So, right after my blog about NBC’s Sound of Music went live, in which I predicted NBC would broadcast another Broadway musical in 2014, the network announced that it would do just t…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMI’ve never purchased tickets through StubHub. But I’ve been thinking about them a lot lately (it was their advertising campaign that wormed its way into my brain – like a…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMIn case you haven’t checked the calendar lately, you already missed Hannukah, and Christmas (and the big ol’ Broadway business that comes with it) is only 14 days away! If you…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMI was walking down Broadway yesterday, amidst the throngs of tourists, and I overhead one 40-something year old dude from somewhere south of the Mason-Dixon line ask his buddy, “Hey, d…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMYou know your show is a phenom when Funny or Die makes fun of it. Check out this awesome vid about Chicago starring a former Taxi star, Marilu Henner – who takes a nice self-deprecat…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMSo how many did we sell? Are you ready? Drumroll please . . . The answer is . . . I have no idea. Nor do I have any idea how many tickets we sold on Cyber Monday. I do know how the rest …
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMPop . . . pop . . . pop. What’s that you hear? Is it the sound of my old school favorite snack, Jiffy Pop Popcorn? Unfortunately not. It’s the sound of the newest fad in retail…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMSite specific and environmental theater has always been a “thing.” (I was one of the few that got to see Jonathan “Rent” Larson’s site specific JP Morgan Sav…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMSome people know how to try to ruin a Thanksgiving. If you were too busy eating and shopping and eating again to have heard about the Twitter stir caused by the performance of my show, Ki…
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: I did something illegal yesterday. . . The most com…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 10:45AMCrowdfunding continues to be one of the biggest buzzwords of the business world, and thanks to the JOBS act, it’s going to get even bigger (if the SEC ever gets around to finalizing th…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMGobble, gobble yo. It’s Thanksgiving on The Broadway! (For full effect, say that last sentence out loud and put the emphasis on the “way”!) It’s so easy to pick and…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMAnd just like that, bam! Our 2013-14 Broadway season is half over. Back in September, things were looking like the weather the past couple of days . . . not so hot. But we’re comin…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMOne of the most successful offline events we’ve run over the years is our 10 Minute Play Contest. I constantly get emails throughout the year asking when are we having it again (when…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMIf you’re like me, and since you’re reading this blog, I’m going to assume you are . . . you’re a “finisher.” You like to complete things. You like to…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMI was having a toe-tappin’ good time at the super-well-reviewed After Midnight earlier this week, when I realized I was watching one of those unique Broadway experiences that feature…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AM. . . And I feel so guilty, I just have to get it off my electronic-chest, and confess it here . . . in front of all of you. I . . . I . . . took a video of a Broadway show. I know, I know. …
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMI don’t usually blog about every closing announcement that comes down the pike. Maybe, just maybe, I’ll tweet about one every now and then. But this isn’t just any closin…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMWhen I was producing Godspell, I bumped into a a quirky little union rule that didn’t make much sense to me, but cost my investors and me more than a few ‘cents.’ I was…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMIf you’re a Broadway Producer, a Broadway playwright or a Broadway chef, it’s important to have a focused vision on the type of work you want to produce/write/cook. People ask me…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMLooking for something to do on a Thursday afternoon? Finally, you can put “See a Broadway Show” on your list of possible to-dos. At long last, a triumvirate of Broadway shows a…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMAs you know, and as anyone who sits next to me on a subway, airplane, or a park bench knows, I like to start conversations about the theater. That was the whole point of this blog – …
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMAs hard as it is to believe, the holiday season is almost upon us. And that means it’s time to p-a-r-t-y. Or, as we do it here at The Producer’s Perspective, s-o-c-i-a-l. Every…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMEver walk by a construction site and wonder what the heck they were doing on the other side? Construction sites in Manhattan fascinate me. In the middle of a hundred skyscrapers, thereR…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMThere’s a battle being waged right above our heads on the ol’ Broadway. And it’s invisible. For years, the Broadway League has been mixing it up with the Federal Communicat…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMIn case you missed it, yesterday I blogged about how so many people I run into think that Broadway is a pass/fail business. And in their defense, why would they think anything else, since …
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMI talk to a lot of potential Broadway Investors . . . and one of the biggest fears I hear about Broadway investing is the myth that every show is a hit or a flop . . . a bullseye or a wild a…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMEver since I published my “10 Audition Tips for Actors” back in 2008 (!) and its sequel, I’ve taught a bunch of Audition Workshops all over the country to actors of all dif…
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMI’m not sure if you noticed, but the internet is owned by individuals. The web is where anyone with a blog, a Twitter, or an oft used Yelp account, can help make or break a business …
SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00AMI’m one of those folks that has to keep moving. And I have a feeling if you’re reading a blog about independent Broadway producing, you’re cut from the same cloth. But I&…
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: 3 Reasons Why Lion King Made a Billion Bucks. The m…
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