From the looks of my expanding blogroll, you'll see that there are a bunch of us out here in the 'sphere typing about Broadway, Off-Broadway, and beyond.
Frankly, I think that's pretty awesome. The more bloggers, the more conversations . . . and the more conversations, the better the chance for change, and for audience development.
One night last week, I got an email from a fellow Broadway Blogger – and after a few emails back and forth, I said, "we gotta get together!"
And then I realized that I just didn't want to get together with this one blogger, I wanted to get together with them all! When I meant "we", I meant "we" with a capital W!
So . . . I've arranged for the first Theater Bloggers Social to take place on Thursday, April 23rd at Planet Hollywood (Planet Broadway hasn't been built yet) for all of "We". Come one, come all Theater Bloggers and meet the people e-talking about the same subjects as you.
In addition to some social time, I've also arranged for Blog Consultant Stephanie Cockerl of nextSTEPH to stop by and give us all some tips on how to better our blogs. And some Broadway shows have agreed to toss in some free tickets to those of you interested in seeing a show that night.
Oh, and there will be some free munchies too.
Here are the rest of the deets:
1ST THEATER BLOGGERS SOCIAL
Thursday, April 23rd.
6 PM – 8 PM
Planet Hollywood
Broadway at 45th St.
To RSVP, comment to this blog with your name and the URL of your blog. Confirmation and final details will be emailed to you. Oh, and to qualify as a "Theater Blogger", you should:
- Have a blog devoted primarily to theater
- Post regularly
- Be an independent blogger (not sponsored/paid to blog by any organization)
If that's you, then come on down to Planet Hollywood on the 23rd and meet others who do what you do. Share some appetizers. Swap some links. Find guest columnists. Argue about whether discounts are eroding our sales or not.
Maybe we'll agree, maybe we won't. But at least we'll have the conversation. And when we're all in one room, the volume of that conversation will be loud enough that people will have to listen.
Who knows, maybe it will be the first meeting of this.
If you're an out-of-town theater blogger, RSVP as well. We're working on a way to e-hook you in.
And if you don't have a blog? Start one. And you can come to the next event.
Oh – one more thing . . . bloggers reading this? I'm counting on you to spread the word about this event to our peers. I'm purposefully not going to actively invite you. I want to see if the power of what we do can spread the word and bring us together.
Cuz if it can, it can do a heck of a lot more.
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I will be there! Great idea.
James Marino
BroadwayStars.com
The original, possibly first, theater blog
james@broadwaystars.com
Great idea Ken, not surprising you came up with it!
my blog http://www.off-stage-right.com deals mostly with nonprofits but has some universal themes and lots of links back to Producers Perspective! (If we can’t make theatre relevant, why do it? If we can’t make it affordable, we won’t be doing it!)
At some point, you should also consider us regional theatre bloggers (mine is at http://cahwyguy.livejournal.com/tag/theatre ). We have loads of items promoting Broadway, but there is a real dearth of podcasts and blogs that promote the regional theatre scene.
Color me curious.
Aaron Riccio
thatsoundscool.blogspot.com
illogicaljoker@gmail.com
Sounds good, Ken. Hopefully you can hook up the out of towners!
Nick Cavarra
http://producingtheaterandfilm.blogspot.com/
If you link in out of towners, I’m interested.
http://www.loisbackstage.com
Looking forward to meeting you and our fellow bloggers on April 23.
-Adam Rothenberg
http://www.adaumbellesquest.com
great event! my coblogger, tweed, and i would love to join.
sharkskingirl
http://www.obscenejester.org
the performance art blog
Sounds fun!
Diana -
lezbehonest.tumblr.com
Sounds like fun. Count me in.
I’ll be there, Ken
David Spencer
Aisle Say
http://www.aislesay.com
DMSpencer@aol.com
aislesay@aol.com
I’m going to do my best to attend too. Thanks for setting this up!
Kristoffer Diaz
Smichovsky Compensation Syndrome
kristofferdiaz.wordpress.com
Thank you so much for the idea! I will not be able to make it NYC by then, but hopefully things will work out for another time.
Oh no–just realized I’m out of town. Will still throw the event up on the blog to help spread the word!
Since I’ve been wanting to talk to you. I’ll be there. This is just one link to what I write for.
Good stuff! I’ll be there.
Mike
http://oneproducerinthecity.typepad.com/one_producer_in_the_city/
I’m in
Jeremy Dobrish
http://www.JeremysGreenRoom.com
I have a prior commitment but would love to come to the next one… if there’s an email list, put me on it!
I’ll be there!
