Ken Davenport Joins ALW's Really Useful Group- Page 2
Ken Davenport Joins ALW's Really Useful Group
neonlightsxo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/29/08
#25Ken Davenport Joins ALW's Really Useful Group
Posted: 10/18/16 at 12:07pm
vampire musical said: "Welp, guess we now know that Davenport's company (and many random ventures) wasn't making any profit and/or wasn't financially viable. I never worked with him, but heard his office was like a sweatshop. So he took a gig to pay the bill(s)...collectors. "
Do we know that?
#26Ken Davenport Joins ALW's Really Useful Group
Posted: 10/18/16 at 3:41pm
I read [and learn] most threads on BWW but am perplexed about Mr Davenport. ALW thinks this man is one thing and most on here think something else.
Anyone want to tell me [briefly] what he has done to offend/annoy so many?
Thanks.
SL
#27Ken Davenport Joins ALW's Really Useful Group
Posted: 10/18/16 at 3:43pm
Read this thread. The link goes to the middle of it, although I'd say it's not a bad place to start anyway.
https://www.theproducersperspective.com/my_weblog/2016/05/could-the-cast-of-spring-awakening-perform-on-the-tonys.html
Haha. He deleted all the comments here, I see.
https://www.theproducersperspective.com/my_weblog/2016/05/could-the-cast-of-spring-awakening-perform-on-the-tonys.html
"This thread reads like a series of White House memos." — Mister Matt
#28Ken Davenport Joins ALW's Really Useful Group
Posted: 10/18/16 at 3:47pm
Thanks Lizzie-WOW ! No wonder NOT Mr Popular.
SL...x
neonlightsxo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/29/08
#29Ken Davenport Joins ALW's Really Useful Group
Posted: 10/18/16 at 3:48pm
Lizzie did you mean to post this: https://forum.broadwayworld.com/readmessage.php?thread=1093207#4817996
#30Ken Davenport Joins ALW's Really Useful Group
Posted: 10/18/16 at 3:49pm
Oops! Yes, thanks!
"This thread reads like a series of White House memos." — Mister Matt
#31Ken Davenport Joins ALW's Really Useful Group
Posted: 10/18/16 at 3:51pm
Also, don't forget how mad he got about SpongeBob.
https://forum.broadwayworld.com/readmessage.php?thread=1081561
"This thread reads like a series of White House memos." — Mister Matt
#32Ken Davenport Joins ALW's Really Useful Group
Posted: 10/18/16 at 3:52pm
One thing that particular bugs me about Davenport is how he promotes himself loudly, although he has little to no actual success to boast about (Jason Robert Brown and Trump do the same thing).
I've always found self-promotion to be the refuge of those whom no one else will promote.
barcelona20
Broadway Star Joined: 1/19/08
#33Ken Davenport Joins ALW's Really Useful Group
Posted: 10/18/16 at 3:54pm
Lumping Jason Robert Brown in with Trump and Davenport is one of the most insane things I've ever read here.
#34Ken Davenport Joins ALW's Really Useful Group
Posted: 10/18/16 at 3:55pm
You don't remember Antonijan?
"This thread reads like a series of White House memos." — Mister Matt
VintageSnarker
Broadway Legend Joined: 1/30/15
#35Ken Davenport Joins ALW's Really Useful Group
Posted: 10/18/16 at 3:55pm
Alex Kulak2 said: "What's next? The Film version of Merrily we Roll Along being directed by M. Night Shyamalan?"
Ado Annie D'Ysquith said: "Shymalan plot twist: THE MOVIE HAS BEEN GOING BACKWARD THE ENTIRE TIME."
This is my favorite thing that I've read today.
#36Ken Davenport Joins ALW's Really Useful Group
Posted: 10/18/16 at 3:59pm
There was also his buyout of review aggregator StageGrade- which he then shut down so it couldn't compete with his inferior DidHeLikeIt.
"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."
#37Ken Davenport Joins ALW's Really Useful Group
Posted: 10/18/16 at 4:00pm
Ugh, right. And here's THAT story:
http://thewickedstage.blogspot.com/2014/11/what-happened-to-stagegrade.html
"This thread reads like a series of White House memos." — Mister Matt
#38Ken Davenport Joins ALW's Really Useful Group
Posted: 10/18/16 at 4:08pm
You're welcome, VintageSnarker, and thank you as well...you've made me smile!
http://puccinischronicles.wordpress.com
#39Ken Davenport Joins ALW's Really Useful Group
Posted: 10/18/16 at 4:40pm
I've found him to be a nice guy. Self-promotion and trying to leverage limited successes doesn't bother me. Most successful people do it. But I can understand why it would bother others. Obviously it has helped him take a leap forward with this new position.
#40Ken Davenport Joins ALW's Really Useful Group
Posted: 10/18/16 at 4:52pm
wow i wow i never saw that stuff he wrote about SpongeBob the Musical...obviously i agree that it's a terrible idea but where the hell has Ken been??? Broadway has long been the place for commercial crap like that, and his indignation about its existence is laughable.
"Contentment, it seems, simply happens. It appears accompanied by no bravos and no tears."
#41Ken Davenport Joins ALW's Really Useful Group
Posted: 10/18/16 at 4:56pm
Especially since he produced such artistically pure things like The Awesome 80s Prom and That Bachelorette Show.
"...everyone finally shut up, and the audience could enjoy the beginning of the Anatevka Pogram in peace."
Updated On: 10/18/16 at 04:56 PM
#42Ken Davenport Joins ALW's Really Useful Group
Posted: 10/18/16 at 5:33pm
Also. The SpongeBob musical is wonderful.
neonlightsxo
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/29/08
#43Ken Davenport Joins ALW's Really Useful Group
Posted: 10/18/16 at 7:06pm
Daddy Warbucks said: "I've found him to be a nice guy. "
No one is talking about his temperament.
#44Ken Davenport Joins ALW's Really Useful Group
Posted: 10/18/16 at 10:11pm
Trump University anybody?
http://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/ive-got-a-musical-to-sell-you
#45Ken Davenport Joins ALW's Really Useful Group
Posted: 10/20/16 at 12:58pm
neonlightsxo said: "Daddy Warbucks said: "I've found him to be a nice guy. "
No one is talking about his temperament."
People are being pretty harsh on the guy here. I meant to suggest that perhaps we should (at least slightly) temper the criticism of a person if he is in fact a nice guy who is imperfectly trying to find a place in the business of Broadway.
MinnieFay
Stand-by Joined: 5/19/16
#46Ken Davenport Joins ALW's Really Useful Group
Posted: 10/20/16 at 1:15pm
Daddy Warbucks said:
People are being pretty harsh on the guy here. I meant to suggest that perhaps we should (at least slightly) temper the criticism of a person if he is in fact a nice guy who is imperfectly trying to find a place in the business of Broadway. "
Daddy can we assume that you are either Ken, or (more likely) one of his unpaid slaves (I mean "interns"
?
#47Ken Davenport Joins ALW's Really Useful Group
Posted: 10/20/16 at 2:30pm
MinnieFay said: "Daddy can we assume that you are either Ken, or (more likely) one of his unpaid slaves (I mean "interns"?"
I had wondered if someone might have thought that, since I think I'm the sole person defending the cat from being kicked. If you read my other posts on these boards you'll get a sense for why your assumption is not correct. I'm applying the "do unto others" philosophy, hoping that someone would stand up for me if a whole post is ever dedicated to criticizing my work and passion.
