Ken Davenport

Recently hailed as the "P.T. Barnum of Off-Broadway" in the New York Times, featured on a national commercial for the iPhone, and named one of Crain's Forty Under 40 for 2008, Ken is the only independent producer to have three shows running simultaneously Off-Broadway: ALTAR BOYZ, THE AWESOME 80S PROM and MY FIRST TIME.

ALTAR BOYZ, the longest running Off-Broadway musical to open in the last ten years, which Ken co-conceived and produced, was the winner of the 2005 Outer Critics Award for Best Off-Broadway Musical and the winner of the Broadway.com Audience Favorite Award for Long Running Off-Broadway Musical for the past two years in a row. It recently completed its first National Tour, garnering critical acclaim around the country, and has also been produced internationally in Korea and Hungary. In the coming year, ALTAR BOYZ is slated for production in Brazil, Japan, Australia, the United Kingdom and many other countries.

THE AWESOME 80s PROM, which Ken created and directed, is in its 4th year in New York City, and in its 3rd year in Chicago, and has had long runs in Minneapolis and Baltimore. THE PROM won the Improvisational Theater Association's Award for Best Interactive Show in 2006 and is widely considered to be one of the most successful interactive theatrical productions ever created. THE PROM is currently being licensed to theaters around the country through Interactive Theater Worldwide, a subdivision of Davenport Theatrical Enterprises, dedicated to the licensing of interactive properties.

MY FIRST TIME, Ken's latest production, which he wrote and directed as well as produced, recently premiered Off-Broadway at New World Stages and has already been featured on CNN, MSNBC, The BBC, Fox News, TMZ.com and in Jay Leno's monologue on The Tonight Show. In the coming year, MY FIRST TIME will be seen in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Mexico, France, Spain, Korea, and many more countries around the world. MY FIRST TIME, is the first ever example of 'Theater 2.0.' Based on submissions to a popular website, it is the first play based solely on "user generated content." Ken's "Virgins Get In Free" promotion for the opening of MY FIRST TIME received international attention from every major media network around the world.

Ken is a Sturbridge, Massachusetts native and a graduate of The Bancroft School in Worcester, which recently awarded him with the Young Alumni Achievement Award. After high school, Ken attended Johns Hopkins University and New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, where he graduated with honors and was named a "University Scholar". Immediately upon graduation, Ken began his career in the commercial theatre industry with management positions on the Broadway revivals of My Fair Lady with Richard Chamberlain and Grease with Rosie O'Donnell. While a member of the staff at The Charlotte Wilcox Company, Ken had the opportunity to work on the Broadway productions of Damn Yankees, On The Waterfront, Buskers, and many others. After company managing a National Tour of A Grand Night for Singing, Ken began a three year relationship with the infamous impresario Garth Drabinksy and LIVENT, during which time he worked on the Tony Award winning Broadway productions of Showboat, Candide, Ragtime and Parade. Ken company managed the Broadway production of the 2002 Tony Award Winning Thorough Modern Millie as well as the touring companies of Jekyll & Hyde, Chicago (National Tour and Las Vegas) and general managed the National Tour of Cinderella starring Eartha Kitt, Deborah Gibson and Jamie Lynn Sigler. Ken was the Associate General Manager for GYPSY starring Bernadette Peters and directed by Sam Mendes which was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Revival in 2003. As the Director of Creative Development for NETworks, Ken worked on the development of several new theatre pieces, including the Broadway production of Little Women. Ken has also produced and directed several workshops, readings and regional productions, including several companies of Forever Plaid (the last of which he performed for former President George Bush and his wife, Barbara), a revised version of Is There Life After High School and an original musical which he wrote entitled Prime Time. He has had the pleasure of working with a wonderful variety of talents over the years including Harold Prince, Tommy Tune, Terrence McNally and many of Broadway's premier producers including Clear Channel Entertainment, Robert Fox, Barry and Fran Weissler, Hal Luftig, Fox Theatricals and others.

Ken taught "Acting As A Business" for America Online and was profiled online and in the premiere issue of Experience magazine as a Broadway "up-and-comer" and his unique marketing style has been profiled in the New York Times and in marketing guru's Andy Sernovitz's latest book entitled Word of Mouth Marketing.

Ken won the 2003 Acclaim Screenwriting Award for his television pilot, "I.C.A.", and he is a member of the BMI Librettist Workshop.

He is a senior member of the organization known as The Off-Broadway Brainstormers, a town-hall like forum for dialogue amongst the Off-Broadway community at large. The Brainstormers were founded on the belief that communication and collaboration amongst industry peers is critical for the success of the community. The Brainstormers have already implemented several industry changing initiatives including a quantitative study of its audiences and the now biannual "20at20" campaign, which gives audiences an opportunity to purchase $20 tickets, 20 minutes before curtain time, to a variety of Off-Broadway shows (20at20.com). Ken was the committee leader for both 20at20 and the focus group studies.

