Comments on: Amplification Made the Live Theatre the Radio http://unitedstage.com/2010/03/01/amplification-made-the-live-theatre-the-radio/ Poetics in Live Performance Wed, 08 Sep 2010 12:44:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: David W. Boles http://unitedstage.com/2010/03/01/amplification-made-the-live-theatre-the-radio/#comment-635 David W. Boles Fri, 21 May 2010 17:25:37 +0000 http://ustage.wordpress.com/2010/03/01/amplification-made-the-live-theatre-the-radio/#comment-635 Hi Len! Welcome to United Stage! Can you tell us more about the noise level? Was it music or voices or something else that seemed out of whack to you? I agree that natural sound is much more agreeable to the ear and it is more aesthetically pleasing to the whole body experience. Theaters are constructed to carry natural, non-amplified sound, and to treat a concert hall or a live stage like an open auditorium is just nasty. Hi Len!

Welcome to United Stage!

Can you tell us more about the noise level? Was it music or voices or something else that seemed out of whack to you?

I agree that natural sound is much more agreeable to the ear and it is more aesthetically pleasing to the whole body experience.

Theaters are constructed to carry natural, non-amplified sound, and to treat a concert hall or a live stage like an open auditorium is just nasty.

]]> By: modemjunkie http://unitedstage.com/2010/03/01/amplification-made-the-live-theatre-the-radio/#comment-634 modemjunkie Fri, 21 May 2010 17:11:55 +0000 http://ustage.wordpress.com/2010/03/01/amplification-made-the-live-theatre-the-radio/#comment-634 Last night I saw a wonderful performance of Billy Elliot, but the noise level made it a painful experience. I am getting to the point where I prefer opera to any other form of performance for that reason alone. Last night I saw a wonderful performance of Billy Elliot, but the noise level made it a painful experience. I am getting to the point where I prefer opera to any other form of performance for that reason alone.

]]> By: David W. Boles http://unitedstage.com/2010/03/01/amplification-made-the-live-theatre-the-radio/#comment-615 David W. Boles Mon, 01 Mar 2010 16:39:56 +0000 http://ustage.wordpress.com/2010/03/01/amplification-made-the-live-theatre-the-radio/#comment-615 When I started in the theatre at as a child, you were always instructed to "project to the back row" and that sort of stylized performance and effort is what made the live theatre special. Today's Broadway theatres are the original Broadway theatres -- so the only thing that's changed is the ability of the performer and how we now choose to have sound provided to us instead of working to hear it ourselves. When I started in the theatre at as a child, you were always instructed to “project to the back row” and that sort of stylized performance and effort is what made the live theatre special. Today’s Broadway theatres are the original Broadway theatres — so the only thing that’s changed is the ability of the performer and how we now choose to have sound provided to us instead of working to hear it ourselves.

]]> By: Gordon Davidescu http://unitedstage.com/2010/03/01/amplification-made-the-live-theatre-the-radio/#comment-614 Gordon Davidescu Mon, 01 Mar 2010 16:28:35 +0000 http://ustage.wordpress.com/2010/03/01/amplification-made-the-live-theatre-the-radio/#comment-614 We certainly aren't interested in radio plays, David. As productions get bigger and bigger, the effect gets worse. Perhaps it would behoove us to stick to small productions with small budgets? We certainly aren’t interested in radio plays, David. As productions get bigger and bigger, the effect gets worse. Perhaps it would behoove us to stick to small productions with small budgets?

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