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Every week, there are many conversations involving our industry " new shows in development, scholarship opportunities, virtual events, discussions about Broadway's reopening, and more! Somet…
Here's a little fun as we go into the weekend. A year ago, when I knew I wasn't going to be producing for a while, and yet I HAD to produce something, I produced this! I called up Kleban awa…
You know the cliche . . . how do you get to Carnegie Hall? You practice. But that's about performers or musicians. What about if you want to write a play that gets put on at Carnegie Hall?Â…
My Dad always had a book in his hand. I didn't get it when I was a kid. But like so many other things, now that I'm older, I understand. The key to everything is education. During the pandem…
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News broke yesterday that Lincoln Center Theater got permission from the 147 unions involved in their previous productions to STREAM their shows to audiences. Read the article here. This is …
I told you! On Tuesday, I mentioned how every few blinks a new social media platform is born. The latest? A part podcast, part livestream, audio-only network called Clubhouse. It's the ne…
Don't know about you, but it feels like every time I blink, there's a new social media platform causing a buzz. Or an old social media platform changing up its platform, trying to keep up wi…
I started my podcast 6 years ago. And when the pandemic hit, I put it on pause, along with so many other things I was working on. (The podcasted pivoted to my livestream, actually. A…
Today marks one year. 365 days. 525,600 minutes. Without a single performance on Broadway. What a downer, right? No. Not from this Producer's perspective. How can I look at the l…
Yesterday, Broadway's investigative journalist, Phillip Boroff (formerly of Bloomberg News and now of his own Broadway Journal) released a blog about the hot-off-the-presses protocols for th…
Usually, I love a survey. I'm a big-time tester when it comes to understanding what our audience wants. I survey theatergoers about all sorts of things. I ask if they think a book or mov…
Several years ago, when I was on the hunt for star-driven revivals with big topics but small budgets (a strategy I have since abandoned, by the way, because of the still-high-risk, but limit…
There are a lot of things that are unknown about our future. Here is what I do know . . . Broadway will not open with 24-hour notice. It's not like one day you're going to be walking around …
There's a joke that says everyone in Hollywood has an idea for a screenplay. That joke deserves a rewrite. Because everybody everywhere has an idea for a screenplay. Few get their ideas …
In the hundreds of times I have asked TheaterMakers what they want . . . what they truly want . . . what the answer to their theater-making prayers would be . . . can you guess what the answ…
Forgive me for the deadly sin I'm about to commit. I'm ENVIOUS OF AUSTRALIA! Read this article from the NY Times . . . Broadway in Australia has re-opened with productions of Hamilton, Ha…
When you open a show on Broadway, a pre-existing brand is important and essential. Because when faced with a high-priced decision in a competitive market, a consumer will always, ALWAY…
This one is a quickie, but I had to pass it on, because the words kind of punched me in the face. In a good way. I got off the phone with a mentor of mine just a little bit ago. This is …
Last summer, in the midst of my Pandemic Productivity Phase (the other "PPP"), I vowed to finish an idea I had years ago. And it wasn't a show. It was a screenplay. I optioned the rights…
If theater was the stock market, I'd sell revivals short. I know I run the risk of getting a Reddit-like backlash for this blog, but, revivals are becoming more and more a thing of the past.…
A great writer reads your mind. They articulate something you've been thinking. But haven't put it into works. Or even admitted to yourself. (One of the reasons for Dear Evan Hansen'…
After my dad passed almost one year ago, My wife and I established a fund in his honor called The Dr. Kenny Encouragement Fund. The goal? To continue on with my dad's amazing tradition o…