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Tomorrow’s Musicals…Today Showcase your artistic and creative talent as you have the opportunity to “pitch” your musical theatre piece in front of judges and a live audience.

By Ken Davenport On October 31, 2011 · Leave a Comment

The Rationale: The purpose of THE PITCH is to provide a venue for creative teams to explore their vision of a musical theatre piece in its earliest stages and to garner audience reactions to assist them in the development of the final product.

The Format: Three members of the creative team (composer, playwright, musical director, etc.) present [...]

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    The Sunday Giveaway: 2 Tickets to Miss Abigail’s Guide with Christine Pedi

    By Ken Davenport On October 30, 2011 · 22 Comments

    This week, we're giving away 2 tickets to one of my own shows, Miss Abigail's Guide to Dating, Mating, & Marriage, which recently celebrated it's one year anniversary Off-Broadway, and welcomed a brand-new Miss A to the red dress.  

    We had a blast with Eve "Jan [...]

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      Who won the tickets to The Queen of the Mist?

      By Ken Davenport On October 29, 2011 · Leave a Comment

      Whew, another good week of funny entries . . . but this week's winner of our Queen of the Mist contest is Becca, who merged current events with a musical title and came up with . . .

      The Book of Moammar

      Sometimes the simplest works best.  :-)

      Becca, click here to get [...]

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        What’s the one thing you would change about Broadway?

        By Ken Davenport On October 28, 2011 · 36 Comments

        Yesterday's "Robot Vomit" poll got me in a pollin' mood.  So, I had Intern Emily and a few of her friends hit Times Square, armed with a clipboard and a question.  

        This one was more general.  Emily et al asked 100 theatergoers in Times [...]

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          Sure you know what a QR code is. But do our buyers?

          By Ken Davenport On October 27, 2011 · 23 Comments

          Recognize that squiggly little square to the right, which has sometimes been referred to as "robot vomit"?  Its technical name is QR code, or "Quick Response" code.  It's a fancy, densely filled bar code, capable of holding more info that older scannable symbols.

          And they are all the rage.

          Ok, well, that's [...]

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