How Television Sees Theater Is Quite a Drama

[Magic2Do]

Posted: 4/17/26 at 6:56am

Despite so much practice, television still manages to get a few things wrong, specifically the process, the product and the people. (It occasionally manages to nail the excitement.) As seen on TV, plays are assembled in days, not years. Productions are unmitigated fiascos unless they’re star-making masterpieces. Actors are ridiculous, pathetic, needy and occasionally homicidal.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/17/arts/television/tv-shows-theater-portrayal-smash-glee.html

[MezzA101]

Posted: 4/17/26 at 7:30am

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