Ryan
ryanjdavis.blogspot.com
Can’t wait!
I’m an out of towner with a final dress rehearsal that night…but I’ll be there in spirit!
My blog is about figuring out being an actress in Toronto’s theatre scene.
bfg
thestarvingartistblog.blogspot.com
Thanks, Ken! I’ll be in Orlando still, performing Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing, and Portia in The Merchant of Venice at Orlando Shakespeare Theater. But I’ll keep watching for the 2nd Bloggers’ Social!
http://marniwatch.blogspot.com
Best wishes, and thanks for your blog,
Marni
I would love to be a part of this! Looking forward to it!
Meredith Lucio
NY Theatre Producer Examiner
http://www.examiner.com/x-1315-NY-Theater-Producer-Examiner
I also manage the ROOMS a rock romance blog.
http://tinyurl.com/RoxRoom
My blog isn’t EXCLUSIVELY devoted to theater, but since I am currently in a touring Broadway show theater is a prevailing topic. I hope that qualifies.
Donell James Foreman
http://thedjf.blogspot.com
I’m there…cross-pollinating the entertainment field…with other bees in tow…
Colleen (Queen Bee) Zenk Pinter
Sounds great! I have another commitment, keep me posted on future events.
I will definitely stop by!
http://broadwaygirlnyc.blogspot.com
I’ll be there. This is a great idea.
Ethan Stanislawski
http://www.tynansanger.com
tynansanger[at]gmail[dot]com
This is one of the best ideas I’ve heard in quite some time. Will definitely be there. Looking forward to meeting fellow bloggers!
Kevin Daly
theatreaficionado.blogspot.com
Sounds fun!
Http://www.corinescorner.com
I am a video blogger. Sounds like a good time!
Corine Cohen
I loved Rooms.
I’m in! I live in Boston, but I just happen to be in NYC that particular weekend.
And I’ll alert my blogging circle.
Chris Caggiano
Everything I Know I Learned From Musicals
http://www.ccaggiano.typepad.com
chris_caggiano1964@yahoo.com
Wish I could be there, but I’ve got seats for “Why Torture is Wrong…” that evening at 7pm.
Can’t wait to hear how it goes.
Third Row, Mezzanine
This sounds great – looking forward to meeting everyone!
Roxie
Stage Left, House Right
I’ll be there. Can’t wait.
-Zack
Love to be there, Ken.
Thanks! I will be there. SarahB
Adventures in the Endless Pursuit of Entertainment
http://www.sarahbsadventures.blogspot.com
sbethroberts@gmail.com
Sounds like a great idea. See you there.
Wish I could be there, but I’m in LA. I’ve been blogging about theatre since 2001…yikes, 2001?! Haha, wow…I just shocked myself!
Lisa
http://chizi.blogspot.com
I’m not sure I count as a “theatre blogger” but I do write about theatre and review the shows I see on my blog. So, um, let me know? But I’d love to come and meet everyone!
I’ll be there. It’s a great idea. It’s easy to get lost in the writing and forget there are a lot of us out there.
http://www.ushernonsense.com
Looking forward to it!
Gil Varod
http://www.BroadwayAbridged.com
Thanks, Ken! This is an exciting idea!
Jesse North
http://www.stagerush.blogspot.com
Very excited about this Ken.
I’ll do my best to get there!
Looking forward to it, seems like you have a lot of responses!
I so can’t be there. But somebody please have several drinks for me.
Ken,
I wish I could join you, but my day job will keep me away … at least this time.
The idea of getting theatre bloggers is not new. A wide swath of us have already been getting together regularly. But perhaps it takes a true and respected impresario like you to pull together everyone. And on that, I wish you enormous success and add my deep regrets for having to miss.
Cheers!
Steve On Broadway (SOB) at steve.on.broadway@hotmail.com
I’ll stop by.
I’ll stop by.
Just starting up a theatre blog to chart the good things that happen during the dark years. Planet Hollywood is the perfect place to celebrate this group of chroniclers.
-Douglas
Hey Ken-
Unfortunately I am unable to make it tonight and quite bummed. I can’t shift my prior engagement. I do look forward to reading about tonight on your blog!
All the best,
Kim
http://www.kimweild.com
I’ll be attending.
Robb Perry
http://www.americantheatrewing.org
I have to revise my RSVP – I forgot that I had tickets for This American Life!
Hope you all have a good time and I look forward to the next one!
-Roxie
Looking forward to it
justshowstogoyou.com
Hope it’s not too late but I will try to stop by tonight.
I counted 50 responses!
Must have been one hell of a party.
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