tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post4586316280067765694..comments2024-01-07T06:59:04.212-05:00Comments on The Playgoer: Does Theatre Have a Future on TV?Playgoerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02994724588504353485noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post-41608193014827088092008-05-24T15:21:00.000-04:002008-05-24T15:21:00.000-04:00You can certainly "show" theater, but it cannot "b...You can certainly "show" theater, but it cannot "be" theater unless you can replicate the communal experience of being in the room.<BR/><BR/>It can't be done--and won't. It's one reason that despite the flourishing of all electronic media, there is still a hunger for theater (and there always will be). John Branch is correct about taking someone to theater--just make sure it isn't "crap."<BR/><BR/>There is, of course, a lot of "crap" on television--as one poster put it--but there is also a fair amount of work that tells us something about what it means to be a human being--and THAT'S what the best theater does.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post-23856865236984557852007-09-30T11:48:00.000-04:002007-09-30T11:48:00.000-04:00Re David Cote's question quoted above, I agree wit...Re David Cote's question quoted above, I agree with Playgoer's answer: If you ask what TV can do to serve theater, <I>showing</I> theater ought to be the first thing.<BR/><BR/>But even that seems somewhat indirect in one way. If we don't know anyone who's not already connected with theater or a fan of it, then we don't have a very broad circle of contacts. And if we do know such people, I think we'd do well to try taking one of them to a play now and then. That is, if we have any concern with spreading our love of the form.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post-29615551434194179142007-09-29T03:30:00.000-04:002007-09-29T03:30:00.000-04:00I think you're thinking of "True West", not "Burie...I think you're thinking of "True West", not "Buried Child".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post-29404182424964893612007-09-27T13:54:00.000-04:002007-09-27T13:54:00.000-04:00Dude, I can't believe you didn't mention "Legally ...Dude, I can't believe you didn't mention "Legally Blonde" on MTV. Though I'm not the target demo, it does seem an encouraging development. I just can't figure out why "Spring Awakening" didn't get there first.Rob Weinert-Kendthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04015688507553252146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post-55597924225327940422007-09-27T10:12:00.000-04:002007-09-27T10:12:00.000-04:00Did anyone ever hear of PLAYHOUSE 90?Did anyone ev...Did anyone ever hear of PLAYHOUSE 90?<BR/><BR/>Did anyone ever see John Malkovich and Gary Sinise in the STAGED/Televised version of Sam Shepards Buried Child ?<BR/><BR/>Stuff is better than most crap on tv.<BR/><BR/>It will still work today, even though you have to get a few famous folks for the starf''krs in the audience.<BR/><BR/>BC-NYCAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com