Summer is winding down, which means the first quarter of the Broadway fiscal year has come to a close as well.
Big businesses take their financial temperature with quarterly earnings, so, as I mentioned in this post, we're going to assess our Broadway season as the season goes [...]
Show Name GrossGross TotalAttn %Cap AvgPdAdm 9 TO 5 $589,453 7,937 61.58% $74.27 AVENUE Q $454,132 5,952 93.47% $76.30 BILLY ELLIOT: THE MUSICAL $1,413,725 11,368 100.00% $124.36 BURN THE FLOOR $426,308 6,363 75.68% $67.00 CHICAGO $655,111 7,983 92.40% $82.06 HAIR $1,038,147 11,073 98.03% $93.75 IN THE HEIGHTS $782,522 8,846 81.01% $88.46 JERSEY [...]
I had a bday over the weekend, and it got me thinking . . . just when is Broadway's birthday?
My History of American Musical Theatre Professor at NYU, Jack Lee (the guy who gave me my start by recommending me for a production assistant position on My Fair Lady), [...]
Another question came in from a reader recently asking me what books they should read, and when they should get an office, and what next steps they should take in order to become a Producer.
While I do have some recommended reading to the left (and I'm going to add this [...]
Here's a question from a reader that wouldn't have even been a question a few decades ago. In the days of David Merrick, there weren't 142 names above the title, all calling themselves producers. There was one, maybe two or three, and everyone knew who was wearing the top hat in [...]
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