Monday, April 14, 2014
Part of my personal curse (and also one of my best business assets) is that I’m always looking for the best deal. I want the best deal on airfare, on office supplies, on everything! …
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMFriday, April 11, 2014
I found ‘em. I found the stars that will replace in Les Miz. (Cameron, you can thank me later.) I just did a Fun on a Friday blog last week, so I normally wouldn’t put one up a…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMThursday, April 10, 2014
As I prepped for my Producing 101 Tele-Seminar this past weekend (which started last night and was a blast – and not too late for you to sign up), I did a lot of thinking about the m…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMWednesday, April 9, 2014
If you’ve seen a show lately, then I’d bet money that you’ve seen a Standing Ovation as well. They seem to be everywhere these days, don’t they? I remember seeing t…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMTuesday, April 8, 2014
‘Twas only 6 weeks ago when I announced my first ever Producing 101 Tele-Seminar, and I couldn’t be more excited about the response. Not only have you once again proven to me how…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMMonday, April 7, 2014
For years I’ve been writing about my hope that the Tony Awards would relax their strict rules about the number of nominees for Best Musical and Best Play. It was back in 2010 that I…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMFriday, April 4, 2014
Those nasty b-movie Snakes on a Plane would have had no chance if these Lions were on that same vessel. Check out this sweet vid of the cast of the Australian production of The Lion King s…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMThursday, April 3, 2014
For the past couple of years, we’ve sponsored 10 Minute Play Contests to encourage all you playwrights out there to keep writing (this year’s announcement is coming soon), and t…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMWednesday, April 2, 2014
I can always tell when something in the theatrical news has hit a nerve because I get a whole slew of emails from readers saying, “Have you seen this?” And when I get a bunch l…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMTuesday, April 1, 2014
As many of you know, after four decades and a close call or two, I’m getting married this summer! As soon as milady said “yes,” the planning began. And I realized that pl…
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 AND the most commented on post of the month: The next gen of performer…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 10:45AMMonday, March 31, 2014
I’ve got an incredibly informed group of investors who are always sending me news about ahead-of-the-curve stuff, from technology to marketing, to nifty new products. And one of th…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMFriday, March 28, 2014
You think a career in the theater is tough? You should try stand-up comedy. It’s just you on that stage. Nothing else. No sets. No costumes. Just you. And an audience drunk…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMThursday, March 27, 2014
You forgot it was World Theatre Day today, didn’t you? You didn’t even send Theatre a gift. Or a simple call. And you didn’t even call! Don’t worry, you’re …
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMWednesday, March 26, 2014
Ewww. Contracts. They are a necessary part of business life, but they’re not fun to negotiate, and they are not fun to prepare. We all got into theater because we love the theater,…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMTuesday, March 25, 2014
Back in 2009 (gulp!), I wrote this blog about how Broadway’s year end gross box office figures were wrong. The reported numbers were just under a billion dollars. But, I argued, the…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMMonday, March 24, 2014
Les Miserables is the Oklahoma of my generation. Or, the Show Boat for the generation before. I was 16 years old when I first saw it in Boston, MA, and had never seen anything like it on s…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMFriday, March 21, 2014
I’ve got a love/hate relationship with the pre-show Cell Phone Announcement. I love that it gets everyone to shut their phones off (sort-of). But I hate that it slaps the audience …
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMThursday, March 20, 2014
Stephen Sondheim inspires me in many ways. One of the more obscure ways was when I read a very cool ego-less list of songs that he entitled, “Songs I Wish I Wrote.” (You can re…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMWednesday, March 19, 2014
My inner “Magic Nerd” was resurrected last night when I paid a visit to the hallowed halls of The Magic Castle in Los Angeles. (Yep, it’s true, I was one of those kids wh…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMTuesday, March 18, 2014
I first met Kathleen Raitt at a Nederlander Holiday Party back when I was a Company Manager, although I had seen her at several industry events before that. She was easy to spot . . . she …
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMMonday, March 17, 2014
One of those things that drives me nuts about riding the subway is the people who exit through the emergency exit doors, setting off that horrific alarm. Like we don’t have enough nois…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMFriday, March 14, 2014
It’s 19 degrees as I type this, as Mother Nature pumps one more blast of the Polar Vortex through the streets of New York City. To say it has been a tumultuous winter is like saying Wi…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMThursday, March 13, 2014
If you watch cable in the NY area then you’ve probably seen the new commercials for START-UP NY, Governor Cuomo’s “initiative to transform SUNY campuses and other universit…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMWednesday, March 12, 2014
In the early 80′s, Professional Sports Teams and Universities started looking a little younger for their future superstars. Scouts started heading out at middle school playgrounds, a…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMTuesday, March 11, 2014
Some of the best advice I ever received was from one of my first Broadway Investors who said, “When someone wants to give you money, take it.” That’s true when raising mone…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMMonday, March 10, 2014
It’s been five years since the very first Get Your Show Off The Ground seminar, and I’m thrilled to say we’ve had some fantastic success stories. One author’s show…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMFriday, March 7, 2014
Broadway Producers like excuses. Jewish Holidays, Daylight Savings Time, the color of shirt Obama was wearing when he spoke to Putin about the Ukraine . . . Broadway Producers can blame a …
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMThursday, March 6, 2014
About a month ago, I did an article that got a lot of views about Disney Theatrical’s out-of-town tryout strategy. And a few months before that, I did another one about their new cu…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMWednesday, March 5, 2014
SpotCo (one of the Big Three Broadway ad agencies) on Tuesday for a Gettin’ The Band Back Together artwork meeting, and I noticed something different . . . Where there used to be n…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMTuesday, March 4, 2014
Arthur Bartow, the Dean of the Tisch School of the Arts when I was a student, said this to me when I was a freshman . . . As a theater pro, I know I’m enjoying a show when I’m no…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM 
