The most notorious instance of bad behavior took place at “Hand to God” in 2015. Before the show started at the Booth Theatre, a young man climbed on the stage and plugged his phone into an outlet on the set. Several minutes later, as the houselights went down and the cast was waiting in the wings, he jumped back on stage to retrieve the phone.
Category: AUDIENCE
How A Jazz Musician Is Redefining Culture At At The Kennedy Center
Not so long ago, Moran’s eclectic, adventurous approach to jazz would have placed him well outside the aesthetic boundaries of Washington’s John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts . But in the past few years, the big white box on the Potomac has opened its venues to jazz in tandem with skateboarders, stand-up comics, dancers, painters and rappers. This redefining of what it means to be the “national cultural center” is, to a large extent, the doing of Jason Moran.
Why Demand-Based Pricing For Movie Tickets Is A Bad Idea
“Under an ‘alternative pricing model’ the company will pilot in several markets in 2018, Regal [Cinemas] will charge more for tickets to movies people want to see, and less for under-attended flops. … The thinking goes – especially in smaller markets where viewers don’t have other multiplex options – that customers will feel compelled to pay more to see a Marvel movie or Star Wars, the kind of experience audiences still flock to the theater for.” David Sims makes the case for why this won’t work for movies the way it does for Hamilton or airline tickets.
Denver Art Museum Suffers ‘Data Security Incident’ With Personal, Financial Info
“The Denver Art Museum warned 800 people this month of a data breach that included sensitive personal and financial information about its donors, customers, and current and former employees, according to a letter obtained by The Denver Post.”
How London’s Top Dance Venue Increased Membership And Ticket Sales Even As It Reduced Discounts
The director of marketing and sales at Sadler’s Wells writes about how the theatre was losing tens of thousands of pounds in income due to discounts that had become too successful – and how it fixed that problem without alienating members and other ticket-buyers.
Why Nostalgia Feels Like Security For Millennials
For millennials, who came of age amidst the global financial crisis of 2008 only to graduate into today’s period of immense political and social turmoil, comfort and stability may seem like the ultimate luxuries. And they’re willing to pay good money for clothes that make them feel secure.
Live Theatre Does Not Set The Heart A-Racing Any More Than Cinemacasts Do: Study
“Seeing a play live does not evoke a significantly stronger emotional response than watching it in the cinema, according to a project that monitored theatregoers’ heart rates. Reactions to live theatre, a cinema screening and a filmed, 360-degree virtual reality experience were found to be roughly comparable in a new study of Shakespeare performance.”
Wear Whatever You Want, Just Come See Us, Says Scottish Opera’s New Campaign
“Tongue-in-cheek posters display messages such as ‘you don’t have to dress up for the opera’. The posters, shared on social media to target a younger audience, also dispel perceptions that you need to speak the language to enjoy an opera, or that you’ll need binoculars to see the stage.”
Telling The The Oral History Of A Community Through Dance In Apartments And Hair Salons
That’s right, a dance of oral history: “‘Sit, Eat, Chew’ also staged performances in a private apartment, a restaurant, a public park, and a museum. The stories — told in Mandarin, Cantonese, English, and through movement — were culled from interviews with senior citizens and local youth. The project, born out of a desire to share oral histories from Manhattan’s Chinatown residents with the public in an engaging way, was funded through a Kickstarter campaign as well as several nonprofit and city and state grants.”
Opera In The Living Room: An Old Tradition Reappears In Italy
“Such private concerts were common in the 1750s … They started in France when musicians began to host events to show off their work – and their new status. The practice expanded to Austria, Germany, England, and Italy. It was also the way friends and families simply spent time together – as any Jane Austen book illustrates – before the onset of radios, televisions, and iPhones.” Now the Festival Verdi in Parma is trying out the practice anew.