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Broadway’s 2012-13 Quarter 3 Report

By On February 26, 2013 · 4 Comments

I love a Broadway Q3 Report.  Cuz it tells me that spring is right around the corner.

And spring brings warm weather, warmer hellos from formerly frigid NYers, and higher grosses thanks to the spring crop of new plays and musicals (including my Macbeth and Kinky Boots).

But [...]

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Boston makes a play to become a tryout for plays. Again.

By On February 11, 2013 · 4 Comments

Boston used to be one of THE tryout cities (along with New Haven and Philly)  for big Broadway musicals.  Shows like Funny Girl and Anything Goes all tapped their toes on a Boston stage first, before shuffling off to Broadway second.

That trend slowed down in the last couple decades of the [...]

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What Broadway Investors Really Need.

By On January 18, 2013 · 13 Comments

Here’s something I should have asked Santa for . . .

I get a lot of emails and phone calls and Game of Thrones-like carrier ravens from folks asking me my opinion on shows they’ve been offered a chance to invest in.  ”Is it a good show?”  ”Will it make [...]

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Game changer alert: BroadwayBox gets bought.

By On January 16, 2013 · 8 Comments

Bloomberg News broke a big biz story today about BroadwayBox, the online discount farm that Broadway buyers love . . . and most Producers love/hate.  (I affectionately call BroadwayBox, the Walmart of Broadway Shows.)

See, in a lot of the research I’ve done, I’ve found [...]

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How the Fiscal Cliff helped Hollywood.

By On January 9, 2013 · 6 Comments

That fiscal cliff drama last week was better than some shows I’ve seen!  Special holiday sessions of Congress, negotiations into the wee hours, nonstop blame-games . . . but we finally got a deal.  (Sort of.)

A little known fact is that buried into section 317 of the fiscal cliff deal was [...]

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