Broadway Set Design

Is anyone here like REALLY involved with Theatre?

This is an open question. I am just wondering what your take on Theatre is. I am not alking movie Theaters, I am talking Broadway Theatre. Who is involved, what you like, what you dislike, that sort of thing. I am really into Theatre. I have plans to go to college to be a Director. My area of expertise is Technical Theatre…working backstage on set and lighting/sound design and coordinating. I also enjoy acting whenever I can.

I am really involved in theatre–I’ve been a professional stage actor for the last ten years. I have also done my share of tech work and enjoy it–especially running sound.

What do I like about theatre? The actor-audience connection. Unlike movies and TV, the audience is there, as what you’re doing is happening, and you get an instant feedback. it’s a rush you can’t know taping a TV show or shooting a movie out of sequence just for the crew. Some may argue that TV shows are filmed in front of a studio audience, but those audiences are tutored and prodded as to when to laugh and applaud, etc and I don’t feel that’s a sincere feedback. Also, doing a show from beginning to end in order helps that character arc feel natural, as opposed to shooting the final climactic scene in a movie the first day everyone gets together.

What do I dislike about theatre? The fact it insists (and I’m talking primarily Broadway now, not the regions, though they follow everything NY does) on trying to be Hollywood. Shows have to be bigger, more expensive, more effects-laden, in order to get on Broadway and make any kind of impact.(Phantom, Sunset Blvd, Miss Saigon) Or, they’re packaged showsfull of songs we all recognize with a thin, uninteresting plot sewn in around them. (Mama Mia) Every so often something original gets through (Avenue Q) but for the most part, spectacle, in one way or another, is overshadowing content. Theatre’s specialty is human connection. Being in a theatre with live actors onstage is a more intimate experience than watching a movie, and theatre needs to trade on THAT. Bring back the stories of human relationships. If it’s something on a grand scale, like Phantom or les Mis, or something like that, focus on the STORY. It’s the PEOPLE that make the story interesting, not the scenery. Once theatre gets back to telling the story of people and why they do the things they do to and for and with each other, then theatre will cease to be an also-ran in entertainment in this country.

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