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The World Premiere Business
Everybody wants to be first with a play. Premieres make more news, attract more grants and confer more prestige. There's often money involved--the theater premiering a play sometimes gets a piece of the subsequent action. It's understandable--and even applicable to other professions. Journalists prefer to break stories than follow up on news already seen elsewhere. But the facts are the facts: I can't tell you how often a New York theater will claim the American premiere of, say, an English play that we have already seen in Chicago. Chicago Tribune 08/15/08
Everybody wants to be first with a play. Premieres make more news, attract more grants and confer more prestige. There's often money involved--the theater premiering a play sometimes gets a piece of the subsequent action. It's understandable--and even applicable to other professions. Journalists prefer to break stories than follow up on news already seen elsewhere. But the facts are the facts: I can't tell you how often a New York theater will claim the American premiere of, say, an English play that we have already seen in Chicago. Chicago Tribune 08/15/08
Posted August 15, 2008 08:04 AM
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