3,177 stories from The Producer's Perspective
Some people camp out for tickets to their favorite shows. Diana DiMenna camps out to produce her favorite shows. That's right. When she finds a project she wants to be a part of, she …
https://traffic.megaphone.fm/BPNET3205319441.mp3 Some people camp out for tickets to their favorite shows. Diana DiMenna camps out to produce her favorite shows. That's right. When she f…
Last night we had our second "Stephen" of the week on the ol' Livestream, when Stephen Flaherty joined us from . . . another country! (You'll have to watch the replay here to find …
Hi all! Happy . . . er, ah, what day is it? Does anyone know? I may have lost track with what day it is, but I do know that tonight at 8 PM EDT is Episode #6 of our ProducersPerspect…
As expected, last night's livestream with the hilarious Alex Brightman was a hoot. If you missed it, you must go back and watch and hear his . . . Advice for young performers looki…
When we started releasing our Super Conference videos on Tuesday, we started at the end, with Stephanie J. Block firing us all up to get out there and do things we're afraid to do . . . beca…
A big thank you to the joyous Sierra Boggess who was such a bright light for all of us during last night's Producers's Perspective LIVE. If you missed it, you must go back and watch …
Budgets are the foundation of every business, especially Broadway. Our economics are so fragile that if you eff up your budget, your show could close faster than it should, no matter how…
And we're off! Last night, we had our first guest, Stephen "Wicked" Schwartz, join me in my e-office and, well, it worked! It was a joy just to see him . . . and then he spilled some gre…
One of the things about this year's Super Conference that put a smile on my face was that our Diversity panel was the most highly attended. To see people standing on the stairs without a…
Yesterday, the COVID-19 crisis got very personal for every one of us in the theater industry, as it claimed the life of one of our greatest playwrights and greatest gentlemen, Terrence McNal…
Last night we kicked off the first Producer's Perspective LIVE and thanks to all the people who joined in from as far away as Spain, Australia . . . Brooklyn . . . we had a blast (catch the …
I heard a CNN story the other day about a concern that Netflix was running out of content. First of all, give me a break, CNN. Second, if you need content, we've got content! And it'…
Last weekend, when I realized I wouldn't be seeing a lot of my friends, acquaintances (or "virtually" anyone) in-person for quite some time, I started reaching out via FaceTime, Zoom and Tex…
https://traffic.megaphone.fm/BPNET4430270204.mp3 One of the most interesting things I learned about Adam Feldman, Time Out New York's chief theater critic, is that he loves going to a goo…
One of the most interesting things I learned about Adam Feldman, Time Out New York's chief theater critic, is that he loves going to a good ol' piano bar.  Well, like so many of us…
When people ask me what a Producer does, my favorite answer is "A Producer gets people in a room." That's a bit hard these days. So when I had an idea last week, I turned to three Prin…
I've been getting a bunch of emails and tweets and Instagrams from folks around the world telling me that one of the things they've been doing during their shut-in is play our board game, Be…
Hey TheaterMakers and even yet-to-be-TheaterMakers, here's another entry for you in whatever form of isolation you're in right now! If you're like 90% of the population, at one point or anot…
I told you we had some fun stuff in store! Today, the Rave Theater Festival I founded last year is announcing another, interim festival, as we all look for stuff to keep us going and keep us…
I know our minds are all a bit mushy right now as we try to make sense of what is happening today and what will happen tomorrow. But one way to take your mind off the CNN ticker is to pu…
There has never been a bigger "drama" than what we're all seeing right now. And it's so ripped from the headlines, it's absolutely real. The difference with this one . . . is that, well, you…
Everybody, say it with me . . . Alex Brightman. Alex Brightman. Alex Brightman. And he appears! I have an awesome treat for all of you. The Producer's Perspective Podcast team went on a fiel…
https://traffic.megaphone.fm/BPNET1871706277.mp3 Everybody, say it with me . . . Alex Brightman. Alex Brightman. Alex Brightman. And he appears! I have an awesome treat for all of you. The P…
I started writing this blog over a week ago. But every time I finished it, the situation changed again, and I had to e-crumple up my work, and start all over again. When I first set out to a…
