“The larger aim is to give texture and context to the things that we do so it feels a little more integrated into 21st century life.”
Tag: 07.27.14
Is Audience Participation In Theatre A Good Thing?
“All theater is immersive, whether we want it to be or not. You need to design your audience’s experience from the moment they set foot in your theater door, or, preferably, as they approach it from the street.”
Top AJBlogs From 07.27.14
Detroit Creditors Stir Up More Trouble
AJBlog: Real Clear Arts | Published 2014-07-28
Pay Attention to the Show! (Or What You Will)
AJBlog: We The Audience | Published 2014-07-28
What Will Happen To Los Angeles County After Its Most Fervent Arts Advocate Gets Booted From Political Life?
“Manufacturing in Southern California is history. Big corporate headquarters are history in this town. So what’s the future? The arts are explosive, proliferating like bunny rabbits all over Southern California.”
Subbing In At The Last Minute For A Broadway Musician? No Problem
“As recently as the late 1980s, playing in a Broadway musical was not considered the most desirable gig for a musician. Most professionals sought better-paying work in jingles and recording sessions. But as that work dried up, due in part to samplers and digital-audio software, the ace musicians gravitated toward theaters near Times Square.”
Why “Bad” Music Might Be Better Than You Think
“Schlock, at its finest, is where bad taste becomes great art. Schlock is music that subjugates all other values to brute emotional impact; it aims to overwhelm, to body-slam the senses, to deliver catharsis like a linebacker delivers a clothesline tackle. The qualities traditionally prized by music critics and other listeners of discerning taste — sophistication, subtlety, wit, irony, originality, “experimentation” — have no place in schlock.”