2,028 stories by "Ken Davenport"
I got an email from a passionate yet disgruntled theatergoer recently who told me that several of her recent show-going experiences were marred by not-so-polite audience members who texted, …
Entertainment doesn’t exist in a bubble. An audience’s enjoyment (or lack thereof), or their artistic takeaways are affected by so many other factors . . . including their mood, …
Last week, the Producers of the upcoming (and from what I hear, wonderful) new musical Tuck Everlasting, announced they were postponing its pre-Broadway Boston tryout due to the lack of an a…
I’m from New England. Â And you know what they say about weather in New England? “Don’t like the weather? Â Wait five minutes.” The funny thing is I’ve hear…
You know what’s great about kids? Â They are honest. When we grow up, we learn to be polite. Â And sometimes that’s boring. Â And definitely not funny. You know what I mean…
One of my first lessons in manners from my Mom was the simple, “When people give you something, say thank you.” The beginning of baseball season made me think of the Baltimore Or…
The day after our 10 Minute Play contest ended last year, I had five emails asking me when I was going to do it again. And those five emails told me we were on to something (I have a rule in…
It seems senseless to write about producing drama today, when a real life drama with real life tragedies is happening just a few hundred miles from here, in my home state of Massachusetts. S…
Good question, right? Well, I’ve got a bunch of thoughts on the subject, but I thought I’d leave this question to an expert. Oh Elia? Â Elia Kazan? Â Can you take this one? L…
. . . at least this once. See, Trump sued someone last week. And no, it wasn’t about a birth certificate. Â And it wasn’t his hair stylist. It was a cyber squatter. Mr. Celebri…
The NCAA Championship could be one of the best designed competitions in the world. Â March Madness, The Brackets, The Betting, The Sweet 16, The Final Four . . . The Champion. Every step o…
Look around. Behind most successful businesses, you’ll see not one man/woman but two. Â Why sure, one may be more in the spotlight (Bill Gates/Paul Allen), it usually takes two brain…
Awards season is upon us! Â And Off Broadway’s honors, The Lucille Lortel Awards, fashionably early as always, announced their nominations last week. But someone . . . or something .…
Are you a Game of Thrones fan? There’s a whole lot of people who are (including me, a former D&D player who loves me some swords and dragons and Peter Dinklage). Â So HBO did wha…
So who won? What are you asking me for? Â I didn’t give away the ticket! Â My Associate Producer, Hunter Chancellor, did. Â Go ask him! Â ;-) The winner of the ticket to the in…
The Olivier Awards (London’s Tonys) announced their nominations last week. If you didn’t catch them, click here to see the complete list. And then let me know if you noticed anyt…
Ten years ago I had an idea for a show. Â I knew what the concept would be. Â And I knew who the characters would be. Â And that’s about it. I put about 20 actors in a room and m…
I’ve written about the next generation of theatergoers a couple of times and how different they’ll be from the ones we have now based on a few things: They were born with a compu…
When I started producing Off Broadway in 2004, it was a challenging landscape. With hard work, “a little bit of luck,” and a lot of guidance from experts in the field, I managed …
A week or so ago, I tweeted a photo of me signing a contract for a show set to debut this fall. Â Well, today, it’s time to announce what that show is . . . As you probably know, I&#…
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: Why the Veronica Mars movie backers got screwed.…
Alright, let’s talk about how we can do some damage and start to take back our discounts! Â (Insert revolutionary cheers and french people waving flags and putting up barricades here…
Whether you know it or not, we’ve been at war for years. Our enemy? Â The discount sites . . . the code farms . . . those not-so-secret online destinations where customers, some of w…
I saw War Horse when it was a wee pony of a show at The National Theatre and remember thinking how wonderful it was going to be on Broadway. And it was. Although it didn’t last as long…
Over the past decade or so, Broadway has had a popular music invasion, as artists like Elton John, Paul Simon, U2, The Eurythmics tried their hand at writing the score to a musical. Â Some…
