#26
Posted: 7/5/10 at 4:42pm
Bootlegs, while they are illegal and while there are precautions taken to make sure the audience doesn't do it, are actually DESIRED by those who work in the Broadway community.
I've known directors of their own show to "obtain" bootlegs of their productions, and when they stage their show again at a different theater, USE THE BOOTLEG as a reference. I've known actors (sometimes very famous ones) to receive and even give bootlegs as gifts. I've known choreographers, dance captains, and swings to use bootlegs as a reference if the original choreography is being used.
In my experience, more people who work in the theatre community are very appreciative that bootlegs exist than people who cry copyright infringement/illegal. It's a fine line.
I've known directors of their own show to "obtain" bootlegs of their productions, and when they stage their show again at a different theater, USE THE BOOTLEG as a reference. I've known actors (sometimes very famous ones) to receive and even give bootlegs as gifts. I've known choreographers, dance captains, and swings to use bootlegs as a reference if the original choreography is being used.
In my experience, more people who work in the theatre community are very appreciative that bootlegs exist than people who cry copyright infringement/illegal. It's a fine line.
"The Spectacle has, indeed, an emotional attraction of its own, but, of all the parts, it is the least artistic, and connected least with the art of poetry. For the power of Tragedy, we may be sure, is felt even apart from representation and actors. Besides, the production of spectacular effects depends more on the art of the stage machinist than on that of the poet."
--Aristotle
--Aristotle
