Podcast Episode #17 " Elizabeth Furze From AKA Advertising Explains It All To You. by Ken Davenport

It wasn’t too long ago that there were only two advertising agencies that serviced the bulk of Broadway shows. Then Elizabeth Furze came to town. “Liz” is the co-head of AK…

SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00am on April 27, 2015☆⚑

Broadway Grosses* w/e 4/26/2015 by Dte

The following are the Broadway grosses for the week ending April 26th, 2015. The Broadway grosses are courtesy of The Broadway League Read more here:

SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 10:45am on April 27, 2015☆⚑

My Predictions for the 2014-15 Tony Nominations. by Ken Davenport

There are a lot of people that are going to have a sleepless weekend.  How can you relax if you’re just days away from finding out if you’re gonna get nominated for a Tony Awa…

SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:28am on April 24, 2015☆⚑

Why your materials matter. by Ken Davenport

We get a lot of script submissions. Sometimes they are emailed to us.  Sometimes they get mailed to us. Sometimes they get pressed on us when we’re at an industry event (I don’…

SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00am on April 23, 2015☆⚑

Forget the Alamo. Remember the BlackBerry? by Ken Davenport

You remember the BlackBerry? It wasn’t too long ago that the BlackBerry was the coolest device around.  I wanted one big time.  And when I had one, I thought I was the hippest ca…

SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00am on April 22, 2015☆⚑

Podcast Episode #16 " Broadway Casting Director Bernie Telsey describes the magic of casting. by Ken Davenport

You might think a podcast featuring one of the most powerful casting directors in the biz is just for the actors out there. And why sure, if you’re an actor, you’re going to h…

SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00am on April 20, 2015☆⚑

Broadway Grosses* w/e 4/19/2015 by Dte

The following are the Broadway grosses for the week ending April 19th, 2015. The Broadway grosses are courtesy of The Broadway League Read more here:

SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 10:45am on April 20, 2015☆⚑

Fun on a Friday: He left us, but hasn't forgotten us. by Ken Davenport

When it was announced that James Corden was taking over The Late Late Show I cried a little. Why was I so verklempt? Because when I saw Jimbo in One Man, Two Guvnors I remember thin…

SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00am on April 17, 2015☆⚑

You've built an army, but the war is over. What do you do with 'em? by Ken Davenport

You ever cruise Facebook or Twitter, and see a page that hasn’t been updated in awhile?  And I’m not talking days or weeks . . . but months . . . years even.  You know what…

SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00am on April 16, 2015☆⚑

Why I'm mad at Andrew Lloyd Webber. by Ken Davenport

The truth is . . . I love me some Lloyd Webber. Whether we’re talking old school JCS or Joseph, the classic Phantom (the first Broadway show I ever saw), the uber-romantic�…

SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00am on April 15, 2015☆⚑

What Hillary Clinton's announcement means for your press strategy. by Ken Davenport

Were you surprised??? On Sunday, Hillary Clinton announced that she was running for President! This is my shocked face.   Ok, so no one was taken aback by the news . . . but some folks…

SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00am on April 14, 2015☆⚑

Podcast Episode #15 " Broadway Attorney Dan Wasser explains the JOBS Act and more. by Ken Davenport

One of the first people that a Broadway Producer hires when he or she sets out to produce a show is his or her attorney. So, I thought it was about time we heard from one. It’s a fasci…

SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00am on April 13, 2015☆⚑

Broadway Grosses* w/e 4/12/2015 by Dte

The following are the Broadway grosses for the week ending April 12th, 2015. The Broadway grosses are courtesy of The Broadway League Read more here:

SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 10:45am on April 13, 2015☆⚑

And the finalists for the Second Annual Davenport Songwriting Contest are . . . by Ken Davenport

Hundreds entered.  Only ten remain. This is . . . The Davenport Songwriting Games! Dum-dum-dum. This is it.  The day we announce the ten finalists in my Second Annual Songwriting Co…

SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00am on April 10, 2015☆⚑

My definition of an Entrepreneur (And Producers are entrepreneurs, ya know!) by Ken Davenport

I got an email from a blog reader three weeks and four days ago, asking me the simple question of what I thought the definition of that crazy french-formed word, “entrepreneur,̶…

SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00am on April 9, 2015☆⚑

Why can't we be like the Yankees? by Ken Davenport

You know what this past Monday was? That’s right . . . it was opening day for the 2015 Major League Baseball season. Everywhere I went, people were talking about it.  I woke up t…

SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00am on April 8, 2015☆⚑

Three things I learned about marketing from my April Fools' joke. by Ken Davenport

If you fell for my April Fools’ joke last week, you weren’t the only one. I got tons of emails, tweets and slaps on the back for announcing I was building a Broadway theater f…

SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00am on April 7, 2015☆⚑

Podcast Episode #14 " David Rockwell, Designer of, well, Everything. by Ken Davenport

I can’t draw.  I can’t decorate.  And the bird house I built in shop class was only valuable for the air rights. So I’m in serious awe of all designers.  But it…

SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00am on April 6, 2015☆⚑

Broadway Grosses* w/e 4/5/2015 by Dte

The following are the Broadway grosses for the week ending April 5th, 2015. The Broadway grosses are courtesy of The Broadway League Read more here:

SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 10:45am on April 6, 2015☆⚑

The most common action item for my writer consult clients is . . . by Ken Davenport

More than half my consulting clients are writers. At each of our sessions, I give them all three action items to help them get their show to the next “stage” of development. A…

SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00am on April 3, 2015☆⚑

At last . . . it's Get Your Show Off The Ground " online style. by Ken Davenport

You gave me an idea. While typing up my last Get Your Show Off The Ground takeaway blog, I thought . . . since GYSOTG was my first and is still my most popular seminar, why not take th…

SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00am on April 2, 2015☆⚑

There aren't enough Broadway theaters. So I'm building one! by Ken Davenport

I’ve written about the theater crunch on Broadway a bunch of times . . . and I got to thinking the other day, it’s time for me to stop writing about it and start doing somethi…

SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00am on April 1, 2015☆⚑

If only they had this when I crowdfunded Godspell. by Ken Davenport

Hold on to your offering documents, people, because raising money for businesses, including Broadway shows, just got easier. Several years (!) after Congress passed the JOBS Act, the SEC …

SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00am on March 31, 2015☆⚑

Podcast Episode #13 " Broadway Producer and The Advocate for Artists, Tom Kirdahy. by Ken Davenport

What I love about Broadway is that there is no one path to becoming a Producer.  Everyone who gets their name above the title comes at it from their own unique angle.  We’ve got …

SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00am on March 30, 2015☆⚑

Broadway Grosses* w/e 3/29/2015 by Dte

The following are the Broadway grosses for the week ending March 29nd, 2015. The Broadway grosses are courtesy of The Broadway League Read more here:

SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 10:45am on March 30, 2015☆⚑