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Is a 6:30 Start Time the Answer to Declining Theatre Audiences?

November 21, 2023
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Hi- I’ve been following the experiment Ken Davenport has going with starting times for A Beautiful Noise on Brodway. Ken switched a Wednesday night show with a Thursday matinee performance and the results have been pretty compelling: Why do I bring that up today? Because I read two articles from ‘The Stage’ today that brought the need to […]

August 21, 2023
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Hey, y’all! I’ll be in Milwaukee this week teaching my applied brand management class to my executive MBA students at the Kelley School of Business. Let me know if you are in town. How do y’all like the new newsletter format? I’m working through a backlog of stuff the last week or two of the […]

How Will Theatre (Everyone) Deal with New Realities?!

Hey There! Next week, 1 June 2023, I’m doing a FREE webinar with AudienceView about brand management for ticket-selling organizations. You’ll learn things like: Don’t miss it! To the Tickets! Share Talking Tickets! P.S. I’m going to start doing a monthly FREE webinar series. I’m asking for help figuring out where to begin. Can you help […]

December 16, 2022
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Today’s ‘Talking Tickets’ newsletter: GET IT DELIVERED TO YOUR INBOX…FREE! Hi! Happy Holidays! ✓ You’ll get a little less ticket heavy newsletter this week as I can teach y’all stuff using: Next week and the week after, I’m on a holiday. Miami, next week. I’m hoping to catch the Heat game on Tuesday and not […]

October 13, 2022
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Hi- Happy Birthday to the newsletter: We turn 3 today! Or, we celebrate 3 years of coming to your inbox on Fridays. Thanks for reading, sharing, and commenting. I’m doing my annual bit of market research: my NPS survey: 4 questions that will help me build a better newsletter, podcast, and other value for you. It […]

Is the Theatre Too Woke or Too Expensive?

This is from ‘Talking Tickets’ my free weekly newsletter on marketing and selling the live event experience. Sign up today! The Road to Recovery: Are shows too expensive or too woke? Big Ideas: Art is meant to teach us how to deal with complicated topics. Inflation is a challenge in a lot of places. Think about […]

October 27, 2021
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Hey There! We are back for another newsletter. I dropped a great podcast this week with Simon Severino where we talk about growth, processes, and pricing. Simon has a trick that I have in my tool kit, helping people double sales in 90 days. If you dig the newsletter, let me know what you like or don’t […]

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Is the Theatre Too Woke or Too Expensive?

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