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"Remember when they banned the use of names of fictional characters as handles?"

I tried to sign up for ATC with this username, and I was rejected. I didn't bother to try a new handle.

"Their only income is banner ads and that basically pays to keep the site live. No reviewer is paid there - no one is paid there, just as no "reviewer" or reporter is paid here." ~ bk

The income situation was also my understanding and I can attest that no reviewer is paid at ATC or BWW or BW Stars (which is a very comprehensive informative site as well ran by James Marino).

As mentioned, Ads plus huge web memberships = income. Income = more features = more Ads/exposure= more income etc. etc.

Each site has its own financial interest, demographics, rules, personality. Why don't people just read and post where you want. Not like posters can change anything.

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I wish ATC no harm, it is informative and interesting to read. Still, I can't help but be amused at how much the updates for their re-opening reminds me of the updates for "Spider-Man", often criticized at ATC. Here's hoping both have a speedy recovery.

Does anyone have any idea when the ATC will be up and running?

Probably not.

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^ You don't seem to mind this board when you want to sell some of your albums.

I think it's a perfect time to bring it up. It's more than a little amusing (and pathetic) that he has no problems bashing the board in this thread, but then in the same breath, using it to his benefit when he wants to sell something. More than a little hypocritical, no?

To musicalsFan:

I feel that the sentence you cited, "I find both rather intolerable most of the time," qualifies fully as bashing.

And I agree with both ljay and adamgreer here. As one who has bought many of the Kritzerland recordings, I find it unseemly to come to a site to advertise one's wares and to disparage that very site. It also strikes me as bad business sense.

I don't know the demographics of Broadway World, as I don't read every thread. It does not seem to me to skew mostly teen. But even if it did, what would be the problem? Why assume a teen can't write as well, or have as insightful opinions of a work as an older person? Just because someone has seen every Rose since Merman doesn't mean that he/she is as intelligent or has as good taste as someone in high school.

The fact is, I'm very impressed with the enthusiasm, intelligence, and writing skills of the younger people in this group, though they may be in their 20s. I frankly find their analyses more cogent than many oldtime theatregoers more than twice their age. And they have better manners, too.

So let's stop age snobism.

And I would also argue against biting the hand that feeds you.

Updated On: 1/23/11 at 04:54 PM

I occasionally spend time on THIS board and on THIS board I see a LOT more teens than adults.

Really? So you know the ages of every poster and can accurately make this claim? Or you're making wide-sweeping assumptions in an effort to disparage BWW posters?

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"Really? So you know the ages of every poster and can accurately make this claim? Or you're making wide-sweeping assumptions in an effort to disparage BWW posters?"

I am not disparaging anyone, although I'm close to disparaging you for reasons you well know. I make this claim because the majority of posts that I've seen are made by teenagers who admit they're teenagers. I'm not saying it's bad that they're teenagers, I said that this board skews young and ATC doesn't. Anyone who knows me knows that I have consistently given opportunities to young performers, from eight to eighteen. I mean, I had to correct you once already - of course, you ignore the fact that you were wrong then, just as you'll ignore the fact that you're wrong now. So it was, so it shall always be.

But you keep trying, dear heart, really. It's fun.

As to giving the occasional head's up here, I do it as a courtesy. If you think that courtesy results in a lot of sales, think again.

Several people are behaving rather peculiarly in this thread. I'm not the only one who has mentioned the differences between these two boards and I don't consider anything I've said as biting the hand that feeds me. If you, AdamGreer think that's "pathetic" that says more about you than it does me.

My posting in this thread about this topic is my personal observation. I guess those of us who make a living in this business aren't allowed personal observations, eh?

But hey, you want to make this about something it isn't, don't buy the CDs.

Updated On: 1/23/11 at 07:53 PM

One of my New Year's resolutions was not to get sucked into these personal attacks and pedantry. I said very clearly that IN MY OPINION this board skews young. That has been my observation. The fact that you name three people who may or may not be young does not mean I am wrong nor does it change MY OPINION based on what I see here.

But you knew that. And I am done with this. I made some general comments that were my personal opinion and which did not include any attack on a specific person, unlike you and some of your pals, who immediately turned this into a personal attack. That, I'm afraid, is the only "pathetic" thing that's going on here, and if you and your cronies are indeed older, try behaving like it.

I really enjoy both boards, but that last heated exchange really flies in the face of the posters who said the ATC board was far more nasty than this one! The truth is that people on both boards argue passionately about issues they feel strongly about, but it would be great if folks could do it without getting so personal...just my opinion here!

What I miss about the absence of ATC is the sense of theater oral history it chronicled. A post saying it was the 25th anniversary since show x opened brought out wonderful reminisces. Recently someone posted how perched near the theater box office he heard Barbra's first audition for "Funny Girl." Thrilling. I think that's why there's the impression that BWW skews younger.