The eye of the critic.(from the executive director)(Theater criticism)
American Theatre, July, 2005 by Cameron, Ben
At the NEA-sponsored Arts Journalism Institute at the University of Southern California, I met theatre critics from around the country to discuss our future: the impact--and the opportunities--of an increasingly diverse nation; the changes in modes of perception, especially among the Internet-driven younger generation; and the implications of patterns of declining social activity.
While I had always posed these as issues for theatre practitioners, I suddenly realized that they had equal resonance for critics. With the explosion of diverse cultural and generational work, how can ...
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