TH 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Tony Kushner, The New York Times, Greek Chorus
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View clip of tony kushner (who is he?) Thinking critically about it while you"re watching it. Can you text during a show: the job of the actor is to pretend even with distractions, audience member should step out of if the text is that important, other audience members should say something to the texters. Christmas-new year"s = highest grossing week in broadway history every year. The lion king- highest grossing show in broadway history. Theatre versus nfl- nfl annual grossing bil. Define broadway- defined as only one theatre in midtown manhattan seating at least five hundred. 3 categories of theatre by class/income: popular entertainment (lower class/income, circus/animal shows/carnivals/freak shows, bourgeois (middle class/income, mainstream narrative theatre, elitist theatre (upper class/income, experimental & challenging, requires special knowledge or education* A system of techniques whose meaning is agreed upon by the artist and audience constantly changing. Realism versus abstract- the more abstract the more difficult to understand.
