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A simple appeal to the agencies about ad meetings.

By On May 23, 2013 · 5 Comments

This blog is a simple one, my friends.  Easy for us to accomplish, and symbolic for us going forward.

If you’ve been to an ad meeting for a Broadway show recently, then you’ve probably been crowded around a table with the many other members of the team.  One meeting I know had to have [...]

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Why we all need to support Donald Trump . . .

By On April 12, 2013 · 6 Comments

. . . at least this once.

See, Trump sued someone last week.

And no, it wasn’t about a birth certificate.  And it wasn’t his hair stylist.

It was a cyber squatter.

Mr. Celebrity Apprentice himself sued one J. Taikwok Yung for $400k.  Why?

Well, Mr. Yung bought a few domains back in 2007, including [...]

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Someone Wrote That Song

By On March 1, 2013 · 14 Comments

Musical theater writers out there are facing the exact same problem that popular music writers/artists faced years ago:  the internet has made it waaaaay too easy to steal their work.

See, back in my day, I used to record the Top 40 off the radio, or “tape” my best friend’s record if [...]

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Why discounting is going to increase over the next ten years.

By On September 28, 2012 · 4 Comments

Discounting is not new.  Discounting or “couponing” as it is/was more commonly referred to in other industries has been going on for decades.  Who hasn’t clipped a coupon out of a Sunday paper or a magazine and brought it into a store to save that additional fifty cents or 10% off?

But more importantly, who [...]

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Why do people get so upset when they see a Standing O?

By On May 3, 2012 · 23 Comments

The always Smart ‘N Snarky John Simon wrote a blog a couple of weeks ago airing his disgust about the ubiquitous standing ovation.  (If you don’t know JS, the quick intro is that he was quite a respected critic for a whole bunch of publications until he [...]

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