“Audiences really do like to be told a definite story in a compelling way. It has to have captivating characters, an exciting challenge for them to solve, and a solution that’s worthy of the time we’ve taken to watch it.”
Category: theatre
Last-Minute Ticket App Is Moving On Broadway – And Theater Owners Aren’t Happy
“TodayTix, which 26 months ago introduced a mobile app for selling discounted and full-price last-minute tickets, has already become a visible presence on Broadway … [But] the tight-knit world of Broadway theater owners has not welcomed TodayTix.”
Why Should ‘American Psycho’ Be A Musical? Let The Composer And Director Tell You
Rupert Goold: “You’re in a public environment with [Patrick Bateman] when youire in a theater, you’re all in one room with his very sexually present energy. It’s like Phillip Glass or Depeche Mode in that it moves heavily and intensely, with a chill, but the emotional payload at the end is incredibly powerful, because we haven’t been belting our hearts out at each other throughout the whole thing.”
The Wooster Group’s Pinter Misfire (The Right To Go There?)
“The Pinter estate is under no obligation to explain its thinking, of course, regardless of how much theatregoers might disagree. But the premature closure of this production is a loss not only to the respective bodies of work of Harold Pinter and the Wooster Group, but to the theatre in general.”
Some Of Our Classics Are Racist. How Do We Deal With It?
“Like many composers, I owe Richard Rodgers a lot. Pedestals do exist for a reason. But pedestals don’t excuse politics that can be said to be backwards, even by the measure of their own times.”
‘Hamilton’ Wins $100K Award For Historical Drama
“The hit Broadway show, which uses hip-hop and other contemporary musical styles to chronicle the life and death of Alexander Hamilton, seems tailor-made for the Edward M. Kennedy Prize for Drama Inspired by American History, which, as its name suggests, seeks to honor ‘a new play or musical that enlists theater’s power to explore the past of the United States.””
Just Another ‘Hamilton’ Award Post (Hint: More To Come)
“‘Hamilton,’ the hit Broadway show, which uses hip-hop and other contemporary musical styles to chronicle the life and death of Alexander Hamilton, seems tailor-made for the Edward M. Kennedy Prize for Drama Inspired by American History, which, as its name suggests, seeks to honor ‘a new play or musical that enlists theater’s power to explore the past of the United States.'”
The Writer Star Of Hamilton Uses His Social Media Powers To Help A Damaged Bookshop
“According to a manager at [Manhattan’s] Drama Book Shop, online sales have spiked thanks to Manuel’s efforts. ‘After having an inundation through water, we had an inundation on Internet through orders.'”
When You Want ‘Diversity’ But Exclude People With Disabilities, You’re The Problem
“There is a generation of disabled artists who have been in the forefront of arts activism who feel that time is running out for them. Real change comes when there is a critical mass of diverse work, not just individual projects, and when arts organisations all across the country understand the benefits for everybody, themselves included.”
There’s Amazing Theatre Happening In The Refugee Camp In Calais
“On many nights, performances are given of shows that have been devised and rehearsed throughout the week. These are shared with an audience made up of a mixture of the theatre’s regular participants and curious outsiders who may never have entered the dome before.”