2,028 stories by "Ken Davenport"
There’s a point in almost every entrepreneur and artist’s life when they feel stuck. Â You know what I’m taking about, don’t you? Â You’re at a point in you…
Three things you can count on:  death, taxes, and the Tony Award Nominations being all over the map. As usual, this morning’s noms caused the usual amount of jumping up and down,…
Here are this year's Tony Award nominations: Best Play Act One All The Way Casa Valentina Mothers and Sons Outside Mullingar Best Musical After Midnight Aladdin Beautiful – The C…
I’ve been around for some nervous awards seasons, but nothing tops this one. Â The sheer volume of competition this year has made the nomination announcements seem like the actual aw…
In a new advertisement, uh I mean article, in the Hollywood Reporter, the legendary music producer Clive Davis took the new Broadway musicals of the last couple of decades to task in an effo…
Here are this year's Drama Desk Award nominations: Outstanding Play Nell Benjamin, The Explorers Club Steven Levenson, Core Values Conor McPherson, The Night Alive Richard Nelson…
A few years ago, around Halloween, pop-up costume stores starting appearing in empty street-level shops, doing a ton of biz in a short period of time. Â The retailer was happy. Â The lan…
I’m jealous of the West End. They’ve got lower costs for labor, crowdfunding, and they let you eat ice cream in your seats. And they have also gotten their hands on some very pop…
Some of you out there probably read the subject of this blog and thought, “Only 3?” And you’re right, I could probably write another 4,000 posts on my issues with the st…
Here are this year’s Outer Critics Circle Award nominations: OUTSTANDING NEW BROADWAY PLAY Act One Casa Valentina All The Way Outside Mullingar The Realistic Joneses OUTSTANDING NEW BR…
There is a simple rule in the research industry: Never ask for feedback, unless you’re prepared to do something with the results. As you all know, I’m a huge fan of surveys and f…
So get this noise . . . Today is my 4,000th post. I really can’t believe it, but it’s true. Â Since I started bloggin’ back in 2008 (!), I’ve written four-freakin&#…
The Olivier Awards were Sunday night.  And as I tweeted, The Book of Mormon shockingly took home the big prize of Best New Musical.  (In case you can’t read ‘tone’…
It takes hundreds of people to put on one Broadway show. Â But only a max of a few dozen are ever seen on a stage. The rest of ‘em are backstage, offstage, in orchestra pits and in d…
I would never have produced The Flick. I will never produce The Flick. I can’t. You see, I’m a Broadway producer. Â Not a theater producer. Â I produce for a 10 block radius …
Part of my personal curse (and also one of my best business assets) is that I’m always looking for the best deal. Â I want the best deal on airfare, on office supplies, on everything…
I found ‘em. I found the stars that will replace in Les Miz. Â (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…
 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…
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? Â I remember seeing…
‘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…
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. Â It was back in 2010Â th…
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 Ki…
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…
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?” Â And when I get a bunch…
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. Â And I realized that …
