Ok, the title is a bit misleading as no two days are alike for a Broadway publicist, but a general idea of how we spend our time can be really helpful when you're working with your rep or lo…
Overall grosses remained steady at $33M this week. Coming off of the three day weekend, many individual shows saw decreases, but the addition of Torch Song and a few extra previews for…
I met Daniel Goldfarb back in 1997 when I company managed a workshop of Parade. Daniel was Alfred Uhry’s (who wrote the book) assistant, and I remember people saying . . . …
https://www.buzzsprout.com/123341/830166-episode-163-daniel-goldfarb.mp3 I met Daniel Goldfarb back in 1997, when I company managed a workshop of Parade. Daniel was Alfred Uhry…
Here are five things that fancied me this week: Why have one mentor when you can have a tribe. Tim Ferris shook up the productivity world with his Four Hour Work Week and t…
No one is more of an advocate of technology in the industry than me. But just like a diet . . . you can’t just eat one food and expect to be healthy. Diet, exercise, and building…
The following are the Broadway grosses for the week ending October 7, 2018. The Broadway grosses are courtesy of The Broadway League Read more here:
It’s 2018. You need great video. Right. Now. But why? Why great? And why now? To borrow that saying from the early days of film, let's cut to the chase (and the stats). Great, be…
Here’s something I bet you’d never guess. Of those five Tony Award nominations that Michael John has on his resume, three of them (that’s more than half if you’re…
https://www.buzzsprout.com/123341/823062-episode-162-michael-john-lachiusa.mp3 Here’s something I bet you’d never guess. Of those five Tony Award nominations that Mich…
Happy long weekend for some of you, and enjoy these five finds from the week on Broadway and beyond: TKTS lists actual prices instead of just percentages.I blogged about this when i…
Like stockbrokers, or more specifically, private equity investors, Broadway Producers, Broadway Investors, and even creatives are always looking for the next big hit. You know, the one that …
Broadway continues to do big business and is only trending up, but there's a segment of ticket sales that has largely been ignored. Pre-sales are guaranteed money in the bank (music to any P…
The following are the Broadway grosses for the week ending September 30, 2018. The Broadway grosses are courtesy of The Broadway League Read more here:
When Richard Maltby, Jr. was asked to put together a revue for Manhattan Theatre Club, he said “yes,” even though he didn’t know what that actually meant. But he did …
https://www.buzzsprout.com/123341/817488-episode-161-richard-maltby.mp3 When Richard Maltby, Jr. was asked to put together a revue for Manhattan Theatre Club, he said “yes,̶…
TGIF, y’all, and welcome to my weekly wrap up, when I let you know about five things that caught my eye during the last five days. 1. Streaming goes independent. Composer/Lyri…
Back in 2009, I wrote a blog that proved that shows that opened in the Spring had a better shot at winning a Tony Award over shows that opened in the Fall. You can read that blog here. Th…
When I was 16 years old, I told my father (who was a Boston physician) that I wanted to be a doctor. "No," he said, "a woman's place is not in medical school!" I rebelled, naturally, and wen…
The following are the Broadway grosses for the week ending September 23, 2018. The Broadway grosses are courtesy of The Broadway League Read more here:
Hey readers . . . especially you out there on the Northwest Coast. I’ll be in the Seattle area this weekend participating on the Jury of the very cool Fifth Avenue Theatre “First…
Joe Iconis had a helluva summer. Be More Chill, his musical that premiered at Two River Theater in New Jersey in 2015 (!), opened off-Broadway, sold out in an instant, extended, and then the…
https://www.buzzsprout.com/123341/810950-episode-160-joe-iconis.mp3 Click above to listen to my podcast with Joe! Listen to it on iTunes here. (And if you like the podcast, give it a g…
Hello folks! Another Friday is upon us, which means 5 more finds from the theater and beyond you may have missed or that I think you should check out. Here are my faves:  Did you see t…
While musicals featuring pre-existing music have been around for decades and decades, the “jukebox musical” genre was born on Broadway with the debut of Mamma Mia back i…