tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post1353432314024751761..comments2024-01-07T06:59:04.212-05:00Comments on The Playgoer: Department of "You're Not Helping"Playgoerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02994724588504353485noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post-70240657574760484662009-02-26T09:49:00.000-05:002009-02-26T09:49:00.000-05:00I am TAing an intro to theatre course now and havi...I am TAing an intro to theatre course now and having a hard time convincing my students that it is possible to find inexpensive (comparatively) tickets here in NYC. Even they don't seem to believe there is anything other than Broadway. It's sad!<BR/><BR/>That said, I'm certain this advertisement would not convince them that they wanted to see a show. The video looks like it should be selling life insurance.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post-76514084198136045042009-02-25T12:55:00.000-05:002009-02-25T12:55:00.000-05:00This ad is an example of "showing your strategy."B...This ad is an example of "showing your strategy."<BR/><BR/>But now that I see it, I realize suddenly - and to my chagrin - that I haven't laughed today. And I still have a $100 in pocket... Better start spending!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post-60948069901770824472009-02-25T09:52:00.000-05:002009-02-25T09:52:00.000-05:00Yeah, let's promote Broadway. Poor undernourished ...Yeah, let's promote Broadway. Poor undernourished thing.<BR/><BR/>What is happening these days? Why are major media outlets suddenly getting Off- and Off-off Broadway amnesia? If it's not a campaign like this, it's Charles Isherwood announcing that there is some interesting theater--get this!--that can be found outside the midtown theater district! Holy shit, Charles, tell me more! I have never heard of this! And he is the main Off-Broadway reviewer at the most influential newspaper for theater. Does anyone have to be "reminded" to see Lion King or Mamma Mia?Kenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06062987385482820410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post-2888605982419644232009-02-24T23:08:00.000-05:002009-02-24T23:08:00.000-05:00Hear hear, Anon... I don't know why we have to com...Hear hear, Anon... <BR/><BR/>I don't know why we have to complain about seniors in the audience all the time, as if they are the ones driving the kids away... or as if there is any inherent virtue to being young in the first place. I've protested such miscaharacterizations more than once.<BR/><BR/>Advertisers like the 18-34 demographic. Don't forget that. Actors and writers like people who can pay attention.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post-42696435370269303232009-02-24T21:52:00.000-05:002009-02-24T21:52:00.000-05:00VERY scary. Would not want to sit near him, that's...VERY scary. Would not want to sit near him, that's for sure.<BR/>But, Playgoer, as a theater-going senior citizen, may I politely request that you ease up on the slurs against old people, with walkers or otherwise? I understand that an audience that is not age-diverse is a problem -- a symptom, really, of the dullness of most commercial work. But that older people go to the plays is not the problem; the problem is that the plays don't draw younger people, too. (That's the fault of the plays, not the young people.) Anyway, please, no more old folks jokes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post-63367544271687633022009-02-24T17:32:00.000-05:002009-02-24T17:32:00.000-05:00Is "The Shining" coming to Broadway?Is "The Shining" coming to Broadway?Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03719448641242325067noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post-49648085905308504672009-02-24T17:11:00.000-05:002009-02-24T17:11:00.000-05:00Anyone know who the agency is that's doing this wo...Anyone know who the agency is that's doing this work?<BR/><BR/>Or who to contact at ilovetheatre.com to see if the account can be stolen?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post-28225832290649704622009-02-24T16:23:00.001-05:002009-02-24T16:23:00.001-05:00*most* frightening, excuse me.*most* frightening, excuse me.Jason Grotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14090513891475658978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post-69496119147930532412009-02-24T16:23:00.000-05:002009-02-24T16:23:00.000-05:00This is something of a metaphor for theater in gen...This is something of a metaphor for theater in general -- let's get a guy that looks JUST like Tom Cruise at his more frightening at the exact moment when America has just about lost interest in him.Jason Grotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14090513891475658978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post-28208658120443747422009-02-24T15:06:00.000-05:002009-02-24T15:06:00.000-05:00Yeah, that is a pretty horrifying picture. If he s...Yeah, that is a pretty horrifying picture. If he sat down next to me, I'd move far, far away. <BR/><BR/>If I were doing the campaign, I'd keep the slogan but use pictures of diverse groups of couples, smiling and happy looking. That's my 2 cents!Estherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16076517542540421210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post-87085750274726304732009-02-24T15:01:00.000-05:002009-02-24T15:01:00.000-05:00I'm sure that the last time I had a facial express...I'm sure that the last time I had a facial expression like the guy in the picture you have posted, I was horrified that I spent so much on tickets on such schlock. I'm positive that I haven't laughed like that at a Broadway show.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post-88494776046763315782009-02-24T14:58:00.000-05:002009-02-24T14:58:00.000-05:00$50mm in action!$50mm in action!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17004552652718144814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post-1812870620193138702009-02-24T14:21:00.000-05:002009-02-24T14:21:00.000-05:00Yikes.Yikes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com