The Producer's Perspective: I was having a toe-tappin’ good time at the super-well-reviewed After Midnight earlier this week, when I realized I was watching one of those unique Broadway experiences that featured incredible music, incredible dancing, and incredible absolutely amazing performers . . . but no story.
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This article, having been written by the fantastic producer Ken Davenport, was in support of the lead producer' of "After Midnight" for his work in producing an exciting new Broadway revue-sical, despite the lack of a plot. I am happy to read that "After Midnight" is getting such positive revues, as Scott Sanders is a fantastic human, and his vision for this show is fantastic. Whether "revue" means "recoup" or not is an interesting topic. Like Ken Davenport said, out of the 15 revue-sicals that have recently been on Broadway, 3 of them lasted, and maybe one recouped its investment. Although these types of shows may not be the most successful shows monetarily, I believe that they have a place on Broadway, and they deserve to be seen. I applaud Scott Sanders for his work on the production.
I must say, first off, that the business of theatre fascinates me, and this article was enlightening. It shed some light on unexpected incontestable facts. I do wonder what it means to "recoup". And I think the author brings up a great question about what the motivation is to follow through with these projects. I thought his assessments about risk were a common sense. Yes, you should take risks in your investments. But they call them risks for a reason. Yes, thank you, we understand. But even though there was only 1/15 deemed "financially successful" in the last 20 years, I'd like to know how much the other productions lost. Or if they lost. Or if they just didn't make back or "recoup" what was expected.
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