Monday, February 02, 2009
In the New York Subway, a Two-Hour Play on Rails
NYTimes.com: "Proving that all the world’s a moving stage, a 30-member cast and crew spent a whirlwind winter’s night performing before captive audiences aboard subway trains that served as the combined setting for “IRT: A Tragedy in Three Stations.”"
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This looks like a great show to watch. I'm always a fan of trying to bring theatre to new audiences and perform in new, and sometimes unconventional, spaces. I remember in Charlotte, about a year ago, a small theatre company performed a show in a series of random vacant apartments around town; tickets were standing room only, and one had to move about the apartment to watch the show taking place, and also to avoid being found in the direct action of the several actors in the show.
Immersing theatre in every-day life is something worth exploring--as times are changing, it doesn't always have to be the case that theare is performed only for those able to afford tickets and who dress up (well, those who still do) to go to the theatre.
This seems like a creative way to approach performance in non-traditional spaces. It's also notable though as an interesting, and perhaps progressive business model. They are apparently making enough money to support themselves off of the $10 tickets, even though a random person on the subway has free access to the show as well. Sounds like support for the idea that (at least)some things can survive even when they don't actively prevent people from getting their content for free.
This sounds pretty fascinating. I love it when the arts find a completely different way to communicate their message. It just goes to show that there's always something new to try, even with age-old art forms.
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