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Who is the Broadway Touring Audience? The 2011-12 Report Revealed!

By On May 20, 2013 · 15 Comments

Almost two decades ago, the Broadway League began tracking the demographics of the touring audience for Broadway shows, understanding that the audience on the road is a feeder audience for Broadway.

It is/was true for you, right?

If you don’t live in or close to NYC, and you’re a Broadway fan, odds are you [...]

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Is there a Producer Doctor in the house?

By On September 12, 2011 · 5 Comments

We've all heard the expression, "Show Doctor", right?  You know, that Director or Writer who joins a troubled production out-of-town, or in previews, with the goal of providing the creative changes necessary to save a sinking show.   

You ever wonder why some shows don't have Producer doctors?  Imagine . . [...]

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Broadway Vocab 101. Why is a flop called a turkey anyway?

By On November 25, 2010 · 3 Comments

Happy Thanksgiving, readers!

It's ironic, don't you think?  We spend this one day pounding back slices of turkey, and we spend the rest of the year trying to avoid producing one.

And why do we call a flop a turkey anyway?  Why not an owl?  Or a swallow?

Well, these are [...]

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Broadway Vocab 101. Words used to describe numbers.

By On February 26, 2010 · 7 Comments

I threw out a word a few weeks ago that prompted a reader to pop me an email and ask, "What the fiorello does XXXXX mean?"

So, in an attempt to prevent future emails like that from readers
(and future bad musical-cussing puns from me), I thought [...]

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