Posted: 11/26/23 at 12:55pm
Addressing the ridiculousness of the OPs post is going for the jugular? M'kay.
Posted: 11/27/23 at 11:09am
What on earth is this online trend where folks toss in ellipses all over the place instead of writing with actual sentence structure? It's mind-numbing. Anyway.
This notion that the subways are somehow unsafe at night is so bizarre to me, and merely parrots false conservative news talking points. The only aspect of the subways that has gotten worse is people's lack of manners post covid (it seems everyone wants us to be privy to their personal conversations on speakerphone, or blast music/YouTube/TikTok without wearing headphones). People might be drunk and/or inconsiderate on the subway, but I don't know why a Brooklynite is skittish about taking public transit. If the night time truly does make you uneasy, or if you live in some sketchy area, then attend a weekend matinee, as so many others have pointed out. I assure you that many of us live in the out boroughs and still enjoy Broadway.
And if you are informed enough to use a message board, you are informed enough to find a listing of everything playing on Broadway (or off). This very website has listings, as well as NYTimes, Playbill, IBDB, Theatermania, Broadway.com, etc. Even if the show's marketing is lacking, if you're remotely interested in NY Theater, you can easily see what is out there. And if you see an ad on TV (or print, or in the subway, or anywhere) and haven't heard of it...all it takes is plopping the title into google to learn more.
Posted: 11/27/23 at 3:23pm
Ensemble1677772333 said: "I have little idea of what is playing, what is coming, what is closing. After COVID, the New York Times, as an exaample, stopped showing the listing of Broadway shows.....Now, i am at a loss....I suddenly see a commercial onTV but have no idea what the slow is all about.....if i have heard of it at all.
I empathize with the OP on the loss of a comprehensive and curated site for nyc listings. It is too labor intensive to maintain as a viable business model (until AI perhaps magically solves the problem).
Broadway World does a decent job on listings for Broadway and Off Broadway, including a brief list of openings if you scroll down to the bottom of the page. A bit of a description for each show, perhaps even a hover-over pop-up description, would be ideal.
But for the rarities and oddities that make living in a major cultural center a necessity, you are out of luck unless you are plugged into mailing lists or the institution has found your email or phone number and has a big enough of a budget to reach you on your phone. That is not optimal for getting the word out about cultural events that are short term and/or don't have a big advertising budget.
As for the subway, crime and the perception of crime ebbs and flows. The past five years have not been a great time for subway ridership. Statistically, the MTA says crime has gotten much better. But that doesn't mean that many riders (across a wide spectrum of race, class, age, gender, and gender expression) feel comfortable on it at night.
Updated On: 11/27/23 at 03:23 PM
Posted: 11/27/23 at 4:08pm
sinister teashop said: "Ensemble1677772333 said: "I have little idea of what is playing, what is coming, what is closing. After COVID, the New York Times, as an exaample, stopped showing the listing of Broadway shows.....Now, i am at a loss....I suddenly see a commercial onTV but have no idea what the slow is all about.....if i have heard of it at all.
I empathize with the OP on the loss of a comprehensive and curated site for nyc listings. It is too labor intensive to maintain as a viable business model (until AI perhaps magically solves the problem).
Broadway World does a decent job on listings for Broadway and Off Broadway, including a brief list of openings if you scroll down to the bottom of the page. A bit of a description for each show, perhaps even a hover-over pop-up description, would be ideal.
Except it really isn't at ALL "labor intensive". Any half-way decent Broadway-centric website has comprehensive Broadway and off-Broadway listings, as do many NYC based publications (NY Times, NY Magazine, etc.). If you're looking for a "one stop shopping" site that's going to list every single arts-related event (theatre, film, art, music, etc.) in one nice neat package, that's sort of an unreasonable expectation.
Posted: 11/27/23 at 4:17pm
JSquared2 said: "sinister teashop said: "Ensemble1677772333 said: "I have little idea of what is playing, what is coming, what is closing. After COVID, the New York Times, as an exaample, stopped showing the listing of Broadway shows.....Now, i am at a loss....I suddenly see a commercial onTV but have no idea what the slow is all about.....if i have heard of it at all.
I empathize with the OP on the loss of a comprehensive and curated site for nyc listings. It is too labor intensive to maintain as a viable business model (until AI perhaps magically solves the problem).
Broadway World does a decent job on listings for Broadway and Off Broadway, including a brief list of openings if you scroll down to the bottom of the page. A bit of a description for each show, perhaps even a hover-over pop-up description, would be ideal.
Except it really isn't at ALL "labor intensive". Any half-way decent Broadway-centric website has comprehensive Broadway and off-Broadway listings, as do many NYC based publications (NY Times, NY Magazine, etc.). If you're looking for a "one stop shopping" site that's going to list every single arts-related event (theatre, film, art, music, etc.) in one nice neat package, that's sort of an unreasonable expectation.
Curation is labor intensive by its very definition. You have to hire a curator. The old listings publications were never "every single arts related events" but they did cover a broader cultural turf than one cultural form and that took labor, the hiring of people with opinions and a general belief in the exhilarating possibilities of the cultural metropolis.
Updated On: 11/27/23 at 04:17 PM
Posted: 11/27/23 at 5:20pm
To be fair, as someone who recently moved from Hell's Kitchen to Brooklyn (musical to musical), train service can get remarkably less reliable after 10pm. My commute to the office (in the Village) in the morning is typically 35 minutes and doesn't require a transfer. Getting home after 10pm and on the weekends can take an hour and a half and often involves a combination of buses and trains. But that may just be because the Q sucks.
But it's safe enough.
And I somehow manage to stay aware of what's going on in the theat-ah...even all the way in Flatbush.
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