Tuesday, May 28, 2013
I’m a subscriber to every Broadway discount site there is, and I recommend you sign up for ‘em all as well. Get on that Telecharge list, the Playbill List, the Theatermania lis…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMMonday, May 27, 2013
I’m a dude. And that means I love The Godfather. That also means you have to deal with a Godfather analogy every so often. And I’ve got a good one today. Because Broadway has ano…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMFriday, May 24, 2013
I was going to write a snappy little intro to the blog and talk about the crazy number of entries we got, and how much fun my entire staff and I have reading all these playlets . . . but you…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMThursday, May 23, 2013
This blog is a simple one, my friends. Easy for us to accomplish, and symbolic for us going forward. If you’ve been to an ad meeting for a Broadway show recently, then you’ve p…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMWednesday, May 22, 2013
Bunches of books have been made into Broadway shows, from Phantom, to Tale of Two Cities, to Ragtime. And, as is more and more the case, lots of movies have made the leap as well, from Bill…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMTuesday, May 21, 2013
I was struggling with the tone of a show I was working on several years back . . . the audience just wasn’t getting on our journey fast enough. It took them too long to figure out wh…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMMonday, May 20, 2013
Almost two decades ago, the Broadway League began tracking the demographics of the touring audience for Broadway shows, understanding that the audience on the road is a feeder audience for B…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMFriday, May 17, 2013
I’m not smart enough to read The Economist. Thankfully, I have some friends that are . . . and one of them sent me a great article featured in this month’s issue that talked ab…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMThursday, May 16, 2013
I got a lot of emails about last month’s “What The Tuck” blog and Broadway theater availability in general . . . which got me wondering . . . which Broadway Theaters are bo…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMWednesday, May 15, 2013
An up-and-coming Producer sent me an email the other day asking me how I developed my own producing style. And I answered, “What style?” Like a fashion style, I don’t think…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMTuesday, May 14, 2013
Oh Smash. I had such high hopes for you. And now, you’re (tear, tear), gone. For the second time in the past five-or-so years, another giant NBC network show about Broadway has . .…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMMonday, May 13, 2013
King Kong is koming . . . to Broadway. If you haven’t heard, a musical version of King Kong is set to debut Down Under on June 15th. And, well, since one of the most famous scenes i…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMFriday, May 10, 2013
Ring the bells, for the Dinner Theater is no more. Ok, I’m being slightly dramatic. There are a few dinner theaters still around serving up so-so steaks, and the National Dinner Thea…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMThursday, May 9, 2013
Big corporations hire Mystery Shoppers to test out their salespeople, their stores, and every other aspect of the purchasing process. And every theater should too. In case you’re wonde…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMWednesday, May 8, 2013
Things happen in threes, right? Last week, my bloggin’ hero, Seth Godin, wrote a fantastic entry called, “The Critic Stumbles,” where he publicly announced that he thought …
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMTuesday, May 7, 2013
Remember that time Mamma Mia announced they were moving down the block (and it caused that big traffic jam for those producers out there hunting for theaters?) Well we now know that the musc…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMMonday, May 6, 2013
I got in a very interesting discussion with a reporter the other day about our beloved Tony Awards. She hypothesized that the awards were mostly a marketing exercise for Broadway and the s…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMFriday, May 3, 2013
Earlier this month, up North in colder Canada, the Canadian Journalism Foundation put on a panel discussion called “The Walking Dead: Do Traditional Arts Critics Have a Future?”…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMThursday, May 2, 2013
Alright racing fans . . . buckle your belts, because it’s about to get serious. It’s Tony Pool time!!! That’s right, the nominations have been announced, so it’s time…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMWednesday, May 1, 2013
Something funked up my fortune telling powers this year, because I bombed on my Tony Predictions, scoring only a 69%! Yikes. Not even a Satisfactory C on this report card! Here’s w…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMTime for that monthly summary of what got your attention last month here at The Producer’s Perspective The most read post of the month: Why the Veronica Mars movie backers got screwed…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 10:45AMTuesday, April 30, 2013
The Tony nominations were just announced a few hours ago. And yesterday, I promised you a “report card” on how I did with my set of predictions. But, that can wait . . . becaus…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMMonday, April 29, 2013
Last week, The Outer Critics and the Drama League trumpeted the beginning of Award season with their set of nominees . . . and today, we hit Award Season-stride with the announcement of the …
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMFriday, April 26, 2013
In the 80s, Andrew Lloyd Three Names released a bunch of recordings of his shows, before they were actually completed shows. Jesus Christ Three Named Show was one of the first . . . but Evi…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMThursday, April 25, 2013
I got an email from a passionate yet disgruntled theatergoer recently who told me that several of her recent show-going experiences were marred by not-so-polite audience members who texted, …
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMWednesday, April 24, 2013
Entertainment doesn’t exist in a bubble. An audience’s enjoyment (or lack thereof), or their artistic takeaways are affected by so many other factors . . . including their mood, …
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMTuesday, April 23, 2013
Last week, the Producers of the upcoming (and from what I hear, wonderful) new musical Tuck Everlasting, announced they were postponing its pre-Broadway Boston tryout due to the lack of an a…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMMonday, April 22, 2013
I’m from New England. And you know what they say about weather in New England? “Don’t like the weather? Wait five minutes.” The funny thing is I’ve heard th…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMFriday, April 19, 2013
You know what’s great about kids? They are honest. When we grow up, we learn to be polite. And sometimes that’s boring. And definitely not funny. You know what I mean . . .…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMThursday, April 18, 2013
One of my first lessons in manners from my Mom was the simple, “When people give you something, say thank you.” The beginning of baseball season made me think of the Baltimore Or…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMWednesday, April 17, 2013
The day after our 10 Minute Play contest ended last year, I had five emails asking me when I was going to do it again. And those five emails told me we were on to something (I have a rule in…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM 
