Yesterday, we looked at some nasty-a$$ numbers about the first quarter of the Broadway season. And, as you may recall, it got me a little jittery. So, I put a whole bunch of numbers into a g…
I just didn’t want to admit it. I didn’t want to admit that summer was over, which is why I flew by the end of Broadway’s first 13-week cycle last week without my usual blo…
I was getting out of the subway this morning and thinking, “What will I write about for tomorrow’s blog?” when StubHub slapped me in the face. On the West side of Broadway,…
I’m going to make a little wager. If you’re reading this blog, then I’ll bet that you’re a planner. Â Come on, admit it . . . you’re an organizer, with to-do-…
Happy L-Day, PPers. It’s easy to believe the old cliché out there that all Producers are union-hating organizer-busters. Â And it’s easy to believe that all card carrying memb…
Time for that monthly summary of what got your attention last month here at The Producer's Perspective The most read post of the month:Â 10 Shows that Stand Out at the Fringe " 2013 The mo…
If you’re producing a show, then you should have merch. Â I don’t care how small of a show it is, or where it is, or even what it is. Â With the cost of production so cheap t…
Say goodbye to the tourists. After Labor Day, they’ll check out of the city, and they won’t be back for some time. Â We’ll see a few in the middle of October, and a few …
In case you’ve been living under a rock, that’s under a rock, that’s under a mountain of rocks, you have probably heard that Miley Cyrus turned some heads on Sunday night w…
I owe you an apology. Because this blog, and its related seminar, is at least a year in the making. Ever since I started teaching my Get Your Show Off The Ground and Broadway Investing 101 S…
I was reading a small town newspaper (!) over the weekend, and I flipped through the arts “corner” (It probably used to be called a section, but no longer) to see if there were a…
I love it when one of our own gets a bigger stage and grabs the world’s attention. Â You know, like Matt Morrison, Cheyenne Jackson, and most recently, Godspell‘s own Uzo Aduba…
I got one of those mass emails the other day that thankfully slipped through my spam filters and got me thinking. Â The subject? Â ”Life 100 Years Ago . . .” The email includ…
The Broadway community is an incredibly tight knit family, albeit a little dysfunctional. Â We’re all pulling for each other, because deep down the theater, any theater, whether it&#…
I got an email from my high school English teacher last week asking if I could help a group of students she knew get a backstage tour at a Broadway show. She didn’t ask me which show t…
This should be American Idol‘s summer vacation. Â They just crowned the winner of season 12 a couple of months ago. Â And Season 13, with some new celebrity judge du jour (I’…
We’re a game-playing society . . . and I’m not just talking about the psychological ones agents try to play on producers when negotiating contracts. Everything’s more fun w…
A great new study was released on Tuesday from ShareThis that “provides insights into the relationship between online sharing of movie related content and movie ticket purchases.”…
I enrolled in a mini-golf school over the weekend, which consisted of several Tiger-wannabes like me and an old touring pro who could have taught Tiger a thing or two himself. All of us wann…
I went to see a show the other night and found myself sitting right next to an old fuddy-duddy (I do realize that by using the term “fuddy-duddy,” I am probably now one myself). …
Shirley Herz, one of the “founders” of theatrical press, passed away on Sunday. What do I mean by “founders?” Â Well, although the theater is thousands of years old…
There’s some VHS footage of me out there somewhere performing in my middle school musical. Â I’ve been trying to track it down and destroy it for years. Â It involves me wear…
In yesterday’s blog, I hinted that I was going to reveal one of my “rules” of writing today, so here goes. You’ve probably heard descriptions of basic plot structure …
It’s August in NYC, which means stanky subway platforms, throngs of tourists, and the New York International Theater Festival! And if you’re an obsessive, compulsive theatergoer …
Anyone else read the NY Times article this past Sunday about the influx of Movie Studios on Broadway?  You know, the one that said Wicked would be Universal’s most successful pr…