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Category Archives: Business
20at20 Fall 2012
The Off Broadway Alliance is once again offering its 20at20 program of discount tickets to Off-Broadway shows. Now in its sixth year, the biannual program offers $20 tickets for sale 20 minutes before curtain time. Note that only cash is … Continue reading
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Tagged 20at20, discount tickets, Off-Broadway Alliance
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Broadway Week Fall 2012
Broadway Week Fall 2012, produced by NYC & Co. with the Broadway League, begins today and runs until Sep. 16. During these next two weeks, you can buy two-for-one tickets to 19 Broadway shows. The program, now in its fourth … Continue reading
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New LIT Fund
In February, Edward Albee and other Off-Off-Broadway luminaries joined Judith Malina at her Living Theatre, when the League of Independent Theater announced plans for its LIT Fund, to financially assist groups and individuals creating independent theater in New York City. … Continue reading
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Tagged crowd-funding, John Clancy, League of Independent Theater, LIT Fund, Martin Denton, Off-Off-Broadway
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The Internet Is For …
The past few days, Guardian theater bloggers have been buzzing once again about how (or if) theater can coexist with new media. On one side of the debate, Lyn Gardner believes you should “Switch on Your Phones,” warning theaters that … Continue reading
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Tagged digital content, interactive audiences, social media
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Hard Knock Life
In yesterday’s post for Salon, journalist Scott Timberg explores why there is “No Sympathy for the Creative Class.” He writes, “There’s a sense that manufacturing, or the agrarian economy, is what this country is really about. But culture was, for … Continue reading
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Tagged anti-intellectualism, cultural tourism, journalism, Kickstarter, unemployment
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All Good Gifts
In Broadway’s Golden Age, producers would hold backers’ auditions to raise funds. For example, librettist Arthur Laurents remembered how Cheryl Crawford organized an event for West Side Story investors at “an apartment on the East Side [where] there was no … Continue reading
Oh, What a Circus
On April 5, the first Broadway revival of Evita opened at the Marquis Theater, and the majority of ink and bits devoted to the show since then have not been on the overall production but on the specifics of its … Continue reading