Ken Stein Quotes

Unless you are a subscriber, the rest of Austin sees us as whatever is on stage that night... However, even when these pop shows aren't in and of themselves profitable from a ticket-sales standpoint, they break even from a patron relationship standpoint. We want to get patrons from ticket buyer to season ticket holder to donor. We know there's a future there in that audience. Ten years from now, when we're bringing Bright Eyes back for a reunion tour, that audience that has grown up with us. - Ken Stein

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[Stein says, frankly, the pop shows have not been big money-makers.] If you're gonna start doing pop music in Austin, you're suddenly competing with everybody... For example, we know not to program when the Austin City Limits Festival is in town. - Ken Stein

You shouldn't be broadcasting what you see in an e-mail unless you have really legitimate business reasons for doing it. - Ken Stein

[It helped that there were suddenly days to fill. When the Austin Musical Theatre (briefly renamed Broadway Texas) closed shop in 2003, it created a vacuum on the venerable stage. Combine that with a young staff, and a fresh path became clear.] We said, 'Wouldn't be awesome to do more music here?' ... 'Isn't that what everyone in Austin wants to see?' I mean, I'll try anything once. - Ken Stein