2,028 stories by "Ken Davenport"
We’ve all known that we’ve been losing writers to Hollywood for years.  And actors, well duh.  Every Broadway actor I know fights tooth and toe-nail for a TV/Film out in th…
Another great set of seminar participants showed up this past Saturday for my latest Get Your Show Off The Ground Seminar and as usual, I’ve taken five takeaways from the seminar to…
OKCollaborators!  It’s time to get your speed date on. Around February of 2011, we held our first ever Collaborator Speed Date . . . and I’m happy to report we made some match…
It has been almost five years since I started blogging, and while I'm not the biggest vacationer, I have stepped away from my office a couple times during this half-a-decade. And because I'v…
The following are the Broadway Grosses from the week ending August 19, 2012: Show Name GrossGross TotalAttn %Cap AvgPaidAdm BRING IT ON THE MUSICAL $508,052 8,209 76.92% $61.89 CHICAGO $600,…
I get a lot of emails asking for advice on a lot of different subjects, from how to market a show about puppets to is it better to start off your career working for a non-profit theatre comp…
While the rules of blogging aren’t as strict as the rules of reporting, I still like to present both sides of a situation. And while I was researching yesterday’s post about the …
What I love about working on Broadway is that there’s always a shocker.  Just when you think you’ve got it all figured out, something comes along to remind you that you don…
Programming around the seasons is hard to do on Broadway, mostly due to theater availability.  But something is happening this coming holiday season that has got my mittens in a bunch. Us…
I miss it already.  Don’t you? I didn’t even watch much of the Games, but man the buzz of the Olympics just can’t be beat.  And every Olympic Games seems to get more …
The following are the Broadway Grosses from the week ending August 12, 2012: Show Name GrossGross TotalAttn %Cap AvgPaidAdm BRING IT ON THE MUSICAL $472,810 7,927 74.28% $59.65 CHICAGO $646,…
Quick – what do Jellicle Songs, Dick Van Dyke, and the Shubert Organization have in common? They are all featured lyrics in the hip-hop t-t-t-tribute to Musical Theater by up-and-koome…
I stumbled across this article in the fancy Atlantic a while ago about everyone’s favorite subject . . . “Why are ticket prices so expensive?” There are two things about…
I mean, I really don’t even know how to write this one. We lost a giant yesterday; a literal (he was super tall) and figurative giant. Marvin Hamlisch, who passed away yesterday at the…
I’m no Ghost-like psychic, nor do I-See-Dead-People . . . but every once in awhile I do get a feeling that something isn’t right.  And when I read the latest closing notice up…
 Like a fashion blogger who noticed something the hipsters have been wearing on the streets of Williamsburg, I think I’ve spotted a trend. Most tours these days last about a year. Ã…
The following are the Broadway Grosses from the week ending August 5, 2012: Show Name GrossGross TotalAttn %Cap AvgPaidAdm BRING IT ON THE MUSICAL $387,388 7,980 86.04% $48.54 CHICAGO $610,7…
All Kickstarters are not created equal. I get an average of 5-7 cold requests (meaning I don't know the person asking for the donation) to fund Kickstarter projects each week. It has bec…
Every so often, Shubert Ticketing slips an email into my inbox called “Market Notes”, which is their every-so-often insider bulletin about ticketing trends that often comes with …
Not a drop. You know what else contains no milk? The very popular, and also profitable protein shake, also known as “Muscle Milk”. As you can see in the image to your right, righ…
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:  5 Shows that Stand Out at NYMF 2012 The mos…
Scarcity can be one of those most powerful persuasion tactics in sales.  The concept of telling people there are only “limited quantities available” or “only XX performa…
Think of this reading, the 10th presentation of our annual Reading Series, as part of your “Summer Reading.” And that’s a fitting description, because Jeremy de Bergerac…
The following are the Broadway Grosses from the week ending July 29, 2012: Show Name GrossGross TotalAttn %Cap AvgPaidAdm BRING IT ON THE MUSICAL $467,219 9,879 94.77% $47.29 CHICAGO $626,01…
Have you ever worked retail?  Customer service?  At a box office??? If so, then you know that customers, God love them all, can say and do interesting things. I stumbled upon a tumblr …
