A character’s absence in a play can say more than if they strutted and talked across the boards for its entire duration.
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What’s That Sound (Design)
By definition, a production’s sound design is meant to be heard.
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& No Song List
When American theatergoers first visit London, they tend to report back on one crucial difference:
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The Goold Standard
On average, plays are talky as fuck.
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Creation and Consumption
Even though both cinema and theater are predominantly observational mediums, they sure do like to avoid steeping the audience in observing the minute face of the act of artistic creation and audience consumption.
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What Does Lars’ Fox Say?
Scripts — or is it audiences? — are too wedded to cause and effect.
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Hats on Hats on Hats
There’s a fundamental storytelling problem at the heart of jukebox musicals:
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Two in One
I’ve been thinking more about how art mingles with an attentive audience’s sense of perspective, specifically the differences to this equation posed by various mediums.
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The Call is Coming from Inside the Orchard
And now, a Write All Nite pastime:
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Perspectives
Art is about exchanges of perspectives.
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