| re: Do we have too many shows running in a season? | |
| Posted by: Chazwaza 12:20 am EDT 08/16/17 | |
| In reply to: re: Do we have too many shows running in a season? - summertheater 10:54 pm EDT 08/15/17 | |
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| In one sense we are agreeing, but I must disagree about what off-broadway theaters and subscription non-profits should do. They have a difference producing model financially and different missions. I LIKE when theaters like that take chances. I don't want them to just do a few "good" productions (good is very subjective) that appeal to the "general population". I always prefer to like or love a show I see but I'm happy to roll the dice and take the ride and not like something if it means another time I get something special and/or something I love or have not seen before. I am so glad I could see "A Life", it's one of my favorite play experiences recently... I did not love "The Light Years", though I found some value in it. Neither plays are ones everyone is going to love... I loved one, and it was worth seeing two to get it. I loved Bernada Alba at LCT Mitzi... I did not like The Glorious Ones. Neither show are safe bets... but, besides that producing the work of incredible writers whether this particular one of theirs is their best yet or their worst is a worthwhile thing for our culture, I'm so glad they can do what they want because a lot of the time I love it, and some times I do not, and that's okay. Anyway... I don't think non-profits have an obligation to do shows that please the whole subscriber base or the general population... they have an objection to not be irrelevant as a theater. Being bad can get you there, taking chances and failing sometimes does not in my eyes. Commercial Broadway producing is another story. But besides the financials that I presented... I think it sucks that Bandstand and War Paint lost out on getting almost any nominations, like for writing lets say, but in a worse and less competitive year they would have no only done better at the box office and also with the Tony nominations and recognition. Given the times we are in, the fact that there were worthy NEW musicals with original scores that didn't even get nominations for Best Musical, Score or Book... we are spoiled, and I feel bad for those shows and their creators (outside of the fact that their shows got to Broadway and had cast albums done, which is more than most can say). |
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