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social media
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audiences, augmented reality, conversation starter, new technology, rabble rousing, social media, storytelling, the process, transmedia
I Came, I Tweeted, I Pondered
Over the past week or so I have been near the center of exchanges about theatre and social media that feel alternately like discussions, vent sessions, and policy ponderings. Social media and theatre and the mix of both — discuss. And when you add in questions of the directionality of the media stream and who [...]
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audiences, broadway, collaboration, conferences, conversation starter, ideas, presenting, producers, rabble rousing, social media, theatrical ecosystem
Just a Dream Away
There’s a great, big, beautiful tomorrow Shining at the end of every day There’s a great, big, beautiful tomorrow And tomorrow’s just a dream away Walking into the darkened New World Stages for TEDxBroadway, I half expected to see a sign saying “Presented by General Electric,” or at least a robot welcoming me to the [...]
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arts administration, audiences, festivals, locavore, marketing, new play development, new plays, new technology, non-profit theatre, playwrights, presenting, social media, steal this idea, storytelling, the future, theatre festivals, video, watch this
Steal This Idea: Cutting Your Way Through the NEVER HEARD OF IT Barrier
As the founder and now social media manager for Portland’s Fertile Ground Festival, I have recently had the delightful and curious experience of being able to dip my finger daily into the stream of material our 100 plus world premiere projects have created to promote their shows. I asked myself, how can I harness this [...]
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conferences, critics, ideas, journalism, rabble rousing, social media, theatrical ecosystem
Clear
Once upon a time, perhaps 15 or 20 years ago, I read a really fascinating article which posited that the arts would get more coverage in the media if they opened themselves up and provided greater access to the media. It suggested that the arts were working too hard to “control the story” at every [...]
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2amt events, about 2amt, advocacy, arts administration, collaboration, community, conversation starter, ideas, livestreams, meetups, newplaytv, non-profit theatre, partnerships, rabble rousing, social media, talk about what's good, theatrical ecosystem
Invitation to the Dance
Thanks to Travis Bedard, I don’t need to say anything about Michael Kaiser’s latest post. And if that weren’t enough, you could read more from Jeremy Barker and Isaac Butler in reaction. I will say this. The irony of complaining about citizen bloggers in a post at the Huffington Post is a beautiful thing. This [...]
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advocacy, collaboration, community, conversation starter, designers, ideas, major regional theatre, marketing, mission, new play development, newplaytv, non-profit theatre, p.r., partnerships, playwrights, rabble rousing, social media, the process, theatrical ecosystem
Everything But
11.09.11 | Permalink | 6 CommentsOver the weekend, @NewPlayTV streamed three interesting, presumably unrelated talks. The first was from Steppenwolf’s First Look Festival, titled How to engage 21st Century Audiences for New Plays, followed an hour later by one from the PlayFest at Orlando Shakespeare Theater on How to Make a Living as a Playwright? Monday night’s was from New [...]
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audiences, critics, marketing, p.r., public relations, pull quotes, social media
Blurb
“Everyone,” I wrote in a tweet to promote my previous blog post, “enjoys a good blurbing now and again.” Although I didn’t mind if someone read some perverse double entendre into “blurbing,” it was neither euphemism nor metaphor. I was referring to the time-honored and oft-criticized practice of skillfully extracting positive phrases from arts reportage [...]
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community, major regional theatre, new technology, social media
It’s You
09.21.11 | Permalink | 6 CommentsDear @Resident Theatre Company or @Individual Show: You know I love you and so I’m sorry to do this impersonally. But we have to talk. I know it’s hard to hear those words, because they always lead to the same thing. And to be perfectly honest, this time, it’s not me, it is you. When [...]
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2amt events, conferences, festivals, ideas, new plays, new technology, social media
SXSW Gets Artsy
Every March, tens of thousands of people obsessed with technology, music, and film gather in Austin, Texas for 10 days of learning, hand-shaking, business-making, art-creating, and of course, debauchery. Some call it Nerd Spring Break. Others, South-by. But one thing is clear: The Interactive Conference at South by Southwest (SXSWi) has been overrun by artists [...]
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augmented reality, social media
Merely Players
08.23.11 | Permalink | 6 CommentsYou don’t know me. You may think you do. After all, if you read my blog, follow me on Twitter, friend me on Facebook, ask me a question on Quora, join my circles on Google+, you know a number of things about me. You certainly know of my devotion to theatre, my love of film, [...]
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2amt events, conversation starter, ideas, marketing, p.r., public relations, social media
#rightPR: How to find it.
08.18.11 | Permalink | 3 CommentsWhy did I go into PR? It’s simple, really. I like telling people about things that I’m excited about. Truly and authentically, and that’s it. I’m a music and theater nerd, so I sort of stumbled from oboe performance major and Michael Olmert’s British plays in performance class to student job to internship to full-time [...]
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awards, facts + figures, social media, the future
Scoring
Sometime in the 1970s, the once ubiquitous gossip columnist Rona Barrett began reporting box office grosses during her regular appearances on Good Morning America. Prior to that, such statistics were available only to readers of Variety, long the entertainment bible (and perhaps to Hollywood Reporter readers as well, though as a teen I only knew [...]
