10 years ago, more than 250 theatre professionals interested in making theatre more environmentally friendly gathered at a Town Hall organized by David Stone (producer of Wicked) and his …
The following are the Broadway grosses for the week ending July 29, 2018. The Broadway grosses are courtesy of The Broadway League Read more here:
I don’t like Bob Dylan. I respect him. I admire him. He’s a without-a-doubt revolutionary musical and literary genius. But there’s a .001% chance I’d ever lis…
If you're reading this blog, you probably know all about Gettin' The Band Back Together, the new musical comedy in its first week of previews at the Belasco Theater. You know that it too…
The following are the Broadway grosses for the week ending July 22, 2018. The Broadway grosses are courtesy of The Broadway League Read more here:
10 years ago, I started this blog. 9 years ago, I came up with an idea for an original musical about a 40-year-old guy who gets his high school garage band back together. And tonight, that s…
Every year, Saroo Brierley celebrates his birthday on May 22nd. But that wasn't the day he was born. It was the day he was found. Saroo grew up in India, and just about every day, he followe…
The following are the Broadway grosses for the week ending July 8, 2018. The Broadway grosses are courtesy of The Broadway League Read more here:
Special Amazon Prime Day Post y'all! Amazon Prime Day is one of the biggest online shopping days . . . well, phenomenons really . . . that happens all year! There are deals, deals, deals and…
As the story goes, Dorothy Hammerstein once overheard a man at a lavish NYC event extolling the virtues of “Ol’ Man River.” Correcting the fellow, who attributed the song&#…
The following are the Broadway grosses for the week ending July 8, 2018. The Broadway grosses are courtesy of The Broadway League Read more here:
As I type this, we are four days away from the 15th annual New York Musical Festival (NYMF). On July 9th, 30+ new musical productions, concerts, readings, and educational events will descend…
One of the common gripes amongst Producers like me is the high costs of labor on Broadway. And it’s easy to point the finger at the unions for driving those salaries way up (in my …
The following are the Broadway grosses for the week ending July 1, 2018. The Broadway grosses are courtesy of The Broadway League Read more here:
You’ve “heard” me blog/talk about this idea before. And it looks like we weren’t the only one thinking about it. Because that “it” is now a law. New York …
The following are the Broadway grosses for the week ending June 24, 2018. The Broadway grosses are courtesy of The Broadway League Read more here:
Here’s the thing . . . The usual folks who attend run-thrus before a show packs up from the rehearsal hall and heads to tech are designers, marketers, staff members, etc. Most of th…
Disney recently released a new prequel in the Star Wars franchise entitled Solo, about that Millenium Falcon-flying, Han Solo. It, ahem, “underperformed” at the box office and…
I'm not a very patient person. In college, I started day trading stocks in class to pass the time and ended up quitting because I was making good money. I turned to real estate shortly af…
The following are the Broadway grosses for the week ending June 17, 2018. The Broadway grosses are courtesy of The Broadway League Read more here:
The theater is always about 10 years behind other industries . . . including our sisters in the entertainment sectors film and music. That’s not a slam, really. The primary consumi…
Are you a playwright or other generative artist who is considering working with a dramaturg, but questioning how to start? Here's one possible starting point! When I was asked to talk about …
The following are the Broadway grosses for the week ending June 10, 2018. The Broadway grosses are courtesy of The Broadway League Read more here:
Last week, I wrote about the record-breaking reported Broadway gross of $1.7b (and why I believed it was more like $2b). And this week, I want to talk about why we’re smashing recor…
Imagine a world where everything is automated. Actors move on stage with the click of a button. Their voices echo through the theatre like Alexa and Siri . . . hey, they can even do accents!…