We talk about the secrets we keep from the public, how to stunt, reaching a new audience and the business.

“But, He Does Know The Territory” - Max Clayton, Music Man

REJECTED TITLES:

Great Scott! - Back To The Future to take Winter Garden.

JHUD’s EGOT - Producer credit makes it so!

Suddenly Seymour - Skylar Astin, out with COVID.

If you’re not a draw, what are we coming to the theater for?

• Run Length

• Reputation

• Word Of Mouth

• Contingency (A buffer that sustains)

• Take the talent. Be consistent.

• Give them publicity. Build them up for the show. Create a stunt. (Instagram takeover, Photo Shoots, Interviews and such). Previews as Events!

Could Broadway sustain a Passport!! (Passport with several companies to create a theater crawl!)

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And, The TONYs went to…

Today on the podcast, we discuss the 75th Annual Tony Awards. What worked, what did not. Highlights, etc.

Starting at a new company.

Also, we talk about summer plans.

WORKING TITLE: IN COMES COMPANY

REJECTED TITLES:

DeBose For The Win!

You Can Take Me Out

A Smooth Criminal

Let It Burn

Mitch Pays My Salary

LINKS:

TONY WINNERS: https://www.tonyawards.com/winners/

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A RUSH TICKET

YOU CALL THAT A STUDENT RUSH?!?!

$250 Student Rush tickets for The Tonys!

REJECTED TITLES:

A Miagi Method

Weep for Willy Loman

Tony, Tony, Tonys

Sing along with Mitch

Links:

Tony Awards (June 12th on CBS and Paramount+) - https://www.tonyawards.com

Death of A Salesman - https://playbill.com/article/wendell-pierce-and-sharon-d-clarke-led-west-end-death-of-a-salesman-to-transfer-to-broadway

The Grapes of Wrath - https://www.steppenwolf.org/tickets--events/seasons/198889/the-grapes-of-wrath/

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Today on the podcast, we ponder, “What would it take to leave the business?”

REJECTED TITLES:

LEAVE THE GHOSTLIGHT ON FOR ME

STAGE MANAGERS ROCK

ATPAM - Association to Theater Press Agent and Managers

American Masters - Joe Papp in Five Acts

https://www.pbs.org/video/papp-proved-theater-could-be-everyone-tge19z/

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Today on the podcast, we talk about the continued struggle of being an artist when bills must be paid.

REJECTED TITLES:

Only Artists In the Building

A Mamet Play

How to survive your career?

Do you come from money?

My only job is to marry rich!

“A survey of more than one thousand visual artists found that the median income was below $30,000—that’s roughly half the typical household earnings in the United States. I note that 63 percent of respondents had art degrees, but on a scale of 1 to 10, they rated their education at only a 5 in preparing them for a financially stable career. And they have good reason to complain. Only 19% made more than $50,000. In other words, their arts degree was more likely to put them below the poverty line than in the middle class.”

https://tedgioia.substack.com/p/the-disappearing-middle-class-musician?utm_source=email&s=r

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Today we talk about the lengths we will go to in order to get butts in seats.

REJECTED TITLES:

TEDxBroadway

100,000 Seats

Standing Room Only

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Today on the podcast, we talk about the Tony nominations, the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the ongoing struggles of the industry.

REJECTED TITLES:

FAT HAM

A SHOWER SCENE

INTO THE WOODS

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Today on the podcast, we review the May updates to The Business of Broadway.

REJECTED TITLES:

The Deal with James Corden

A MET GALA

An Awakening of Spring

Access Update:

Facebook's podcast offerings are vanishing just a year after they launched. Parent company Meta has confirmed to Bloomberg that it will wind down podcasting, Soundbites and its general audio hub. It will no longer let podcasters add shows to Facebook as of this week, and will remove them entirely on June 3rd. The hub and Soundbites will close sometime in the "coming weeks," while Live Audio Rooms will fold into Facebook Live.

READ THE MAY 2022 UPDATES FOR THE BUSINESS OF BROADWAY

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Today on the podcast, we talk about “The Farm”, an operation designed to assist playwrights on their journey from idea, to page, to stage.

REJECTED WORKING TITLES:

Not getting married today!!

A Strange Loop!

Tiny Desk Concert

The FARM's mission is to develop new plays and musicals as a resource for theatrical producers and theater-producing entities.

The age of COVID-19 has presented us all with many challenges. Smaller theaters, especially non-profits that support new works, are struggling to find monies to reopen their doors. Some have closed their doors permanently. Many of these producing organizations are backlogged with productions they contracted before the pandemic.

The FARM sees this challenge as an excellent opportunity to work with writers to ready their work for production once live audiences and theaters feel safe to return to full seasons.

Thank you for listening. Tune in next time for another episode of The Business of Theater, A Working Title with Darnelle Radford and Mitch Weiss.

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Thank you for listening. Tune in next time for another episode of The Business of Theater, A Working Title with Darnelle Radford and Mitch Weiss.

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