Ken has had the pleasure of being asked to speak to a variety of organizations on theatrical marketing and production including The Word Of Mouth Marketing Association (WOMMA), Center for Communication Studies, The Commercial Theater Institute, The Independent Presenter's Network, The TAMY Awards, and others.

Ken's current projects include adapting the novel and film Somewhere in Time into a Broadway musical, a documentary on one of the top unsigned bands in the country, Red Wanting Blue, and a new social networking site for the Broadway community called BroadwaySpace.com .

Ken is a member of The Broadway League and the League of Off-Broadway Theaters and Producers.

Ken's favorite website is BestMusical.com.

ALTAR BOYZ, the acclaimed musical comedy, is now in its third thrilling year at New World Stages. Winner of the coveted Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Musical Off-Broadway, Altar Boyz is the longest running new musical comedy to open in New York in years! A musical comedy about a catholic boy band? Sounds ridiculous, right? It is! Ridiculously funny! Fans have given this smash hit, with its high-energy dance moves, infectious pop music, and fresh satirical bite, the Broadway.com Audience Favorite Award for two years running. Full of sharp parody, sinfully spectacular dancing, and irreverent humor, this spoof about a heavenly guy-group is adored by audiences and critics alike. With an extraordinary mix of side-splitting songs "convincing enough to be played on MTV," uncontrollable laughs and lighthearted fun, this award-winning and totally original new musical is 90 minutes of pure delight that's suitable for all ages and will have the whole family laughing and singing along. In addition to New York City, ALTAR BOYZ has played Detroit, Des Moines and Seoul, Korea, as well as a national tour.

THE AWESOME 80S PROM, called "TOTALLY RAD!" by the New York Times, is now entering its third tubular year in New York City, with additional companies having played in Chicago, Minneapolis, and Baltimore. THE PROM is a blast-from-the-past party in the style of Tony 'n Tina's Wedding and The Donkey Show set at Wanaget High's Senior Prom... in 1989! All your favorite characters from your favorite '80s movies are at THE PROM, from the Captain of the Football Team to the Asian Exchange Student, from the Geek to the hottie Head Cheerleader, and they're all competing for Prom King and Queen. And just like on "American Idol", the audience decides who wins, all while moonwalking to retro hits like "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" and "Wake Me Up Before You Go Go!" The Awesome 80s Prom is the ideal place for your Bachelorette Party, Sweet 16 Party, Class Reunion, or Anniversary. The Awesome 80s Prom has been featured on television on WNBC'S Weekend Today Show, CBS's The Early Show, Fox 5 News and Fuji Television as well as in print in The New York Times, The NY Daily News, New York Magazine, Playgirl, and many others. The Awesome 80s Prom. This time you don't have a curfew.

Recently featured on CNN, Fox, MSNBC and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, MY FIRST TIME Off-Broadway is a brand new play in the style of The Vagina Monologues, featuring four actors in hysterical and heartbreaking stories about first sexual experiences written by real people . . . just like you! In 1996, a decade before blogging began, a website was created that allowed people to anonymously share their own true stories about their First Times. The website became an instant phenomenon as over 40,000 stories poured in from around the globe that were silly, sweet, absurd, funny, heterosexual, homosexual, awkward, shy, sexy and everything in between. And now, these true stories and all of the unique characters in them are brought to life by four amazing actors in this acclaimed 90 minute play. "Screamingly Funny!" . . . "Provactive, amusing and moving!" . . . "80 minutes of titillation - the theatrical equivalent of a date-movie!" are just a few of the things critics like the NY Post and Newsday have called this "diverting evening of first-time tales that is by turns comical, erotic, sentimental, galling, heart-rendering, and even mildly political." (Toronto Globe & Mail).

SOMEWHERE IN TIME is a new Broadway musical currently in development based on the beautifully romantic and classic novel by the same name by renowned author Richard Matheson (The Twilight Zone, The Incredibly Shrinking Man, Stir of Echoes, Duel, etc.) that was made into a film starring Christopher Reeve and Jane Seymour. SOMEWHERE IN TIME tells the story of a man who falls in love with a portrait of a woman and travels back in time to be with her, searching for the the answer to the question . . . can true love transcend time?

BroadwaySpace.com is a free social networking website for everyone who loves the theater. BroadwaySpace gives both theatre industry professionals and fans alike a chance to create unique profiles, post photos and videos, network, blog and bond over their common passion: the theater.

In addition to producing, managing, and marketing the theatrical productions that it develops, Davenport Theatrical Enterprises offers a full range of theatrical services to a select group of clients on Broadway, Off-Broadway, and around the world. Some of the services available include:

Executive Production
Consulting
General Management
Marketing (traditional and guerrilla)
Internet Marketing
Web Design

In addition to the above, at certain times, Davenport Theatrical Enterprises does seek outside investment from qualified investors interested in the entertainment industry.

If you are interested in retaining the services of Davenport Theatrical, please email services@davenporttheatrical.com.

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