Wednesday, November 18, 2020
Resounding Cracks the Code for Live Theatre - At Home
www.broadwayworld.com: What if I told you there was a way, even now, that you can have a night of theater without breaking quarantine? That you can mingle with your fellow audience, enjoy a custom, themed cocktail, page through your program as the orchestra tunes, and experience a live show again?
Ok, granted, the program is digital and you get to be the bartender (custom recipe and full instructions included!), but the show is really, truly LIVE, and the theater...made completely out of sound!
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I am actually really interested in this idea and am really considering looking into partaking in one of their events. This idea interests me so much because it is so different than live theater. This is the closest thing to creating a new form of live entertainment I have seen emerge during this pandemic. I was a little skeptical at first because they kept talking about how this is the best replacement for live theatre during the pandemic, and I really don’t think anything will or can replace live theatre. But as I kept reading it really sounds like this is another art form entirely and while I don’t think it can replace live performances I like the idea of the show being live and not prerecorded at all. But I think it does require a lot of work and open-mindedness from the audience to lean into this idea fully and not watch anything, just listen and put away all other distractions in their own home. It seems like a really cool idea though that can definitely exist after the pandemic along with the live theatre we know and love.
I’ve seen a lot of different ways to market non-traditional in-person theatre from MCC’s affective take on being able to watch the show in your pjs and pause whenever to a small company marketing saying Zoom Theatre Sucks (I’m not sure marketing with this is the effect but the company is being honest I guess (I don’t think all Zoom Theatre Sucks). However, I have never seen someone try to equate a live virtual experience to a night of theatre. I was skeptical to read this article because of that opening tag line and also because successful Virtual Live Theatre that I’ve seen isn’t trying to recreate an in-person experience. This is a really cool idea to remove the visual component as our ears are always playing tricks on us/sourcing sound for us. I love reading about how this theatre is trying to create something that isn’t a theatre with theatre. Overall, I could have done without the sound puns but it was great reading about how passionate the creators are and how much they want to innovate and not just create volumes of content without care for the quality. I wonder what instructions the company gives to users to make sure they have the best listening experience possible as I feel like that will affect the quality of the performance a lot.
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