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Television 2.0.

By producer On October 24, 2007 · Leave a Comment

CBS canceled Hugh
Jackman's musical television series, Viva Laughlin, today.  After only two outings.  Ouch.

But that's not what's interesting to me (I mean, did anyone think the
show would work?  It reeked of mid-season cancellation).

What interested me was what was taking its time slot:  [...]

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    Be stupid, Stupid.

    By producer On October 23, 2007 · Leave a Comment

    Last May, I bought
    the domain name BestMusical.com and put together a website that I hoped would spread like my favorite "Laughing Baby" video on YouTube.

    At the height of
    the campaign, Best Musical got a whopping 182 unique visitors in one day, and
    now it struggles to break double [...]

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      We’re one pitch away from a Strikeout.

      By producer On October 22, 2007 · Leave a Comment

      A lot of people
      have been asking me whether or not I think the Local 1/Broadway League contract
      negotiation will result in a strike.

      My answer is
      simply . . . no.  There will be no Local 1 strike.

      In fact, I'll bet
      $100 on it.  Any [...]

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        Speak up, Louise!

        By producer On October 21, 2007 · Leave a Comment

        I was honored to
        be asked to speak on a panel on 'Guerrilla Tactics in Theater Publicity' at The
        Center of Communication this coming Thursday, October 25th at 6:30 PM.

        Click here for
        all of the details.

        Should be a fun
        panel . . . not that [...]

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          Cooler than the other side of the pillow.

          By producer On October 20, 2007 · Leave a Comment

          BroadwaySpace got
          mentioned on the Ning Blog today. 

          Theatre is such an
          insulated and archaic industry with its own set of economics and politics that
          it's a real honor when companies outside of it take notice.  Thanks, Ning!

          Oh, and I just love the fact
          that the 

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