“Although we would not want to close down the secondary market for tickets altogether, clearly the automatic harvesting of tickets sold below market price — so that fans can afford them — for resale at a higher value is wrong.”
Category: AUDIENCE
Claim: Theatre Is A Refuge In An Age Of Social Media And Divisive Politics
“It’s an imaginative, empathetic exercise, and we could probably all do with a little bit of that. Particularly in this time of social media and polarisation and fake news stories and who we choose to follow making us more extreme. We’re growing further apart. Here is one of the few places we actually have a communal, social experience. Now, more than ever, theatre has not just a possible role but an obligation to preserve these pockets of unmediated, unpoliticised, social, communal, empathetic works.”
A Week Post-Pence, “Hamilton” Sets New Record For Broadway Box Office
The show grossed $3.3 million in the week. “It is not clear how many seats “Hamilton” sold for a $998 box office price, but the show’s high average paid admission last week — $303, which is also a Broadway record — suggests that a substantial number of seats were sold for a premium ( these are the official box office prices — many people pay more buying tickets from resellers).”
The Revenge Of The Video Store
No, not everything is available on streaming (as a matter of fact, most things are not). The few indie video/DVD/Blu-Ray stores that survived the 2000s are coming back strong. “Saving the video is sort of cultural stewardship. …If you want to see stuff from 15, 20, 30 years ago, you have to do deep detective work if it’s not a famous movie.”
Some Seattle Residents Are Upset At Plans To Renovate And Expand The Asian Art Museum
A community meeting brought out forces of opposition – because, they say, park space in the city is limited, and the museum should expand downtown instead.
This Week in Audience: The Trump Era Will Force The Arts To Define Its Audiences; The Stories We All Respond To…
This Week: The Trump victory forces theatres to figure out who its audience is… A classic example of starting small in Kenya and developing a demand for books… How did an 80-year-old self-help book get on this year’s bestseller list?… The six stories to which we all respond… Authenticity and an unlikely concert venue.
How Instagram Became The Perfect Breeding Ground For Conspiracy Theories
Yikes. The app’s technical details make it ripe for exploitation by those into “post-truth” memes: “Disinformation that would quickly be debunked on other networks thrives on Instagram, especially since it hasn’t been worth mainstream media organizations’ effort to devote significant time or money to the platform.”
The Junior High Version Of ‘Company’ That Fully Flouted Copyright But Also Fully Embraced Wild Young Creativity
Never do this, but: “More students wanted in. So we added a crew of dancer-mimes who did a lot of incongruous vogueing and wore comedy/tragedy masks to provide visual commentary, notably as opposing cheering sections during a marital karate battle between Sarah and Harry. An extended nightclub-set dance sequence to the DeBarge classic ‘Rhythm of the Night’ proved a lively lead-in for the brutal Sondheim showstopper, ‘Ladies Who Lunch.'”
Hurray For Moana, And Also, There Are A Lot Of People Waiting For Their Own Moana Moment
Disney, whatever you may think of its ways, has a powerful place in children’s lives – especially the emotional lives of little girls who love the Disney princesses. But there’s still no Latina princess. What’s going on? (Read this one all the way through. The last paragraph is a real kicker.)
Venice Has Become A Replica Of Itself
Today, visitors outnumber Venetians by 140 to 1. If tourism development continues apace, the city center may soon have no residential lodging at all. Among the institutions that have closed since 2000 along the Grand Canal: the National Research Council, the Mediocredito bank, the transport authority, the local education agency, the German Consulate. Souvenir shops have replaced grocery stores. Luxury hotels have replaced medical offices. “A tourist monoculture now dominates a city, which banishes its native citizens and shackles the survival of those who remain to their willingness to serve.”