128 stories by "Ken"
Hey-o! Â I’m baaaaack. Had to drop you a note with this update. Â Remember that perfect promo product I was searching for back at Day 91? Â (If you forgot, click here.) Well, we …
Hey guys . . . I just couldn’t stay away. Plus, some cool stuff has been happening, and I wanted to keep you in the G-loop. In addition to the electric audience reaction we’ve be…
For a guy who has written a blog a day for the last 100 days, I’m a little “word”-less. The last 100 days have been awesome. Â I’ve been through this process before…
I don’t think there is one person in my office on 49th street or at the theater on 50th street that sat down for more than 37 seconds today. Two interns went to Salvation Army for some…
I’m sitting at my tech table right now as the stage is being readied for our first da capo straight-through-without-stopping (until Danny sees something he doesn’t like and st…
Today our cast celebrated Columbus Day at Chelsea Studios in Manhattan. We took a break from rehearsing at the theater because . . . well . . . because it was Columbus Day. Â Working on a …
The cast and crew are off today, as everyone gears up for the week ahead. The theater is closed up as well, although the house is getting a paint job on a few things per our request (when yo…
There was another Godspell rehearsal going on today, but it wasn’t at Circle in the Square. Remember that blog I wrote 19 days ago about putting together a street team? Â Well, we pu…
Tech continues today over at Circle in the Square, but as a Producer, I can’t spend all my time in the theater. Â These days, I check in about three times a day: Â once during the …
We’ve always known that we were going to have a ticket lottery for Godspell. Â We wanted a way for folks to get a low-priced ticket to the show, and a great view of the action. Then …
Today was our second “ten-out-of-twelve” tech day (during the run up to our first performance, we’re allowed to work for 10 hours over a 12 hour period), but before that ev…
Sitzprobe is a funny word. Â Say it with me . . . “sitz . . . probe”. Â It just sounds funny . . . not to mention a wee bit painful. And it’s anything but. A sitzprobe …
You know what I love about the beginning of tech? Everyone working on the show is finally all in the same room at the same time. Â No more conference calls and group emails. Â You want t…
As I blogged back on Day 78, we decided to add radio to the Godspell media mix. And on Day 11, that radio buy is now just a week or so away from hitting the airwaves. There are three compone…
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 …
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. Â It feels like almost everyone has one–fro…
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…
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…
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.’ Â But just because I’m not at every …
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…
I’ll never forget the first time I discovered the annual BC/EFA Broadway Flea Market back when I was a student at Tisch. Â I had walked to Times Square to catch a matinee of Once on …
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’…
It’s been an exciting two weeks: Â our first rehearsal, planning our cast recording, speaking to a group of fellow Godspellians . . . Well, every day by day can’t be like those…
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 hav…
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 &#…
