Tuesday, February 17, 2009
I'm doing my bit to get America out of the recession - by going to every Broadway show I can
The Guardian: "Jane Fonda has not been seen on Broadway since 1963. Thus, when it was announced that she would be appearing in a new play called 33 Variations, as a dying musicologist obsessed with the fact that Beethoven spent three years writing The Diabelli Variations, you would have thought theatregoers would turn out in big numbers."
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I read an article a bit earlier about how the theater industry isn't really feeling the effects of the economic crises going around. This article tends to change my feelings towards that. I think that some companies are not feeling the effects yet, where others are struggling to keep their head above water.
I agree with Liz--there have been some variation in opinion about whether or not entertainment, and theatre in particular, has been suffering in the recession. I do think, however, that it is suffering, and as Liz said, maybe some areas just aren't feeling the pinch just quite yet. It's coming their way though.
Any help that Broadway and the theatre scene can get is immensly helpful.
I am glad that everyone is trying to do their part (Jane Fonda) to help the theatre industry out of the economic rut, but its our job as well to not let lays go unseen and help encourage others to help out as well. We cannot let theatre and the arts "die out" in our generation.
I think our new head of school actually has one of the most optimistic views of the future of theatre that I have heard. That we've been doing it for 2000 years, no reason for it to stop now. I think that the reason we see so many shows closing is that our business is a small tight knit community. There are so few shows out there to begin with that when a half a dozen close, it is a huge thing for us. However, like Peter says, i honestly believe that theatre and performance will be here for a long long time, and can certainly weather the storm of this recession.
As a side note, what does this author have against Billy Joel or Phil Collins...
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