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Win $500 in the 2nd Annual 10 Minute Play Contest!

By On April 17, 2013 · 3 Comments

The day after our 10 Minute Play contest ended last year, I had five emails asking me when I was going to do it again.

And those five emails told me we were on to something (I have a rule in business, and in life . . . [...]

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The Finalists for the Macbeth Associate Producer Scholarship are . . .

By On March 13, 2013 · 9 Comments

Remember that time I said we’d have 10 Finalists for the Macbeth Associate Producer Scholarship?

Well, because we received an inbox-clogging several hundred applications, I’m modifying the rules (hey – I made them up, so I can change them right?)

Instead of 10 . . . we’re going to have 12.

And let [...]

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Now let’s see how revivals are trending! Part II

By On February 28, 2013 · 2 Comments


Yesterday we refuted the notion that the number of new plays and new musicals were on a precipitous decline over the last thirty years.

Today we’ve got a couple more graphs for you, but this time we’re looking to find the revival trend line.  Are they increasing?  Decreasing?

Before you [...]

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Are new plays and new musicals really on the downswing? Part I

By On February 27, 2013 · 11 Comments

I read a quote recently which lamented the fact that there weren’t as many new plays on Broadway anymore.

At first, my head started a-nodding in agreement.  It’s easy to jump on the ol’ “things aren’t so good” whine-wagon.  But then I wondered, “Is that really the case?”  I know it seems [...]

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Why I’m producing Macbeth on Broadway.

By On February 1, 2013 · 16 Comments

Remember when I tweeted this?

If you saw last night’s late NY Times or Playbill announcement, then you’ve prob put two and two together and realized that the “#NewShowThisSpring” I was talking about was the National Theatre of Scotland‘s production of Macbeth [...]

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