tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post8765550274994187701..comments2024-01-07T06:59:04.212-05:00Comments on The Playgoer: Bring on the Niche?Playgoerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02994724588504353485noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post-77783284109421571392009-07-24T13:55:24.742-04:002009-07-24T13:55:24.742-04:00This has been obvious for a very long time -- ever...This has been obvious for a very long time -- ever since papers like the Voice, the LA Weekly, NY Mag, NY Press, et al -- began the slow erosion of space for theater coverage over the last dozen years. The question, Playgoer, is how people who writ good, rigorous, analytical and truly critical arts coverage to get paid for their labor (and, for those with more reportorial bent, have the time it takes to focus on following a beat.) Or will theater writing only be available as a hobby to the independently wealthy?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post-1788413646837666652009-07-23T08:58:53.051-04:002009-07-23T08:58:53.051-04:00Congratulations, Alison! That's great news--b...Congratulations, Alison! That's great news--both for you and for all blogging kind.<br /><br />Yes, the day a blogger wins the George Jean Nathan Award here will indeed be a watershed.Playgoerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02994724588504353485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post-54544174216610806722009-07-22T19:07:26.227-04:002009-07-22T19:07:26.227-04:00This process is already well on the way in Austral...This process is already well on the way in Australia, where theatre blogging is go, maybe because we have a strong culture of intelligent review blogs down our east coast that twins with what has always been slim coverage in the dailies. maybe because half the bloggers are also print critics. Perhaps the biggest shift, or the one that made people sit up, was when Theatre Notes was the first blogger to tin the Geraldine Pascall Critic of the Year prize earlier this year, a substantial prize that includes all genres of criticism.Alison Croggonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08398213223487458758noreply@blogger.com