The winner of the first ever Sunday Giveaway is . . . (everyone start tapping on their desk like they are doing a drumroll, please) Laura K.! Congratulations, Laura! You're going to see the …
Now here's a blog I will admit I never thought I'd write! When I started blogging three years ago, I didn't give a thought as to where it would take me. But take me it has . . . to...
I'll never forget when Hairspray first came into town. As is the case with most Broadway musicals, a few freebies were given to some of the Broadway offices in town. And then . . . A bunch o…
At The Booth, the app that tells you what's available at the TKTS booth, hit the platform trifecta today! Not only do we have an iPhone version and a Droid version, I'm thrilled to announce …
I was honored to be profiled in a Broadway.com feature that ran yesterday about me and my fantastic Miss Abigail collaborator, Sarah Saltzberg. In the article, we talk about how to collabora…
The following are the Broadway Grosses from the week ending January 23, 2011: Show Name GrossGross TotalAttn %Cap AvgPdAdm AMERICAN IDIOT $901,450 9,527 69.68% $94.62 BILLY ELLIOT: THE MUSIC…
I subscribe to a ton of show newsletters. 1 " I'm a fan of a lot of shows. 2 - I like to see what the other shows are doing in terms of continuing to engage fans like me. So...
When I was in Company Manager school, I was taught, never, ever, at the risk of being punished by the ATPAM Gods of Broadway, give money back to an audience member asking for a refund . . . …
One of my New Year's Resolutions was to figure out more ways to thank all of you for reading and tweeting and liking the blog . . . which is why I've come up with The Sunday Giveaway! Every …
If I had a nickel for every time I heard someone say that theater tickets were too expensive, well, I have enough money to buy two theater tickets! It's true, it's true, Broadway and Off-Bro…
I was honored to have been asked to speak on a panel about marketing last night at The Women's Project. During the panel, search marketing and organic rankings came up as a Producer expresse…
Randy Adams and Sue Frost, last year's Producers of the Year, recently announced that Memphis, their Cinderella story of a musical that has already surprised the industry with its no-stars B…
The following are the Broadway Grosses from the week ending January 16, 2011: Show Name GrossGross TotalAttn %Cap AvgPdAdm AMERICAN IDIOT $619,525 9,322 68.18% $66.46 BILLY ELLIOT: THE MUSIC…
This past weekend was the debut of the road tour of the Get Your Show Off The Ground Seminar. First stop . . . Chicago! And even though it was colder than a popsicle in Sarah Palin's home st…
But I loved Ellen Stewart. The theater industry lost a major maverick last week when Ellen Stewart, the founder of the historically edgy La Mama theater passed away way too soon . . . at 91.…
I don't usually write blogs on Saturdays. And I'm not going to write one today. You're going to . . . Here's the idea. I like to tell people that I have the smartest and most passionate read…
I asked one of my staffers to come up with some ideas for a project we were preparing today. She's a quick thinker, so she snapped back a few quick ideas that were all good. I responded, ask…
Another interesting annual report from the Broadway League was released yesterday, and it has nothing with Broadway in NYC. This report details the economic impact that Broadway had on the n…
I noticed a billboard on 7th Avenue the other day that I hadn't seen before. I snapped a picture so you could see what it was advertising. Yep, it's pitching . . . Telecharge, the official t…
Oh Spidey . . . you just can't keep your name out of the papers. And, based on the 1.8 million bucks you did over Christmas week, I bet you're starting not to care. The latest bit of publici…
The following are the Broadway Grosses from the week ending January 9, 2011: Show Name GrossGross TotalAttn %Cap AvgPdAdm A FREE MAN OF COLOR $286,415 5,485 65.74% $52.22 A LITTLE NIGHT MUSI…
We've got three separate Get Your Show Off The Ground seminars in January in three separate cities. I'm so excited to hear about the different challenges and obstacles that producers and wri…
My office is right next to the Eugene O'Neill theater, home to the recently departed Fela!, home to the soon-to-arrive Book of Morman, and the permanent home of Chris Beck, the Property Mast…
Broadway is a risky investment. Duh. But Broadway can also be 'wicked' profitable. Double-duh. But here's the question that I'd like to see answered . . . because if the answer is what I thi…
In the Op-Ed section of the January 1st edition of the NY Times, far from the Arts pages, was a great piece from the daughter of the Producer of one of the most infamous flops in Broadway hi…