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How many of you save your Broadway ticket stubs?

By On August 12, 2010 · 6 Comments

I saved them all.

When I was younger, I'd get my Playbill, and that ticket stub (which is no longer a stub, thanks to ticketing scanners) would go right in the middle.

Full embarrassing disclosure: when I was in high school, I used to take the cover of my Playbills, the ticket stubs, [...]

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5 Things I learned about South American theater.

By On April 7, 2010 · 4 Comments

For those of you who follow me on Twitter, you know that I took a trip way south of the border last weekend to South America.  I stopped in Santiago, Chile and Buenos Aires, Argentina to see productions of My First Time.

One of the coolest things about [...]

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This blog inspired by Tiger Woods.

By On December 30, 2009 · 2 Comments

Regular readers will remember that I announced the closing of Altar Boyz on this blog on Friday, December 4th.

What you may not know, is that the blog was the only place I announced it that morning.

Normally, an announcement like this would be written up and sent [...]

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Is actor absenteeism at Broadway shows affecting our audience’s attitudes? A study tells all.

By On October 9, 2009 · 22 Comments

This past August, Michael Riedel wrote an article in the Post (in his usual smartly-snarky style), about a plague of absenteeism at West Side Story.

I've been concerned about absenteeism for some time, mostly because of its macro effects on our audience.  As theater tickets get more pricey, and the economy gets more dicey, [...]

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Are discounts eroding our sales?

By On March 30, 2009 · 14 Comments

Ohhh, if I had a dollar for every time I heard this
question, my shows would never have to discount ever again!

While discounting has always been used to launch new products as well as entice
people to buy old products (remember when your Mom used to cut coupons?), it
wasn't until [...]

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