New Models and the Four Ages
Kris asks – “Do we have too many theatres?” And Adam says, “Only if we’re all trying to do the same thing in the same way, artistically and organizationally.”
The last time I started thinking about this issue, my attempt to get a handle on who, exactly, we are as a community resulted in the Chicago [...]
The Trip to Bountiful
As foretold, I saw the Goodman’s latest mainstage offering last night. Thanks to a Mysterious Benefactor I was able to see a show in the Albert from the orchestra for only the second time (the first was the time half the city’s actors were comped in for Finishing the Picture. Let me tell you, there [...]
Why Not?
Though I’ve avoided wading into the recent ardent discussion of “tribalism” as a social and economic model for supporting theatre artists (out of a profound sense that the concept eludes me), it has got me thinking again about the historical models of society and theatre. Though I spent four years of formal study and many [...]
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