| re: Producer Ken Davenport on the closing of GETTIN' THE BAND BACK TOGETHER | |
| Posted by: NewtonUK 08:02 am EDT 09/02/18 | |
| In reply to: re: Producer Ken Davenport on the closing of GETTIN' THE BAND BACK TOGETHER - ryhog 09:23 pm EDT 09/01/18 | |
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| I'm with you on this one, RyHog. Ken is a relentless self promoter. He charges people to read scripts, and take meetings - meaning he profiteers on people with no hope of ever getting a show on, by taking meetings etc. Most of those (us) in the business take meetings based on possible viability of a project, and we don;t charge a penny until hired or otherwise actually involved. That said, Mr Davenport rather inexplicably to some of us, was hired to oversee all of Andrew Lloyd Webber's NY and North American ventures. Based on ....? Another producer who was great at losing peoples money - over and over and over again - was /is press agent cum producer, Jeffre Richards. This year is is lead producer on 2 shows opening 3 weeks apart - Lifespan of a Fact, and An American Son. His flops over the last 10 years include SIGNIFICANT OTHER, AMERICAN PSYCHO, CHINA DOLL, WOLF HALL 1&2, SYLVIA, THE HEIDI CHRONICLES, THE REALISTIC JONESES, BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY, GLENGARRY GLENN ROSS, THE ANARCHIST, BONNIE & CLYDE, BLOODY BLOODY ANDREW JACKSON, A LIFE IN THE THEATRE, ENRON, ALL ABOUT ME, DESIRE UNDER THE ELMS, REASONS TO BE PRETTY. Over the same perios he had a few shows more or less recoup, and success with RACE, PORGY AND BESS (tho did it recoup in 9 months?), ALL THE WAY. |
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