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This Week In Audience: What Audiences Want (And How They Want It) Edition

This week: How do you keep the immersive experience “art”?… Screens are killing dance (unless they’re not)… A Music store that’s figured out community… The Louisville Symphony tries a new community model… Now audio is beating video – who knew?

Five Highlights From Last Week’s AJ: Ethics, Success, And Documentation Edition

This week: What ethical responsibilities do funders and funded have to one another?… The gatekeeper problem is still a thing in the internet age… What should the measure of success be in opera?… Historians are going to have a real problem documenting today’s artists… Our all-image culture suggests the place of images in art may be changing.

Prizewinning Writer Says African Authors Must Diversify – And Publish Their Own Journals – To Survive

“We have to be persistent even with little resources because there are so many stories to tell and no one else to tell them.”

You Can Still Watch The ‘Hamilton’ Original Cast Final Curtain Call

“As the crowd gave the cast a standing ovation, the four departing actors hit center stage and bowed to fans. Then, as the orchestra played the theme from The West Wing, Miranda himself grabbed the spotlight alone, and nodded to the audience one last time.”

Saying Goodbye To Lin-Manuel Miranda As ‘Hamilton’

“Despite the rain, many people were reluctant to leave, greeting other cast members at the stage door and holding out for another possible appearance by Mr. Miranda. Inside, he had gotten his hair cut, now that he no longer needed to keep it long for the role.”

How To Keep Your Immersive Theater Piece From Feeling Like A Glorified Theme Party

“[Director/designer Michael Counts] prefers to throw his audience into the action cold, toying with their minds, blurring the line between the actual and the merely apparent. ‘Reality doesn’t give you a lot of information,’ he said. ‘Often you sit in a place of wonder and mystery, and you’re trying to figure it out. And that actually enhances your agency.’ In an escape room, it also enhances your fear factor, which is fine by him. He wants people to feel like the danger is real.”

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