By definition, a production’s sound design is meant to be heard.
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Tag: New York City Serenades
& No Song List
When American theatergoers first visit London, they tend to report back on one crucial difference:
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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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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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Patti Cakes
Recorded on May 11, 2022:
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Stand Up
When you think “stand-up comedy theater”, the Cherry Lane probably comes to mind, a cul-de-sac venue that has cornered the market — er, block? — on shows that mix stand-up comedy and theater.
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Has It Started
When you walk into JACK for White on White, the “pre”-show has already begun.
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Missing Sense
Clubbed Thumb’s production of Angela Hanks’s Bodies They Ritual begins to work its magic on the audience even before the lights dim.
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