3,177 stories from The Producer's Perspective
When you talk to Michael Starobin about orchestrating for the musical theater, you just know he’s one of those lucky people that is doing exactly what he’s supposed to do. HeR…
Marketing 101 for 90% of the businesses in the world teaches entrepreneurs to offer guarantees for their products or services. It’s a show of confidence in your product.  It redu…
Broadway Marketing is an open book test. Â Literally. Every “this time of year,” The Broadway League sends all of its members a book. Â That book contains a complete breakdow…
I watched ‘da Bowl on Sunday like the other 100 million people around the world (actually half-watched, since I had my laptop open while I was talking on the phone . . . so I guess …
Blimey, mates! Â I’m full of beans because I’m off to jolly ol’ London town! (BTW, full of beans means “lots of energy” in British slang . . . it doesn’…
Have you ever been lost? Like you’re on your way to a party . . . or a show . . . or any place you really, really, and I mean really want to get to. Maybe there’s a special someo…
If you read Jeanine Tesori’s list of credits, you might think they were the credits of five different composers, the subjects and the sounds are so diverse. From Thoroughly Modern M…
I have this cool tool that measures the amount of email I send and receive called Gmail Meter. Â It’s pretty fun. Â It’ll tell me the top people I send emails to (My General …
Face it. If you do anything in this business, or in any business, you’re eventually going to #@$% up. It’s going to happen. Â You’re going to make a boo-boo. Â So get u…
The following are the Broadway grosses for the week ending February 7th, 2016.
The Broadway grosses are courtesy of The Broadway League
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Iowa is one of the great political states in our union, thanks to the first big Presidential primary race (which is underway on the day this blog goes live!). What most people don’t…
The following are the Broadway grosses for the week ending January 31st, 2016.
The Broadway grosses are courtesy of The Broadway League
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Don’t worry. Â We didn’t Marty McFly-back in time. Â It is February 2nd. But I wanted to wish you all a Happy New Year. Â Again. Here’s why. There’s something a…
Before I crowdfunded Godspell, I had a thesis. "There are thousands of people out there who would love to invest in Broadway shows . . . they just don't know how to do it, or who to talk to.…
Back in ’11, I posted a medium-sized whiny blog wondering when/where we would get a BroadwayCon. Â “Movies have ’em, why not us? Â Huh? Â Whhhhhyyyyyy-ine!” Now…
There were tears running down her face. A friend and Producer-peer of mine was trying to comfort her, but not much was working. After all, it was her 16th birthday and she had tickets to Ham…
The following are the Broadway grosses for the week ending January 24th, 2016.
The Broadway grosses are courtesy of The Broadway League
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I kept something from you. Don’t be mad. Â I’m making up for it today. A week ago last Friday I held a special event at the Brooks Atkinson Theatre sponsored by Spring Awakenin…
Ok, let’s play a bit of Broadway trivia. How many Broadway credits do you think my guest for today’s podcast, lighting designer Ken Billington (Chicago, The Scottsboro Boys, The …
Since snowpocalypse (!) has everyone a little nervous as we head into the weekend, I thought I’d lighten the mood with another video from . . . well . . . from those Broadway guys who …
If you think the first reality TV show was Survivor or American Idol, you’re wrong. And if you think it was The Real World, you’re also incorrecto-mundo. Â (Although TRW may be…
The following are the Broadway grosses for the week ending January 17th, 2016.
The Broadway grosses are courtesy of The Broadway League
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What a story. You’d think that those who have reached the apex of their specific careers were focused on doing just that since they came out of the womb. Â Well, wait until you hear …
It was only a matter of time. Last week, Universal Music Group announced that they were tapping the independent Broadway Producer (and former agent) Scott Landis along with David Blackman to…
The following are the Broadway grosses for the week ending January 10th, 2016.
The Broadway grosses are courtesy of The Broadway League
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