10 Shows that stand out at the Fringe Festival " 2012 by Ken Davenport

The very first summer session of NYMF is just about wrapping up, but fear not, festival lovers, there is still the ginormo New York International Fringe Festival to go . . . with over 1 mill…

SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00am on July 26, 2012☆⚑

Why what you want is a win-squared. by Ken Davenport

Despite what you may have heard, there should be two winners to every negotiation. The best result is a win-win, when two parties both walk away from the table feeling good about what they&#…

SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00am on July 25, 2012☆⚑

Another opening, another Broadway show . . . but when? by Ken Davenport

A week ago, I posted a blog that chronicled the “closing times” of Broadway shows.  Just when did they happen?    And if we knew when, could we figure out why?  (Read…

SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00am on July 24, 2012☆⚑

Have you been to the Broadway museum? by Ken Davenport

You know the Broadway Museum, right?  That place where you can see costumes from the original production of West Side Story?  And sheet music from Candide?  And see old TV commercia…

SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00am on July 23, 2012☆⚑

Broadway Grosses* w/e 7/22/2012 by Ken Davenport

The following are the Broadway Grosses from the week ending July 22, 2012: Show Name GrossGross TotalAttn %Cap AvgPdAdm A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE $614,897 7,919 84.75% $77.65 BRING IT ON THE …

SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 10:45am on July 23, 2012☆⚑

By special request: Announcing my very first webinars! by Ken Davenport

Every time we post about a semimar, I get a bunch of emails asking if we ever plan on doing them online, in, you know, one of them there fancy webinar-type things. And, for months now, IR…

SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00am on July 20, 2012☆⚑

Why I allow comments. And why you should too. by Ken Davenport

When I first started blogging almost 5 (!) years ago, I listened to the advice of other bloggers and kept my “allow comments” button turned off.  I was told that I would get s…

SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00am on July 19, 2012☆⚑

The Disney Director . . . dare I say . . . formula? by Ken Davenport

Disney has had a great run on Broadway . . . they’ve produced seven shows, and five have (or will) recoup (I’m putting Newsies in the win column already).   That’s a 71.…

SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00am on July 18, 2012☆⚑

"Closing time! You don't have to go home . . ." by Ken Davenport

Sing along with me! “. . . but you can’t stay here!” If you work in the theater, then odds are you’ve closed down a few bars late at night/early in the am and heard t…

SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00am on July 17, 2012☆⚑

Favorite Quotes Volume XXXIV: The difference between movies and theatre. by Ken Davenport

Some people think Michael Riedel is only good for gossip. Not so, not so! Last week, Riedel’s column about the soon-to-be-made-for-walking Kinky Boots featured a gem of a quote f…

SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00am on July 16, 2012☆⚑

Broadway Grosses* w/e 7/15/2012 by Ken Davenport

The following are the Broadway Grosses from the week ending July 15, 2012: Show Name GrossGross TotalAttn %Cap AvgPdAdm A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE 488,099 7,184 76.88 67.94 BRING IT ON THE MUS…

SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 10:45am on July 16, 2012☆⚑

Summer lovin', had me a basketball blast. by Ken Davenport

I was in a sports bar the other day (yes, eating wings), and looked up at one of the 57 large screen TVs to notice a whole bunch of very tall men playing basketball on a very small court. Co…

SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00am on July 13, 2012☆⚑

Why a lobster roll gave me an upset stomach. by Ken Davenport

I love a nice summer lobster roll.  It must be my ‘wicked’ New Englandish roots. The other day, I found myself at a lobster roll place (can’t really call them restaurant…

SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00am on July 12, 2012☆⚑

Do movie musicals boost box office? And by how much? by Ken Davenport

It has been almost a decade since the movie musical came back in fashion, thanks to Rob Marshall’s Oscar Winning Chicago in 2003.  We’ve finally shed our geek status with H…

SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00am on July 11, 2012☆⚑

He made us all look so good. by Ken Davenport

Martin “Marty” Pakledinaz, one of the Broadway’s best costume designers, passed away on Sunday night at the all too early age of 58. How good was he?  Well, in the last …

SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00am on July 10, 2012☆⚑

This blog was written by David K Sweet. by Ken Davenport

Know who David K Sweet it? It's me.  Ken.  David K Sweet is the pseudonym I just made up . . . when I realized that no one in the theater really uses pseudonyms. What do you think?

SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00am on July 9, 2012☆⚑

Two things that turn me on. by Ken Davenport

Want to know what really gets my engine going? 1.  Data. 2. When experts from outside of our industry analyze our data. Ohhhh yeah.  Just typing that gets me all a-tingley. So imagine …

SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00am on July 6, 2012☆⚑

5 Shows that Stand Out at NYMF 2012 by Ken Davenport

If it feels like I just wrote one of these posts, it’s because I did. It hasn’t even been nine months since the last New York Musical Theatre Festival, and here we are again, rea…

SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00am on July 5, 2012☆⚑

Who cares where it's from, as long as it's good. by Ken Davenport

I’ve written about adaptations a bunch of times on this blog, including this entry which detailed the rise of movie-based musicals over the past 30 years (from 6% to 19% of new musical…

SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00am on July 3, 2012☆⚑

Shopping and Broadway sitting in a tree. by Ken Davenport

I was strolling through Saks on a weak weekend for Broadway tickets recently, and I noticed something interesting . . . there was hardly anyone in the store shopping for clothes, just like t…

SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00am on July 2, 2012☆⚑

Broadway Grosses* w/e 7/1/2012 by Ken Davenport

The following are the Broadway Grosses from the week ending July 1, 2012: Show Name GrossGross TotalAttn %Cap AvgPdAdm A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE $349,304 5,237 56.05% $66.70 ANYTHING GOES $50…

SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 10:45am on July 2, 2012☆⚑

Favorite Quotes Volume XXXIV: A Bee Gee tells us how it be. by Ken Davenport

We lost Robin Gibb, one of the founding brothers of the iconic pop group The Bee Gees, over a month ago.  Obviously their music will live on for decades to come .  . . but the words th…

SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00am on June 29, 2012☆⚑

And the winners of the 2012 Broadway Marketing Awards are . . . by Ken Davenport

Ok, so we don’t have the Beacon Theatre, or Neil Patrick Harris hosting, or even a performance from a Royal Caribbean cruise ship (!) . . . but this is still pretty exciting, isn’…

SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00am on June 28, 2012☆⚑

JC Penney proves why simple pricing is not so simple. by Ken Davenport

We so want it to work.  But it just never, ever does. Ok, here’s the back story: JC Penney is sucking sales wind.  JC Penney hires formed Apple retail chief Ron Johnson as CEO to…

SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00am on June 27, 2012☆⚑

What does the JOBS Act mean for raising money for Broadway? by Ken Davenport

Good question. There’s been a lot of buzz about the recently signed JOBS Act and just what all the jargon and legalese in its many pages means to us out here pounding the pavement look…

SOURCE: The Producer's Perspective at 11:00am on June 26, 2012☆⚑