Your Performance Partners
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Battle of the Senses: Enhancement or Distraction?
May 6, 2014Should symphony orchestra concerts feature giant video walls with dynamic images synchronized to music? Or should such concerts emphasize only music, offering an audio-only […]
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Rigging 101: The Mysterious Language of Rigging
April 29, 2014If you’ve spent a single day working on a stage crew, you know that technical theatre has its own language with lots of unfamiliar […]
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“Hillbilly Music” No Longer – Country Music’s Rise
April 22, 2014Once relegated to static-filled AM radios or denigrated as “hillbilly music”, country music is flexing its muscle – in recordings and live concerts – […]
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Broadway…at the Movies?
April 15, 2014Broadway theatre in New York City, like other segments of the U.S. performing arts industry, competes for audiences against an increasing variety of at-home, […]
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Appreciating the Art$?
April 8, 2014Two recent news stories in the New York Times caught our eye as an interesting juxtaposition of the “value” placed on the performing arts […]
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Become an April Fool – All Year Long!
April 1, 2014“When we are born, we cry that we are come to this great stage of fools.” ― William Shakespeare, King Lear Almost everyone dreads […]
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Rigging 101, Part 1: A Question of Balance
March 25, 2014Whether you worked on the stage crew for your high school play or you’re a full-time professional stagehand in a big city opera house, […]
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Irish Stew: Cultural Notes from the Emerald Isle
March 17, 2014In honor of St. Patrick’s Day, we’ll turn the spotlight green and focus on a few unique aspects of Ireland’s culture – then and […]
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Could “Shuffling” Help Attract Audiences?
March 11, 2014How can classical music remain relevant to audiences in this era of personalized, on-demand music? We recently read one possible solution, which perhaps could […]