As I said in my blog on Monday when I announced this, I believe a Producer’s primary responsibility is to get people in a room . . . You get artists in a room to create something awesome. You get audience members in a room to enjoy something awesome. Since part of the original mission …
Read MoreIf great comedy was a result of a chemical reaction than the two best elements you could mix up in a test tube would be “Smart” and “Funny.” Talk to David Javerbaum for about 15 seconds and you realize he’s got a never ending supply of both. I first met DJ, way back when . . …
Read MoreI don’t remember exactly where I was. Or when it happened. But I came up with an idea. I even scratched it out on a piece of paper (that I still have). It read something like this . . . A 40-year-old investment banker loses his job and has to move back in with his …
Read MoreTell people that you produce Broadway shows, and you’re going to get a lot of people pitching you ideas. Some of my peers may hate to hear an idea for a new jukebox musical from the guy they’re sitting next to on a red-eye from LA to NYC, but I love it. First, you never …
Read MoreI had just turned seven. And this weekend, I was at my dad’s (my parents were divorced, and even though they had joint custody, they smartly decided to never set a rigid schedule of visits – when I wanted to see my dad, I did, and my mother let me – and vice versa). My father was a …
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I'm Ken Davenport.
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