Ken Davenport Joins ALW's Really Useful Group — Page 2

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?

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

Lizzie did you mean to post this: https://forum.broadwayworld.com/readmessage.php?thread=1093207#4817996

Also, don't forget how mad he got about SpongeBob.

https://forum.broadwayworld.com/readmessage.php?thread=1081561

Lumping Jason Robert Brown in with Trump and Davenport is one of the most insane things I've ever read here.

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.

Ugh, right. And here's THAT story:

http://thewickedstage.blogspot.com/2014/11/what-happened-to-stagegrade.html

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.

Especially since he produced such artistically pure things like The Awesome 80s Prom and That Bachelorette Show.

Updated On: 10/18/16 at 04:56 PM

Daddy Warbucks said: "I've found him to be a nice guy. "



No one is talking about his temperament.

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 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.