No Business in Show Business

Even as Chicago wonders where it’s going to put all the Wicked wannabes, here’s a cautionary tale from NYC. It illustrates the strange relationship between business, commerical theatre, and non-profit theatre. The bottom line is – small, non-profit theatres usually have a backoffice staff of 1 1/2 people, while even a small, two person show [...]

What Games May Come?

Jane McGonigle – game designer and researcher – has some really interesting insights into the Lost (and, I would posit, all shows of the Myopic Epic type I wrote about yesterday), and how they behave a bit like games in the way they build communities among perhaps otherwise disparate groups. Now she’s gone and forced [...]

Heroes and Now

Ok, I’ll admit it: I bought into the Heroes hype. First of all, it’s very convenient for those of us without DVR or Tivo – it gives me something to watch while waiting for Studio 60.
And I’ll get this out of the way, too: if you put people with superpowers in it, I will [...]