Since 2000BC…

August 21, 2011

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I have been doing a little research on the history of theater. And while, not always true, the history of an industry can be an indicator of its future. Theater is one of the oldest and most collaborative art forms on the planet. The first recorded theater performance occurred in 2000BC in Ancient Egypt. This […]

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Creative Super Power

August 14, 2011

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“Solving the problems of the world with one single piece of charred body nylon!” Wait…what? On a recent visit to my parent’s house, I was instructed to go through a box of “my stuff” to decide what I wanted to keep and what could be thrown away. On the top of the box was my […]

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Let’s Get Together!

July 20, 2011

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Monday, July 25th @ Angus McIndoe Restaurant Theater Professionals Networking Event! Who will you meet? Theater Connects will host an exclusive networking event designed for production professionals in the theater industry. Directors, producers, designers, playwrights and stage managers from all career levels will gather at Angus McIndoe Restaurant on Monday July 25th, 2011 at 7:00pm […]

The “Information” Mission (should you choose to accept it)

June 29, 2011

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Theater Connects is on a mission for information. We may be all about the theater, but we can’t claim to be an expert in everything! The private beta launch of the Theater Connects Vendor Database is happening this summer (Sign Up for Early Access Here). We are in the middle of designing the pages that […]

Would You Join the Spiderman Focus Group?

June 22, 2011

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On Sunday, the great Julie Taymor spoke publicly about her Spiderman experience at the TCG Conference in Los Angeles, CA (wish I was there!): “Breaking her silence about “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark,” the Broadway musical from which she was fired in March, Julie Taymor tacitly criticized her former producers on Saturday afternoon for relying […]

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Gotta Get That Diversity!

June 15, 2011

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Too much theater? To little theater? However you toss the coin, the opinion of anyone who ever attends theater….is that it is important. In fact it is an art form so refined that the people behind its creation, design the result to be repeated every night. After the fantastic display of theatrical triumph at the […]

The Theater’s User Experience

June 10, 2011

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I had an interesting conversation last evening with two very intelligent, rock star entrepreneurs regarding user testing and minimum viable products. Now this may sound terribly dull, but it is truly a philosophical debate that ended up on the topic of theater and fine art in terms of the “user experience.” What was revealed was […]

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