blog . . . which is why I've come up with The Sunday Giveaway! Every …
If I had a nickel for every time I heard someone say that theater tickets were too expensive, well, I have enough money to buy two theater tickets! It's true, it's true, Broadway and Off-Bro…
I was honored to have been asked to speak on a panel about marketing last night at The Women's Project. During the panel, search marketing and organic rankings came up as a Producer expresse…
Randy Adams and Sue Frost, last year's Producers of the Year, recently announced that Memphis, their Cinderella story of a musical that has already surprised the industry with its no-stars B…
The following are the Broadway Grosses from the week ending January 16, 2011: Show Name GrossGross TotalAttn %Cap AvgPdAdm AMERICAN IDIOT $619,525 9,322 68.18% $66.46 BILLY ELLIOT: THE MUSIC…
This past weekend was the debut of the road tour of the Get Your Show Off The Ground Seminar. First stop . . . Chicago! And even though it was colder than a popsicle in Sarah Palin's home st…
But I loved Ellen Stewart. The theater industry lost a major maverick last week when Ellen Stewart, the founder of the historically edgy La Mama theater passed away way too soon . . . at 91.…
I don't usually write blogs on Saturdays. And I'm not going to write one today. You're going to . . . Here's the idea. I like to tell people that I have the smartest and most passionate read…
I asked one of my staffers to come up with some ideas for a project we were preparing today. She's a quick thinker, so she snapped back a few quick ideas that were all good. I responded, ask…
Another interesting annual report from the Broadway League was released yesterday, and it has nothing with Broadway in NYC. This report details the economic impact that Broadway had on the n…
I noticed a billboard on 7th Avenue the other day that I hadn't seen before. I snapped a picture so you could see what it was advertising. Yep, it's pitching . . . Telecharge, the official t…
Oh Spidey . . . you just can't keep your name out of the papers. And, based on the 1.8 million bucks you did over Christmas week, I bet you're starting not to care. The latest bit of publici…
The following are the Broadway Grosses from the week ending January 9, 2011: Show Name GrossGross TotalAttn %Cap AvgPdAdm A FREE MAN OF COLOR $286,415 5,485 65.74% $52.22 A LITTLE NIGHT MUSI…
We've got three separate Get Your Show Off The Ground seminars in January in three separate cities. I'm so excited to hear about the different challenges and obstacles that producers and wri…
My office is right next to the Eugene O'Neill theater, home to the recently departed Fela!, home to the soon-to-arrive Book of Morman, and the permanent home of Chris Beck, the Property Mast…
Broadway is a risky investment. Duh. But Broadway can also be 'wicked' profitable. Double-duh. But here's the question that I'd like to see answered . . . because if the answer is what I thi…
In the Op-Ed section of the January 1st edition of the NY Times, far from the Arts pages, was a great piece from the daughter of the Producer of one of the most infamous flops in Broadway hi…
For the past three years, I've had Producer's Perspective socials here in NYC. And they've been a blast. They're a chance for all different kinds of people with one thing in common (a love o…
The following are the Broadway Grosses from the week ending January 3, 2011: Show Name GrossGross TotalAttn %Cap AvgPdAdm A FREE MAN OF COLOR $236,459 4,460 53.45% $53.02 A LITTLE NIGHT MUSI…
Before I start off the new bloggin' year, I want to look back to see what posts were the most read of the last 365 days. Why? Because I'm a believer that if blog falls in the woods, and noon…
It's the end of the month already, which means it's time for our new feature: the most read and most commented on posts of the previous month. So, here you go: The most read post of the mont…
Drumroll please . . . YOUR votes have been counted and you have selected your 2010 Broadway Producers of the Year. . . Randy Adams and Sue Frost, the producers of Memphis! Big congrats go ou…
It's the time of year for the ol' look back. What memorable moments have the last 12 months brought us that could help define the next 12 months? Here are my top 10 Broadway moments for 2010…
The following are the Broadway Grosses from the week ending Dec. 26, 2010: Show Name GrossGross TotalAttn %Cap AvgPdAdm A FREE MAN OF COLOR $143,850 3,640 43.62% $39.52 A LITTLE NIGHT MUSIC …
I was doing about 70 MPH down the West Side Highway last week when I heard a public service announcement commercial on the radio about the New York City speed limit of . . . 30 MPH. "Ye…
