Jessica Ryan
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Piratical pioneer of experiences live on the Internet (circa 2013) // CEO Broadway Unlocked, your friendly theatre on the internet // Indefatigable advocate for arts
Jessica Ryan
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TikTok to the Grammys: How a ‘Bridgerton’ Musical Beat Broadway (Published 2022)
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Where were you each at before this came into your lives?BARLOW We were both really depressed. It is hard to break into the music industry, and I was ready to give up. I was applying for record-label receptionist jobs and crying to my parents because they had been helping to support me in Los Angeles and they were like, “You need to get a real job.... See more
Julia Jacobs • TikTok to the Grammys: How a ‘Bridgerton’ Musical Beat Broadway (Published 2022)
“House of _____” Producing Cohort
Joseph Devlin on LinkedIn: A former student of mine introduced me to a pod called “A Slight Change of… | 64 comments
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Broadway Unlocked and Live Digital
What was particularly fascinating, though, was that being in a live audience in the theatre (red line) led to higher highs and lower lows than watching in a small group (yellow line) in my lab. It was even more reduced when people watched the movie alone (brown line) in my lab. In fact, because of the scaling it looks like they flatlined but I can assure you, the peaks and troughs are present, they are simply greatly reduced in size.
Collective effervescence led to emotional enhancement, making the live performance with a big audience that much more impactful.
They learned that they messed up. A blind spot was revealed to them. In terms of fixing that blind spot, they did a very accessible step for an institution — you educate yourself, you hire consultants, you have a “gender explosion” workshop with your current production. But often that first step of education ends when the workshop is done, which I... See more
Vulture • 1776’s Sara Porkalob Has Some Notes
The biggest startup opportunities often live in the grey. Bill Gurley calls it regulatory friction — rules built to protect incumbents, not consumers. Every industry has its version of the...
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The biggest startup opportunities often live in the grey. Bill Gurley calls it regulatory friction — rules built to protect incumbents, not consumers…Uber and Airbnb played in the grey — breaking laws around safety and licensing, but creating so much consumer love that regulation eventually bent to them. Now we’re seeing similar patterns in:
“In my head, there was no way this was going to happen,” Bear added. “We just wanted to put out the album for the people that followed the whole process of it.”
Julia Jacobs • TikTok to the Grammys: How a ‘Bridgerton’ Musical Beat Broadway (Published 2022)
Broadway Unlocked and IP Strategy
The library-building approach—where studios indefinitely own and exploit creative works—belongs to the pre-digital era. It's a business model designed for scarcity, not abundance.