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The following are the Broadway grosses for the week ending September 7th, 2014.
The Broadway grosses are courtesy of The Broadway League
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Calling all ‘shmen! Don’t worry, no hazing happening here. Â Just a fun video from Carnegie Mellon’s class of 2017 aimed at all those new BFA students around the country …
Before I dive in to today’s post, let me clear the tropical air. Â Yes, I am on my honeymoon . . . in Hawaii . . . And yes, I am bloggin’ from the beach. Â Why? Â Well, fir…
You know where the biggest stage in the world is? I’ll give you a hint. It’s not on Broadway. It’s not in the West End. It’s in Washington, DC. The American political…
Back in my early high school years, before the Gods of the Theater had really taken hold of my soul, I was a sports nut. And I used to look forward to this one time of year when all the majo…
The following are the Broadway grosses for the week ending August 31st, 2014.
The Broadway grosses are courtesy of The Broadway League
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To most people in the US, Labor Day means one thing. Â A day off. It’s a day of BBQs that signal the end of summer, back to school, and no more summer Fridays. When I first entered t…
Time for that monthly summary of what got your attention last month here at The Producer's Perspective: The most read post of the month:Â 10 Shows that Stand Out at the Fringe – 2014…
If you’re like me, and you get your daily weather report from The Weather Channel’s Weather.com, then you might think the sky is falling. Â Literally. Take a look at the headli…
I knew there was a reason I was a McDonald’s fan. Burger King made a Whopper-sized announcement this week that they are buying Tim Hortons, another processed food parts chain, and m…
I’m a salt-a-holic. I’m not as bad as my little bro, who salts his bacon hamburgers, but I’m still pretty bad. Â I’ll add extra salt to things like, oh McDonaldR…
It seems like just yesterday we were talking about Hugh Jackman’s hoppin’ through the opening number of the Tony Awards, and now . . . the 1st quarter of the 2014-15 season is ov…
Based on the number of likes I got when I Facebooked the news about the soon-to-be-built Broadway theater (2018 anyone?), you all like love the idea. But is it really a good idea? Before …
The following are the Broadway grosses for the week ending August 24th, 2014.
The Broadway grosses are courtesy of The Broadway League
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Theater Owners have always had awesome power.  But in the past couple of decades that power has only grown, as the overall business has grown (since theater owners get a % of the gross…
I’ve attended a lot of ad meetings in my couple of decades workin’ on The Great White Way, and they can be quite a party, let me tell you. One show I worked on had about seventee…
A reader asked me recently what I spend most of my day as a Producer doing. “Is it analyzing ticket trends? Â Making budgets? Â Schmoozing agents to get their stars to do your show…
My favorite NY slice place had a shark-infused spotlight thrown on it recently when it made an appearance in the highly anticipated sequel, Sharknado II. How do I know? Well it’s no…
I get my NY Times Sunday Arts and Leisure section delivered to me on Thursday.  Yep, in case you didn’t know, the sections of the Sunday Times that aren’t “headlin…
The following are the Broadway grosses for the week ending August 17th, 2014.
The Broadway grosses are courtesy of The Broadway League
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Since our giveaway of a week of free theater rent was such a big hit, I thought I’d try to help out all you emerging artists and producers out there with a different kind of freebie sp…
Well, if someone out there is going to produce a 90s musical, then we got your song list, courtesy of your entries into this week’s giveaway, right here. Although, honestly, and maybe …
The following is the definition of an accredited investor directly from the SEC.gov website.  The bolded bullet points below are the definitions that apply most often to Broadway Inves…
Yesterday was a big day for the Broadway Investing underworld. I say “underworld,” because it wasn’t too long ago that in order to invest in a Broadway show, you had to kno…
