Saturday, October 1, 2011
The load-in and set up of the scenic, sound, and lighting elements is just about finished at Circle in the Square, so today, the creative team spent time dry-teching the show (which means a …
SOURCE: Day By Day: The Producer’s Perspective at 09:00PMFollowing an American Express presale, tickets for An Evening with Patti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin go on sale to the general public Oct. 1.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMFriday, September 30, 2011
Since I signed up to produce Godspell on Broadway two years ago, I’ve met so many people that have shared Godspell memories with me. It feels like almost everyone has one–from …
SOURCE: Day By Day: The Producer’s Perspective at 09:00PMThursday, September 29, 2011
Shows get put together in a rehearsal room, and then, during tech, they get taken apart and put back together again in the theater, with the addition of scenery, costumes, lights, etc. Right…
SOURCE: Day By Day: The Producer’s Perspective at 09:00PMThose who take an interest in patents will have heard by now; the U.S. has a new patent law, the "Leahy-Smith America Invents Act." It's too early to tell whether the changes that …
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 08:09AMThe Old Globe's world premiere of Matthew Lopez's Somewhere, a new play about the neighborhood torn down to make way for Lincoln Center, opens Sept. 29 following previews from …
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMWednesday, September 28, 2011
Today was another day of proofing . . . .but this time it was our 1st preview Playbill copy. Our Press Agent, Jeremy Shaffer, has been hard at work over the past several weeks, assembling bi…
SOURCE: Day By Day: The Producer’s Perspective at 09:00PMLa Jolla Playhouse presented a private reading of William Finn and James Lapine's new musical comedy Little Miss Sunshine earlier this month, according to The New York Times.
SOURCE: Playbill at 09:18AMTuesday, September 27, 2011
I like to leave my cast and creatives alone for as much of the rehearsal process as possible, so they can create in ‘producer-peace.’ But just because I’m not at every re…
SOURCE: Day By Day: The Producer’s Perspective at 09:00PMMonday, September 26, 2011
As I blogged on Saturday, today we opened up our “sacred room” (as Danny Goldstein called the creative incubator also known as our rehearsal studio) to members of the press for a…
SOURCE: Day By Day: The Producer’s Perspective at 09:00PMSunday, September 25, 2011
I’ll never forget the first time I discovered the annual BC/EFA Broadway Flea Market back when I was a student at Tisch. I had walked to Times Square to catch a matinee of Once on th…
SOURCE: Day By Day: The Producer’s Perspective at 09:00PMSaturday, September 24, 2011
Hang on to your tickets, theater-fans, our Benjamin Button-style countdown has hit the teens. On the 19th day ’til Godspell, Director Danny, Choreographer Chris, Stage Manager O’…
SOURCE: Day By Day: The Producer’s Perspective at 09:00PMThe Old Globe's world premiere of Matthew Lopez's Somewhere, a new play about the neighborhood torn down to make way for Lincoln Center, begins Sept. 24 in San Diego, CA, where Lopez…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMFriday, September 23, 2011
It’s been an exciting two weeks: our first rehearsal, planning our cast recording, speaking to a group of fellow Godspellians . . . Well, every day by day can’t be like those. …
SOURCE: Day By Day: The Producer’s Perspective at 09:00PMThursday, September 22, 2011
Our production of Godspell has a tremendous number of passionate people in its cast, crew, company, and of course, its hundreds of investors. Since before Day 100, many of these folks have …
SOURCE: Day By Day: The Producer’s Perspective at 09:00PMWhen Signature Theatre Company opens its new Frank Gehry-designed three-venue headquarters on West 42nd Street in early 2012, one of its theatres will be named for late alumni writer Romulus…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:59PMWe're just starting to get the word out — November 8, 2011 will be a day to explore Intellectual Property protection when the Science, Industry and Business Library hosts a visit from …
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 08:10AMWednesday, September 21, 2011
Before I get started . . . can I just say . . . uh . . . 22 days . . . whoa. Ok, now that that’s done. I hinted yesterday about a cast album call I got, and … Continue reading &#…
SOURCE: Day By Day: The Producer’s Perspective at 09:00PMThe Old Globe in San Diego is behind a fall workshop of the Broadway-aimed musical Yank!, about gay military personnel during World War II. Director David Cromer and the project's writer…
SOURCE: Playbill at 03:12PMNicky Silver's The Lyons, which had been scheduled to begin previews at Off-Broadway's Vineyard Theatre Sept. 21, will now begin performances Sept. 22. Linda Lavin and Dick Latessa s…
SOURCE: Playbill at 10:41AMTuesday, September 20, 2011
As a Producer I spent a lot of time in my office, a lot of time in conference rooms, and a lot of time at lunches. Today, I took a break from proofing ads and returning calls about cast albu…
SOURCE: Day By Day: The Producer’s Perspective at 09:00PMMonday, September 19, 2011
Times Square has become a wild west of promoters. But since so many theatergoers walk through the crossroads of the world and are interested in seeing a show (many of whom still haven’…
SOURCE: Day By Day: The Producer’s Perspective at 09:00PMSunday, September 18, 2011
Godspell is one of the most produced musicals on the planet. There have been close to 100,000 productions worldwide. There is something about its message and its music that resonates mor…
SOURCE: Day By Day: The Producer’s Perspective at 09:00PMSaturday, September 17, 2011
And on the 26th day before the start of previews, there was rejoicing. Today, after the end of the first week of rehearsals, we had a casual cocktail party for the company, who have been wor…
SOURCE: Day By Day: The Producer’s Perspective at 11:52PMFriday, September 16, 2011
Broadway shows need a lot of . . . stuff. It used to be that you rented every piece of equipment you needed from one of the few shops that provided it, paid the weeklies until your show cl…
SOURCE: Day By Day: The Producer’s Perspective at 09:00PMThursday, September 15, 2011
Remember that time, oh, about 23 days ago when I wrote a blog about planning the opening of the Godspell Box Office? (Click here if you don’t.) Well, those 23 days passed, and today …
SOURCE: Day By Day: The Producer’s Perspective at 11:26PMThe box office at Circle in the Square Theatre, home to the upcoming revival of Godspell, opens for business Sept. 15 at 10 AM ET.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMFriends, colleagues and family will gather to celebrate the life and work of Broadway producer Randall L. Wreghitt at 1 PM Sept. 15 at Broadway's Shubert Theatre. Wreghitt died May 18 fo…
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMWednesday, September 14, 2011
A “load-in” is the period of time when a show’s set/lights/sound are literally loaded into the theater from the streets, where they’ve been brought by trucks from sho…
SOURCE: Day By Day: The Producer’s Perspective at 09:00PMTickets for An Evening with Patti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin go on sale exclusively to American Express Cardmembers Sept. 14 at 10 AM ET (through Sept. 30 at 11:59 PM) via Telecharge.com.
SOURCE: Playbill at 12:00AMTuesday, September 13, 2011
This Sunday, the New York Times will publish one of the biggest issues of the year for arts lovers. It’s the annual Fall Preview. So, while print may not be where we’re spendin…
SOURCE: Day By Day: The Producer’s Perspective at 09:00PM 
