2,028 stories by "Ken Davenport"
In case you missed it, here’s a Friday-before-Christmas-week gift for you. Saturday Night Live poked some fun at a bunch of Broadway stars in last week’s episode when they imagin…
When circumstances beyond your control negatively affect your business, it’s bad. It’s easy for all of us to just say, “Man, this is bad.  This sucks.  Business is ho…
Are you ready to crown The Producer of the Year? This is our fifth year of letting you decide who should sit in the Producer of the Year throne, with past winners including Broadway big wigs…
The following are the Broadway Grosses from the week ending December 16, 2012: Show Name Gross Attendance Capacity AvgPaidAdm A CHRISTMAS STORY $1,377,131 13,479 98.86% $102.17 ANNIE $1,081,…
No? Well, let me tell you . . . it tastes like the bottom of a dog’s paw. Wait, you don’t know what Note Stew is?  Allow me to explain. I read a script for a client recently a…
Last week, I tweased (tweeted + teased) that I’d be signing up to produce a show on Broadway this spring. And that show is . . . Kinky Boots! I’m thrilled to be playing a part in…
Every couple o’ months, the powers that be at Telecharge share insidery ticketing insights to industry professionals through an email listserv-like called “Market Notes”. Ã…
Yesterday, we drew the very simple conclusion that when there are more tourists in the city, Broadway grosses are bound to go up.  See the graphs in yesterday’s blog if you’d …
Last week, the Broadway League issued their latest record-breaking report about the Broadway season (You can read the Executive Summary here). As we all know, and as we've all celebrated, Br…
The following are the Broadway Grosses from the week ending December 9, 2012: Show Name GrossGross TotalAttn %Cap AvgPaidAdm A CHRISTMAS STORY $1,130,429 11,517 95.02% $98.15 ANNIE $1,058,72…
Gotta love the folks at Funny or Die for putting together this little vid.  I mean, what would happen if Box Office smash Argo was made into a musical?  They’re doing it with Roc…
Hot, hot, hot off the Broadway League presses . . . here comes the sexy stats about you . . . yes you . . . the people that see Broadway shows. Every year, members of the Broadway league get…
When famous people that have had an impact on the biz pass on, I usually blog about it.  See this for example.  Or this. This past weekend, the biz lost someone who has also helped kee…
Sound the bells.  Light the lights.  An Off-Broadway show is in the black! Last week, Tribes, the Off-Broadway show by Nina Raine which has been running for only nine months at The Bar…
The following are the Broadway Grosses from the week ending December 2, 2012: Show Name GrossGross TotalAttn %Cap AvgPaidAdm A CHRISTMAS STORY $976,184 10,196 84.13% $95.74 ANNIE $948,150 10…
Time for that monthly summary of what got your attention last month here at The Producer’s Perspective: The most read post AND the most commented on post of the month:  The NBA .…
I’ll tell you what’s next?  Sales every day. I love me some Black Friday.  And as you know from my blog last week, I think there’s a lot that every show out there and…
This could be one of the best panel discussion topics I’ve seen in a long time, and it’s brought to you by Off-Broadway Alliance. This Sunday, December 2nd, at the World Famous S…
Broadway lost one of the great Producers on Monday, when Marty Richards passed on to the Great White Way in the sky. Just look at these credits:  On The Twentieth Century, Sweeney Todd, G…
26 Weeks are in the bag for this Broadway season already.  Can you believe it?  We’re halfway through the race . . . so let’s see how we’re doing this year. If you re…
It’s the final production of this year’s Davenport Theatrical Reading Series! And we’ve saved a goodie for the lastie. Schooled is written by Lisa Lewis and is directed …
The following are the Broadway Grosses from the week ending November 25, 2012: Show Name GrossGross TotalAttn %Cap AvgPaidAdm A CHRISTMAS STORY $1,104,312 11,963 87.74% $92.31 ANNIE $1,499,8…
Today is the biggest shopping day of the year.  But I doubt that it’s the biggest theater ticket selling day of the year. For some reason, buying theater tickets can never compete w…
Gobble, gobble, yo.  Time to get your Turkey and Thanks on. So, here are five stuffing-a-licious things that I’m thankful for on Broadway this year. 1.  Smash – Season 2! I…
Tough love. I had to give a little TL to a client who wanted to take the play to Broadway.  It wasn’t that I didn’t think the play was good. I just didn’t think it belon…
