3,177 stories from The Producer's Perspective
Last week, I published the results of some research I did into the recoupment % of new Broadway musicals over the last half a decade. The conclusion was that the % of those musicals that are…
Last week grosses dipped slightly by 3% to $30M. The holiday weekend did not bring the typical attendance boost, which actually dropped by 4%. Two productions played their final performances…
The theater is a collaborative art form. Even one-person shows can't be done on their own. (At the very least, you need at least one person in your audience!) The cool thing about me…
I mean, you can't make this @#$% up. Last year, I announced that my office was finding some scraps of time and money here and there to put together a brand new theater festival right h…
Since I started working in the business of Broadway, I keep finding my way back to the same ol' stat. 1 out of 5 shows recoup their investment (or 20%). That's what they told me in 1993. …
While the weather was trying to tell us otherwise last weekend, it's certainly still January on Broadway. Grosses fell a steep 28% last week to $31M. Much of the drop was a result of sev…
When thinking ahead to future years, the first thing that most people do is calculate their age. Come on, you know you do it.  How old will you be in 2030? I'll be 57. My daughter…
While grosses took an expected 23% drop last week, many shows (22 at 97% capacity or higher) played to sold-out audiences. We bid farewell to seven shows last week including the long-run…
I know, I know, we're two days into 2020 now, so this blog might seem a touch late. But how could I post this blog until every single day of the last year had passed? I mean, you never k…
Even if you've never heard the term 'swag' before, you've still probably gotten tons of it throughout your life. Pens, t-shirts, notebooks, and more, emblazoned with a company logo, are …
Last week, new arrivals kept the overall box office steady at $38M. New to the boards was West Side Story which grossed $1.25M for 6 performances. In its second week of performances, Harry C…
And in the blink of a podcast, our fall season has vanished like the leaves on the trees. It's been an exciting few months of podcastin' for us and when I thought about how best to wrap up t…
https://traffic.megaphone.fm/BPNET5054894582.mp3 And in the blink of a podcast, our fall season has vanished like the leaves on the trees. It's been an exciting few months of podcastin' for …
And we thought the theater critics were tough? A few weeks ago, a NY Times restaurant critic wrote a searing "zero-star" review of the world-famous Peter Luger steak house in Brooklyn, sayin…
Most shows saw six-figure drops last weeks as the overall box office dipped by 8%. Bucking the trend, however, was Ain't Too Proud who managed a $113k increase which was a box office record …
Thanksgiving week gave a big goose to Broadway grosses. A 30% increase from the previous week resulted in a $41.6M box office haul. Most notably, Beetlejuice and Tina " The Tina Turner Music…
http://traffic.megaphone.fm/BPNET4007253881.mp3 Soap. That's how this episode kicks off . . . with a conversation about soap. Not just any soap, mind you. Alan Cumming's soap. Like n…
Soap. That's how this episode kicks off . . . with a conversation about soap. Not just any soap, mind you. Alan Cumming's soap. Like not his bar of Ivory . . . like his actual brande…
We threw our first ever Producers Perspective Holiday Gather ELEVEN years ago. I had no idea if anyone would show up. And 48 hours later, we sold it out. That was 11 freekin' years a…
I know what you're thinking . . . "Wasn't it just Labor Day?" The answer? Yes. Yes it was. As if Harry Potter cast a monthus-disappearus spell, here we are on the eve of Black Friday…
Last week, grosses were down just slightly with a 2% dip. Family favorites fared best last week with Wicked, The Lion King, and Frozen showing the biggest increases. Coming off recent openin…
Ever wondered how to arrange a big Broadway score like Spamalot? This week's guest has the ability to take a score and blow it up into a big Broadway musical that we all know and love. M…
http://traffic.megaphone.fm/BPNET9660510069.mp3 Ever wondered how to arrange a big Broadway score like Spamalot? This week's guest has the ability to take a score and blow it up into …
In case you haven't heard, we had a giant TheaterMaker conference this past weekend. (And in case you didn't get that joke " you probably aren't on our email list " because we sent a whole b…
People ask me all the time what a Producer actually does. My new answer? I get people in a room. That's it! I get Writers in a room. I get Directors in a room. I get Actors in a …
