An up-and-coming Producer met with me recently in my office and pitched me a brand new project. The pitch was a good one. Very professional. Not too long. To the point. And she knew exactly what she wanted from the meeting: her objective was to get me to invest in her [...]
I'm writing this blog while sitting in a hotel room, waiting to see a performance of a musical that is working its way to Broadway.
Am I California? At The Old Globe? La Jolla? Ahmanson?
Well, I am in LA . . but not that LA. I'm in Louisiana. New [...]
I stare at stats like some people stare at art.
Recently, I was looking at some numbers from my blog (like they were painted by French Impressionists or something), and I clicked through to the list of my most read entries.
I found it interesting, so I’m publishing the list below. It’ll [...]
The recoupment of Blithe reminded me that it was time to check in with our "Will It Recoup" contest and see what shows have made money and what shows haven't.
Do you still have a shot at the iPhone? Here's how the horse race to recoupment [...]
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