2,028 stories by "Ken Davenport"
Before we decide if Broadway shows need bigger reserves, we should probably define what a reserve actually is. As I described in Breakin’ Down a Broadway Budget, a reserve is a chun…
Based on the emails I get, I know that a lot of you are looking to work in this sexy biatch of an industry. Â I know, I know, it seems so cool, and fun and mysterious. It’s a very cl…
The following are the Broadway grosses for the week ending July 12th, 2015.
The Broadway grosses are courtesy of The Broadway League
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It’s quite symbolic that the TKTS booth is in the center of Times Square.  Because TDF, the company that runs the booth, is a core part of our industry. What started out as a sim…
I must confess. Â I read the NY Post. It all started because I was reading Broadway gossip columnist (and former podcast guest), Michael Riedel. Â But then, well, I got sucked into their…
My staff and IÂ got into a conversation at our last Fun Food Friday (every so often, we order pizza on Fridays and shoot the sausage and peppers) all about the Pulitzer. What kind of shows…
You guys love you some marketing. I don’t know what it was, but we had a record number of votes for this year’s Broadway Marketing Awards . . . and I’m not talking about ju…
You know me . . . I’m an analysis guy. Before I make a decision, I do research, study charts, and conduct focus groups. Â Heck, I even dial test. And despite my innate desire for cop…
The following are the Broadway grosses for the week ending July 5th, 2015.
The Broadway grosses are courtesy of The Broadway League
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This season put a lot of new hits on the boards, but none of them bigger than An American in Paris, which grossed a whopping $1.4mm last week (and I expect that number will get bigger as …
There’s a lot of things to whine about in this one nation, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. The health care system is still a mess.  We disagree about things …
I’ve been thinking a lot about adapting movies into musicals these days. Â Maybe it’s because we’ve got a couple movie-turned-musicals coming up this season. Â Or maybe…
Every day there seems to be another article crackin’ on the work ethic of the millennial. Â They jump from job to job, they check their Facebook more than they check their work email…
I bet you think you know exactly who Ben Brantley is, don’t you? You’ve read him for years, and in your mind, you’ve come up with some character to go along with his all…
And you thought Award Season was over. Bahahahahaha! It’s that time, people and publicists. Â Time for the 2014-2015 Broadway Marketing Awards. Advertisers & Marketers are some o…
A very influential individual who is about to make an appearance on my podcast said to me recently, “Don’t make predictions, because if you’re wrong, you get fired.̶…
Get ready to swipe right, y’all . . . cuz if you’re a writer, you’re gonna wanna get hooked up with this. Â It’s our Annual Davenport Theatrical Collaborator Speed …
"What I really need is an agent." I've heard so many people say this over the years, including myself when I was acting back in the Clinton Era (the Bill Clinton era that is). For so many ac…
As if people weren’t talking about the future of theatrical criticism and reviewers enough . . . In today’s Yelp-ian society, legitimate theatrical criticism has waned, with a…
I’m a big time goal setter. I set little goals, medium sized goals, and giant Moby Dick–like whoppers. Â And I go after all of ’em like Ahab. More often than not, I hit &…
I was asked to speak about how I raise money for shows a couple of weeks ago, and I was reminded about a simple tip that I’ve been using for years. See, during the Q&A portion o…
Before I get to the results of my Tony Awards Telecast Satisfaction Survey, let’s start with a little data about the survey itself. Â I’ve been doing these surveys for five yea…
If you have ever produced a workshop, been in a workshop, or just considered using the Actors’ Equity Association workshop contract, you should send you a thank you note to John Bregli…
. . . until someone made a musical out of Game of Thrones. Luckily that someone was Coldplay. I had a super heady blog to write for today, but man, it seems like everyone is still a little h…
Now that the champagne bottles have been recycled, and those “Rent the Runway” dresses have been returned, it’s time to look at what happened on Sunday with an objective ey…
