“I spent one whole year formulating the business, the brand, and what I was actually trying to get at because I didn’t want to rush ahead into another show. I wanted to create a dance company for young professionals who were just like me. The target audience I was reaching was high-caliber dancers who wanted to continue dancing and choreographing into their adult lives.”
Category: AUDIENCE
Yes, Teenagers Still Need Libraries
“Libraries are one of the few places people can still go to ask questions face-to-face about anything from Shakespeare and atoms to how to get help with everything from house issues to mental health. The most vulnerable members of our society need spaces where information is available from people rather than just being ‘out there’ on the internet. Not everyone has a computer or knows how to find what they need. Not everyone has books at home or a well-stocked school library.”
Internet Access Should Be A Public Right (If We’re Serious About Ending Poverty)
“Frazier said that people who can’t polish their resumes or apply for jobs online are less likely to gain employment, further deepening income inequality. ‘The people on the wrong side of the divide won’t be the ones getting the contracts and the jobs,’ he said.”
Museums Are Adapting – In Different Ways – To Digital Culture
“The museum of the future functions as seamlessly as an Apple store, makes recommendations like Amazon, speaks in hashtags, loves Tumblr and is ready for its selfie.”
Yelp Reviews Of The Broad Museum Are Comedy Gold
“It is housed next to the Walt Disney Concert Hall in a funky white structure that people either love or hate (me, I’m sipping on the haterade). There’s artwork by Murakami, Andy Warhol, Jean-Michael Basquiat, Roy Lichtenstein — basically, all of the T-shirt graphics at UNIQLO.”
Broadway Diversified Itself This Fall, But Will That Attract New Audiences?
“Diversity on stage will give people of different backgrounds a reason to explore forms of entertainment new to them. Audiences want to relate to characters that look and sound like them.”
Disney To Launch Subscription Streaming In Great Britain
“The service, DisneyLife, will make available a wide range of titles, including the complete Pixar catalog, which includes the Toy Story franchise, and classics such as Snow White, Lady and the Tramp and The Jungle Book … DisneyLife will cost £9.99 ($15.43) a month.”
Would ‘New Theatre-Goer’ Orientations Help Cut Down On Distracting Audience Behavior?
“Imagine a world where, instead of robotic voiceovers, the cast of every show performed a customized “turn off your phones and open your candy” announcement; an orientation into the world of the theatre, as well as the world of the play, clarifying the rules and expectations in a funny and personal way geared to that night’s show.”
Children Don’t Need Anything Special To Listen To – And Enjoy – Classical Music
“I’m convinced that there is an evolutionary encoded thirst for artistic complexity and beauty, which can, and will, wither if it is not being nourished.”
Look, Opera Tickets Are *Not* Expensive (And Here’s Proof)
“The entry-price (i.e. the cheapest ticket available for a performance or event) for opera is more or less the lowest entry-price of anything comparable. Let’s rephrase that, for all those suffering from opera-cliché syndrome: tickets are available for operas at cheaper prices than for any major cultural, sporting or tourist activity.”