Potted Potter (#PottedPotterTO) Premiere Interviews by Robert Lavigne - Cast and Production Team

Today, the production team behind Potted Potter: The Unauthorized Harry Experience – A Parody by Dan and Jeff, announced that the Toronto run would be extended until April 8, 2012.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – March 7, 2012 

Potted Potter: The Unauthorized Harry Experience – A Parody by Dan and Jeff  breaks records with ticket sales 

Producers announce final extension of Toronto run until April 8

This does not surprise me in the least. I was witness to the Toronto Premiere of Potted Potter. The show was a profitable mix of low production costs with high production value. It is no wonder that the show is being extended.

Think about it.

The cost of the production is two guys (Dan and Jeff), five major stage props, a variety of wigs, brooms, and dollar store items. Yet, the show is breaking ticket sales records in Toronto. The producers clearly know a winning equation when they see it.

What you see is what you get. Low Cost. High Revenue. Great Value.

This is the very nature of putting all of your costs into what matters. A great cast, a great laugh, a great concept, and a great production team. There is no reason to suspect that Potted Potter could very much be the most profitable limited run show in Toronto in 2012.

At the premiere after party, I was fortunate to sit down with Daniel Clarkson and Jeff Turner. The energy they share on stage is naturally extended to their off stage personality. It is further extended to their banter and engagement on Twitter.

It is also not a surprise that the producers of the show (Corey Ross and James Seabright) are excited about the Toronto run. During my interview with them, it was clear to me that they already had aspirations of bringing this show to the United States. The fact that the show has been extended already is a clear sign that this is not the last we will see of Potted Potter in North America.

To compliment the shows run in Toronto, a special mention also has to go out to Associate Producer, Marcello Cabezas. I have seen nobody more engaged with this brand on Twitter than Marcello. His feed and his time have been dedicated to this venture. I am sure he is above the moon right now with the announcement of this extension.

In the later part of my interview with Marcello, he outlines why it is so important to bring shows like this to Toronto. Heck, I was willing to drive in from Brantford to see it. A great time at a great value will always draw a crowd. Potted Potter is no exception to this rule. More so, they have the profit equation figured out.

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Yet Another Blog

I have lost count of the number blogs I have created.

I already have one blog on Blogger.

• Robert Lavigne, Your Social Business Mentor

I already have one blog on Posterous.

• The @RLavigne42 Rear View Mirror - Focus: Enterprise 2.0, Social Media, Social CRM and Personal Branding

I already have three blogs on Tumblr.

• Innovation at the Speed of Thought
• #TDGv Racing: Season Two (2011)
• #TDGv Studios:A Collaborative Digital Agency @TDGv

I already have four blogs on Wordpress.

• Life@42: A Leadership Social Novel | by Robert Lavigne @ RLavigne42.com
• "We are at the Intersection of Social Media and YOUR Business" ~Robert Lavigne, @TDGv
• Deep Reflections by 42DeepThought
• My Thoughts Enclosed… | A peek inside the mind of @RLavigne42

So why should I create Yet Another Blog?

Each blog has a goal.

Each site has a purpose.

Each idea has a home.

However, for this Blog to Prosper another Blog has to Wither.

On this day, I am announcing that

rlavigne42.wordpress.com is no longer available.

On March 2009, I started My Thoughts Enclosed on Wordpress as a way of documenting my research into the fields of Enterprise 2.0, Social CRM, Social Media and Personal Branding.

The site contained numerous of my original articles based on the research I was doing at the time.

More importantly, the site contained nearly all of my tweets aggregated and published as The @RLavigne42 Tweet Round-Up.

As I was learning, I was sharing.

Not only could others follow my research, but it provided me an archive of all my research.

Each entry was tagged with the twitter handles of those I collected knowledge from.

I could quite literally pull up what I learned on any given day and know the source of this insight.

The goal was to use My Thoughts Enclosed as a reference base and fully indexed compendium for Life@42.

Well after nearly 3 years and over 1,000 posts, WordPress decided to suspend My Thoughts Enclosed.

I have since submitted a request to reactivate the My Thoughts Enclosed.

I have explained the real nature of the over 20,000 research tweets archived as part of this blog.

I have exported the content of the blog for archive purposes and may self-host it myself one day.

While the site may be re-activated by WordPress, my active contributions to that blog will now cease.


Deep Reflections was a pre-cursor to  "We are at the Intersection of Social Media and YOUR Business".

The @RLavigne42 Rear View Mirror was a pre-cursor to Innovation at the Speed of Thought.

My Thoughts Enclosed..., however, was a companion to Life@42: A Leadership Social Novel.

 #TDGv Studios:A Collaborative Digital Agency @TDGv has a companion in #TDGv Racing: Season Two (2011).

Life@42 is still very much in need of a companion.

Deep Reflections, The @RLavigne42 Rear View Mirror and My Thoughts Enclosed... are now inactive.

Life@42: A Leadership Social Novel will continue to focus on the leadership side of Robert Lavigne.

The Other Side of Forty-Two (A Life@42 Companion) will now focus on the social side of Robert Lavigne.

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