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9, 2006, making it the longest-running Broadway musical ever ““ and it’s showing no signs of stopping. The number of hearts beating in a theater together determines, in many cases, how long a production will last if enough tickets cannot be sold for a show, the show will probably not run for very long.įilling enough seats for a stage play or musical on Broadway, however, is usually not a problem.Īccording to BBC.com, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s “Phantom of the Opera” gave its 7,486th performance at the Majestic Theatre on Jan. It’s a kind of recognition of hearts beating together in a room that there is less and less of in our culture.” “The same play will happen and hopefully the same lines will happen, but it is essentially something that happens only once. “The uniqueness of theater has to do with the commonality of all of those people in the same room together in an experience that is not precisely repeatable,” said Rosemary Quinn, director of the Experimental Theatre Wing of the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University.
“As artists working in theater, we need to ask, “˜What makes theater different?'”ĭespite the convenient nature of television and the powerful composition of film, theater possesses a unique kind of allure.
“Theater was invented to be a means of communication, but now the way for artists to communicate with people is through film and television,” said Brian Kite, a visiting UCLA theater professor who is currently directing the on-campus “The Beggar’s Opera.” The singing, dancing and storytelling presented for him eventually transformed into theater as it is known today: actors onstage before an audience, performing lines and utilizing props in order to tell a story. Legend has it that both drama and comedy developed from performances dedicated to Dionysus, the Greek god of fertility and wine. Nevertheless, the art form remains a force to be reckoned with, even after all this time.Īlthough it is not entirely certain when or where theater got its start, the oldest surviving written plays date back to ancient Greece. With cable television the norm and multimillion-dollar film blockbusters packed with special effects and high-powered movie stars dominating the box office, theater has had a lot of competition.
After over thousands of years of life, could theater be facing its death?
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