Break out the thermometer and the Tylenol because I've got Tony Fever! In just one week, all Hellzapoppin will break loose when the 2012 Tony Award nominees are announced live on NY1. The pr…
I got in a great convo with a theater lover/great business guy the other day about the pros and cons of taping theatrical performances.
The following are the Broadway Grosses from the week ending April 24, 2011: Show Name GrossGross TotalAttn %Cap AvgPdAdm AMERICAN IDIOT $1,355,740 12,949 94.71% $104.70 ANYTHING GOES $782,17…
Oh the royals, the royals, everybody is talking about the royals. Regardless of how stained with scandal the crown has been over the past decade, the wedding of Prince William and the future…
Ok, this was my favorite contest yet. Usually I pick the winners at random, but this time, I've gotta reward some of the amazing creativity out there. When I asked what living politician you…
I saw a musical set in the future this week, and it made me wonder just what Broadway will look like a couple of decades from now. It has actually been almost 20 years since I arrived here i…
The last time Broadway had a number of dark theaters was in the 70s and early 80s. (That period is one of the reasons Broadway lost the Mark Hellinger Theatre to the Times Square Church.) A …
The 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Drama was awarded this past Monday to Bruce Norris for his play, Clybourne Park. Clybourne had its New York debut over a year ago Off-Broadway at the non-profit s…
I got in a great convo with a theater lover/great business guy the other day about the pros and cons of taping theatrical performances. We spent most of our time talking about delivering fin…
I've had a long history with Apple products. And it goes back a long way before the iPhone commercial. I was coming-of-age at the same time as the personal computer, and thankfully I had par…
The following are the Broadway Grosses from the week ending April 17, 2011: Show Name GrossGross TotalAttn %Cap AvgPaidAdm AMERICAN IDIOT $854,693 10,207 74.66% $83.74 ANYTHING GOES $657,669…
Nick Minas, come on down! You won the two tickets to the opening night performance of Seance at New York City Opera! Email me for your tickets. And I'll be there that night as well so make s…
What's more difficult . . . directing a musical? Or being the President of the United States? Leave it to The Onion to put Barack Obama in the Director's chair of a new production of Guys &a…
Last March we held our first speed date for Writers, and from what I hear, we had quite a few hook-ups that night. It was so much fun that we decided we should have another one, but this tim…
The fight between Art and Commerce is like the fight between Cats and Dogs, Republicans and Democrats, Lindsay Lohan and the law. As a Producer you may be faced with tough decisions all the …
We are a little late to the party in announcing the next play in our reading series. But we think the wait was worth it. Our next reading will be on Monday, June 13th . . . the day after...
I've worked on some stinkers of shows. And you know what? No matter how short the run, we've always sold some t-shirts.
The following are the Broadway Grosses from the week ending April 10, 2011: Show Name GrossGross TotalAttn %Cap AvgPdAdm AMERICAN IDIOT $703,032 8,742 63.94% $80.42 ANYTHING GOES $557,484 8,…
Wowza. Ok, I knew there'd be interest in the Broadway Investing seminar I announced yesterday because of the emails I receive asking me about how to invest in Broadway shows, but I never exp…
Who is going to see Robin Williams? I have no idea. Ok, that's not true. I know who won, I just don't know their real name. This contest was just open to email subscribers and the winner is …
Ever since I started the blog, I've gotten questions about all sorts of stuff relating to Broadway shows from how to create a budget (start by mastering excel), to how much an ad in the New …
I was teasing an industry friend of mine the other day who shall remain nameless (although I am biting my fingertips right now--I so want to type it) because he hadn't seen Miss Abigail's Gu…
Whether you felt it or not, the Tsunami that tragically fell upon our friends in Japan hit our shores as well, just not like you'd think (and for that we can thank the same guy/girl that cau…
Before I get to the blimey-town stuff, here are my customary post-seminar five takeaways from this past weekend's Get Your Show Off The Ground seminar! A huge thank you to the twelve hugely …
If you're just joining our regularly scheduled Producer program, then allow me to fill you in on this feature. At the end of every month, I scroll through the stats on my blogs and let you k…