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AUDIENCE

After Decades Of Being Youth-Obsessed, TV Gets Comfortable With The Old

Most people watching TV are older than those groups. Among cable channels, the median age for TNT and Bravo viewers is 56, for HGTV it is 66, and even the once-youthful MTV’s median-age viewer is 51, according to Nielsen data. The cable news audience is even older. - The Wall Street Journal

Does Pay-What-You-Can Pricing Really Increase Ticket Sales?

Well, yes and no — depending on what exactly one means by "increase" and "ticket sales." - ArtsHub (Australia)

Harlem Crypts And Brooklyn Catacombs And Classical Music By Candlelight

Andrew Ousley decided to present his concert series Death of Classical in the crypt of Harlem's Church of the Intercession not only because the acoustics were remarkable, but because so many potential audience members seemed put off by traditional venues. Then he went on to Brooklyn's Green-Wood Cemetery … - The Guardian

Rhinebeck, The Little New York Town Where New Musicals Start Their Big Journeys

"At a moment when regional theatres and foundations are cutting funding, particularly for new-work development, Rhinebeck has become a beacon of just how much is still possible with limited resources.” - American Theatre

What’s The Sudden Deal With Nuns In Popular Culture?

“If the aesthetic interest in nuns is an enduring one, it’s also true that every few years, like fashion trends or viral flus, nuns have a particularly concentrated cultural moment. We’re living in one now.” - The New York Times

We Have Now Reached Peak Theater, And It’s All Downhill From Here

"Spring 2024 saw a frenzy of new shows opening in the face of two formidable obstacles: costs that have nearly doubled over a decade and an audience almost 20% smaller than it was pre-pandemic. … As the Jazz Age attests, bubbles can be fun." But this one may soon burst. - Vulture (MSN)

Using Technology To Enhance Audience Engagement

The performances that work best for both haptic tours and live audio descriptions are dance and theater productions that offer a mix of visual and auditory elements. - San Francisco Classical Voice

These Indie Filmmakers Couldn’t Find Distributors Who’d Promise A Theatrical Release. So They’re Distributing To Cinemas Themselves.

"It’s a rough road, one that requires creative and focused marketing strategies and the willingness to do all the work a studio would normally do. But at a time when the once-buzzy acquisition market at Sundance and other festivals has slowed down, it’s an option more filmmakers find worth taking." - TheWrap (Yahoo!)

The Courtroom Sketches Capturing Trump’s Trial In New York

"Courtroom sketching is often described as a kind of artistic sprint that involves racing to capture fleeting moments and toiling under unforgiving deadlines. It requires ‘being in good form, like an athletic thing,’ said Cornell.” - Washington Post

Minnesota Passes “Taylor Swift Law” Protecting Online Ticket Buyers

"The law, prompted by the frustration a legislator felt at not being able to buy tickets to Swift’s 2023 concert in Minneapolis, will require ticket sellers (for live events) to disclose all fees up front and prohibit resellers from selling more than one copy of a ticket, among other measures." - AP

The Power Of Student Protest Art

Those dismissing the protests as incoherent "should stand back and consider the iconography. … The students may be making inconvenient or even irrational requests of the institution and the country at large, but they are framing those demands as part of a continuum of American values." - Washington Post

Bollywood Increasingly Toes – And Broadcasts – The Ruling Party Line

"Since Mr Modi first came to power in 2014, the Hindi film industry has produced several films referencing government policies. But in the past four years, experts say a lot them have begun to explicitly steer towards propaganda." - BBC

The Fans Who Saved The Original Star Wars

“If you want to see the original Star Wars trilogy — as they were shown in theaters, a bit softer and grainier (and with Han Solo definitely shooting the bounty hunter Greedo first, not in self-defense, as he now does) — you’ll have to rely on some rebel fans." - The New York Times

What Is A Song?

That answer is something a little different whether you’re talking what you’re listening to - or music copyright law. - The New York Times

At The Royal Shakespeare Company, New Directors Know The Summer Stratford Audience Loves Tradition

"The hope must be that the more traditional audiences will move with the times, and come around to new visions. You can’t please all of the people all of the time — but you can do your best to take them with you." - The New York Times

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