Posts by: Ken Davenport

How bad was this winter on the Broadway box office?

By On March 7, 2014 · 1 Comment

Broadway Producers like excuses.

Jewish Holidays, Daylight Savings Time, the color of shirt Obama was wearing when he spoke to Putin about the Ukraine  . . . Broadway Producers can blame a weak box office on anything.

Some of these excuses are real.  Some, well, make you feel better.

What I’ve heard all around [...]

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Why Disney never wishes upon a Star.

By On March 6, 2014 · 5 Comments

About a month ago, I did an article that got a lot of views about Disney Theatrical’s out-of-town tryout strategy.  And a few months before that, I did another one about their new customer service ticket exchange policy.

Since I’m not one to break the rule of threes-threes-threes, I thought it [...]

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Words of Wisdom from the Wall at SpotCo.

By On March 5, 2014 · 5 Comments

I walked into the offices of SpotCo (one of the Big Three Broadway ad agencies) on Tuesday for a Gettin’ The Band Back Together artwork meeting, and I noticed something different . . .

Where there used to be nothing but a plain ol’ boring wall, [...]

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Why I enjoyed Broadway shows more as a kid.

By On March 4, 2014 · 8 Comments

Arthur Bartow, the Dean of the Tisch School of the Arts when I was a student, said this to me when I was a freshman . . .

As a theater pro, I know I’m enjoying a show when I’m not thinking about what went in to making it.

I’m sure you can relate. [...]

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What’s got the original director of Annie barking louder than Sandy?

By On March 3, 2014 · 11 Comments

There was a little brouhaha brewing last week about the recent revival of Annie that closed in January after a more than respectable 15 month run at the palace-sized Palace Theatre.

What was all the barking about?  Here’s the rundown:

The producers of the Broadway production decided not to produce a tour of that [...]

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