3,177 stories from The Producer's Perspective
It's November 3rd. Election Day. It's the climax of the biggest political drama of the century. And today is THE day. There are two things you should do. First, the obvious one. I…
I'd give anything to have Broadway up and running again. Wait. Hold the cell phone. I forgot the #1 lesson about making wishes like that. You have to be veeeeeery specific. Take #2. …
I was doing fine. Had a good job. Health insurance. I was comfortable. But I had big dreams. And I was not getting far in my pursuit of those goals. At all. AT ALL. S…
First, let me say that Ron Howard may be the best example of the pivot in the history of the entertainment industry. To go from Opie to Richie Cunningham to one of the most successful Di…
A lot has happened since I last blogged about the shape of Broadway's eventual recovery. Our reopening date got pushed. A third wave rose. And organizations like The Met and New York C…
Cheyenne Jackson left Seattle in 2002 to pursue a career on Broadway. His jet lag hadn't even worn off when he was offered his first job. How do I know? Because I was the one who offe…
16-year old Savanna Shaw can sing. Like really sing. Like 40-million-views-on-YouTube-and-counting sing.  But that's not what impressed me.  When I invited Savanna and her du…
Tonight, at 7 PM Eastern Time The Doo Wop Project, a guy group featuring stars of Motown and Jersey Boys, who sing tight harmonies and have even tighter dance moves . . . are performing L…
 Aaron Burr made so many mistakes in his pursuit of success.  Playing it safe. Lack of loyalty. Shooting one of the founding fathers of the United States.  What a tool. …
No BS. This year's TheaterMakers Summit is our biggest and best yet. More speakers, more content, more everything. We doubled down on it. Because, well, our conference has always been ab…
The Tony Award nominations were last week . . . so don't you think it's time for The Streaming Theater Awards? It is! Except they don't exist. Yet. Streaming Theater is a thing. It's…
What does the movie the massive Hollywood action movie, Gladiator, have in common with the two-hander play Red, about artist Mark Rothko? And what does Red have in common with the ultimate B…
You can decide you want to go at the last possible second and still make the curtain! So if you haven't gotten your ticket yet to wine taste wtih funny mean girl Kate Rockwell TONIGHT at …
When Bernardo and Riff see each other at the "Dance at the Gym" in West Side Story, it's obvious that at some point soon . . . there's going to be a rumble. Â This past summer, when Theat…
This year it's not just about whether or not you agree with the nominees . . . it's whether you agree with the whole idea of having Tony Awards or not! But we're not going to talk about that…
You have to be a heck of a talent to go to Columbia, or Harvard, or Juilliard. But to go to all three? That's what Katori Hall did. And her first play after graduation from Juilliard, Th…
Lately when I meet people and tell them what I do, they say, "Oh man, I'm so sorry." My response, "Hey, at least I don't own movie theaters!" (There's always a bright side, right?) And it's …
Yesterday, I announced that I will reveal my predictions for when Broadway will come back, how our box office will respond, and what this means for our Artists and our Audience. I'…
I must hear this question ten times a day. Â "So when will Broadway come back?" Â And then there are the two follow-ups. Â "What will the box office look like when it does?" Â "W…
Not every singer-songwriter can write a musical. As I was quoted when Spider-Man was flying around these parts, "It's one thing to write a 3-minute song. It's another to write a 3-ho…
I don't know anyone trudging their way through this pandemic who isn't doing something they haven't done before. Â It's called "The Pandemic Pivot." Sounds like a new Tik Tok dance craze,…
There's just something about a group of guys singing tight harmonies together. They've been a thing on the radio for decades . . . from The Four Seasons to The Beatles to The Backstreet Boys…
Insane, right? With Broadway shut down and no sure re-opening date in sight, who would invest in a new Broadway theater? Or Off-Broadway Theater? Or any theater? Warren Buffet might.…
To think " there was actually a time when I was bummed that our 4th Annual TheaterMakers Summit was going to be virtual. I forgot the golden rule of business/art/life . . . there is always a…
I remember watching Lea Salonga shred the stage as the star of Miss Saigon in 1991, when I was 18 years old. I had never seen a performance like that. I was blown away. And then I realiz…
