tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post115756464089669097..comments2024-01-07T06:59:04.212-05:00Comments on The Playgoer: Met at the MoviesPlaygoerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02994724588504353485noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post-1157738949316714162006-09-08T14:09:00.000-04:002006-09-08T14:09:00.000-04:00playgoer, with regards to your last point, it will...playgoer, with regards to your last point, it will be the 90 minute pared down english language version. take it as you will - unfortunate for opera fans, but most likely a positive in that it will help to cultivate audiences that would be put off by 3 hours of mozart?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post-1157571882435003662006-09-06T15:44:00.000-04:002006-09-06T15:44:00.000-04:00For about a year now we've been getting concerts a...For about a year now we've been getting concerts at a movie theater near me, but they've always been pop music until now .. This is indeed a welcome, bold move, and I can only wish them wellReel Fanatichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09727636643227938924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post-1157569173561108672006-09-06T14:59:00.000-04:002006-09-06T14:59:00.000-04:00Hi Playgoer,This kind of touches on something that...Hi Playgoer,<BR/><BR/>This kind of touches on something that I and other bloggers have brought up over the years. <BR/><BR/>We know that Broadway archives all the filmed performances of the productions over the years. Well.. how about releasing some of them as well.<BR/><BR/>How many people would pay to 5.99 or 10.99 to see Charles Dutton's performance in Ma Rainey's Black Bottom. Mamet's GlenGarry Glen Ross, or what about Speed the Plow? <BR/><BR/>Or Robert Morse's stage charisma in the original How to Succeed in Business. Then compare it to Matthew Broderick in the revival. Joel Gray's EmCee in Cabaret?<BR/><BR/>I know there are probably all sorts of union things involved, but this is just thinking big.Arthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04845394320537913576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post-1157568711149699862006-09-06T14:51:00.000-04:002006-09-06T14:51:00.000-04:00I guess this isn't an issue at the Met, but if thi...I guess this isn't an issue at the Met, but if this catches on, I wonder if venues will have an agreement like the National Football League's and not televise (or in this case simulcast) the game (show) if the performance isn't sold out. Opera tickets are expensive--I might be tempted to have a not-quite-as-exciting/memorable/goosebumps-inducing experience if the price differential were more than a hundred bucks!<BR/><BR/>I'm surprised there aren't union issues (or, if there were, that they've resolved them).Junehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05148540072557982068noreply@blogger.com