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Terry S. Davis's Blog – November 2010 Archive (4)

Limited Engagement?

I recently heard that one orchestra had their tuba player — who had little to play in a particular piece — tweet messages to audience members during the concert. That's one example of the new buzzword for the performing arts: engagement.

With smart phone constantly on, our new arts consumer (we’ll call him/her Chris, for unisex reasons) goes out into the world with at least two guises: Chris the Consumer and Chris the Reporter. Chris the… Continue

Added by Terry S. Davis on November 26, 2010 at 10:18am — 1 Comment

A Wicked Scalping

When I Googled “Wicked Popejoy,” Google returned 17 results to me. All but three led me to ticket scalpers. And that was just the first page.

So, what is a ticket scalper and why does Google show you their sites to buy Popejoy tickets?

Ticket scalpers come in two varieties: ticket resellers or ticket fraud agents. Those of the first variety buy tickets from us (or from… Continue

Added by Terry S. Davis on November 19, 2010 at 5:30pm — No Comments

Do You Know the Way?

What do you do on a Monday night in Montgomery, Alabama?

If you had been like a lot of locals this week, you would have gone downtown to see the touring production of Fiddler on the Roof. On a Monday night. In Montgomery, Alabama.

I got to the Montgomery Performing Arts Center, pictured above, about 20 minutes before curtain surprised to… Continue

Added by Terry S. Davis on November 12, 2010 at 7:30am — No Comments

What You Want

I just finished teaching four sessions of a class on Broadway musicals for UNM’s Continuing Ed. I had a great time. One of the questions we left unanswered was the future of musicals.

The last few decades have been interesting for musicals. During the 1980s, Andrew Lloyd Webber dominated the Broadway landscape. In the 1990s, Broadway was desperate for something new until RENT came along. In the most recent decade, musicals have… Continue

Added by Terry S. Davis on November 5, 2010 at 6:00am — 3 Comments