3,177 stories from The Producer's Perspective
My first experience with "site-specific" theater was in 1995 with a little musical called JP Morgan Saves The Nation written by a then-unknown composer/lyricist named Jonathan Larson (the NY…
The following are the Broadway grosses for the week ending April 29, 2018.
The Broadway grosses are courtesy of The Broadway League
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"You have a candy machine in here???" If you saw or know 13 the musical (my first Broadway producing credit), then you know that this line got one of the biggest laughs on Broadway tha…
 https://www.buzzsprout.com/123341/1117397-189-robert-horn.mp3 "You have a candy machine in here???" If you saw or know 13 the musical (my first Broadway producing credit), then yo…
Everyone has an idea for a something . . . whether it's a play, a movie . . . or even an app. But as I wrote about here, ideas are worth zippo. That's why they can't be protected by copy…
The following are the Broadway grosses for the week ending April 29, 2018.
The Broadway grosses are courtesy of The Broadway League
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I don't do much co-producing on Broadway anymore. Of course, there are a lot of pros for Co-Producing on Broadway (diversification for me and my investors, a new network, etc.), as I talk ab…
Josh Bergasse's life could be a musical.He started dancing every day in his mom's studio since he was barely out of diapers. And in his own words, ten years and 10,000 hours later, he actual…
https://www.buzzsprout.com/123341/1080320-podcast-episode-188-josh-bergasse.mp3 Josh Bergasse's life could be a musical. He started dancing every day in his mom's studio since he was barely …
Rock musicals ain't no new thing. They came onto the scene in the late '60s with Hair and then came into their own with Superstar and more in the '70s. They didn't dominate our i…
The following are the Broadway grosses for the week ending April 29, 2018.
The Broadway grosses are courtesy of The Broadway League
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A BHAG is a Big, Hairy, Audacious, Goal. James Collins and Jerry Porras originated the concept in their book, Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies. They're unachiev…
A flood brought us together. It was crunch time during tech at Thoroughly Modern Millie when the deluge curtain opened up and flooded the stage and the Director, Michael Mayer, had to …
https://www.buzzsprout.com/123341/1057071-podcast-episode-187-michael-mayer.mp3 A flood brought us together. It was crunch time during tech at Thoroughly Modern Millie when the deluge …
I love a good quote. They're what start me up in the morning. Even more so than coffee. See, a few years ago I started writing good ones on my whiteboard in the AM so I would stare at th…
I consider myself a pretty early adopter. I was one of the first folks on an iPhone, which snagged me this commercial (!), I bought stock in 3D printers and Salesforce before they wer…
The following are the Broadway grosses for the week ending April 15, 2018.
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Dominique Morisseau is having a moment. You might not have heard her name before this year when she got the call to Broadway with her book for Ain't Too Proud, but she has been sloggin…
https://www.buzzsprout.com/123341/1048692-186-dominique-morisseau.mp3 Dominique Morisseau is having a moment. You might not have heard her name before this year when she got the call to Broa…
 Whenever I hear three separate people musing about the same subject, whether that's a show, a song, or even a stock tip, I pay attention. Because it means something's up. And just t…
The following are the Broadway grosses for the week ending April 15, 2018.
The Broadway grosses are courtesy of The Broadway League
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I've been following Julia Jordan's career since she was living on a boat. That's right, early on in her life in NYC, she lived on a boat . . . in Manhattan! And why? Well, it was coo…
https://www.buzzsprout.com/123341/1038370-podcast-episode-185-julia-jordan.mp3 I've been following Julia Jordan's career since she was living on a boat. That's right, early on in her life in…
 They were a little late to the party.  But Apple finally got there. (I wonder if they would have arrived on time or even early, had the prophet Steve Jobs still been with us, or had…
The following are the Broadway grosses for the week ending April 8, 2018.
The Broadway grosses are courtesy of The Broadway League
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