Day: August 26, 2020

Making Broadway Accessible to Audiences with Digital Capture

Many creative artists are innovating with different ways to share live theater experiences in the digital space. For this discussion, I chose to focus on Broadway shows because of the higher ticket prices and narrow geography. Broadway is a luxury brand recognized around the world. The Broadway League has worked long and hard to ensure that if you ask someone, “what is Broadway?” they can tell you that it is the pinnacle of live entertainment – even if they have never seen a Broadway show. Luxury brands come with luxury price tags, but even people who can afford the average $125 ticket for a musical can’t always get to the show. The Broadway League has also worked long and hard to provide access to audiences with seats at lower prices with TKTS, student rush, and other initiatives, but the more popular the show, the longer the wait for discounted tickets.

Augusto Boal’s Theatre of the Oppressed

Augusto Boal was a Brazilian theatre director, writer, and politician. Between 1950 and 1960 he developed a new form of acting, ‘O Teatro do Oprimido’ (‘Theatre of the Oppressed’). This soon became famous all over Latin America and, later, in Europe as well.

Accountability Matters, Making a Pledge is Easy

The itch I want to scratch today is related to accountability and outcomes from the vast number of pledges being made to help reduce, if not, eliminate some of the most important injustices of the world. This article goes out to anyone writing a pledge and even more to anyone reading a pledge to please focus on the targets and outcomes that a pledge can have. It is important to have clarity about the deliverables and criteria with which the pledge can be monitored.