"Theatre is dead."- Page 2

[BroadwayBound062]

Posted: 4/14/09 at 10:15pm

Theatre is not dead nor will it ever die out. Theatre is one of NYCs biggest attractions. I just have to roll my eyes as idoits who think theatre is dead!

[hpeabody930]

Posted: 4/14/09 at 10:27pm

I can't believe I'm saying this, but I think it's shows like Wicked, Phantom of the Opera, Rent etc. are really what's keeping broadway "alive" the younger generations it draws in are going to be the people who, in ten-twenty years, will be supporting these smaller shows both on broadway, off bway and beyond.

[Dre2387]

Posted: 4/15/09 at 6:35am

theatre is not dead. even if we have to go back to random occurances on the street, it's entertainment; the basis of theater.

https://www.broadwayworld.com/videoplay.cfm?colid=49516

look at the faces of the people watching. They loved it.

[rwlevin]

Posted: 4/15/09 at 10:20am

People have been saying theatre is dead for YEARS. In the documentary The Golden Age, the Broadway legends all talk about Broadway dying since the 1970s. In the show Me and Juliet in the song "Intermission Talk" one of the audience groups sings "The theatre is dying, the theatre is dying, the theatre is practically dead..." and that was from 1953!

What I think is that the idea of Broadway is changing. Gabriel Byrne looks at shows like Wicked or Young Frankenstein and thinks to himself "sheesh, what producers due to put kids in the seats" But he forgets about off-broadway and how many shows in the past few years have transferred from off-broadway. And I'm not talking Rock of Ages or Rent or even Avenue Q (which I love). I'm talking Caroline or Change, The Lieutenant of Inishmore, Grey Gardens, 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. None of these shows were HUGE hits and they've all run their course but they're small shows that were never meant to see the Broadway stage that producers saw something special in. They're the anti-spectacular. And they're what's going to keep Broadway alive.