Re: RAT less work / Mitch

[MFarkash@aol.com]

Mitch, WIth all due respect, maybe it's because I don't always see the more 
successful company driven shows you do; I see a great deal of smaller 
productions in which they can't fill the seats. Even though these shows are 
worthy, and well produced.

You mention only a few groups, and of these, one is an LA Times Critic's 
Choices.  And it's a tiny venue.   Plus, the other shows aren't even running 
now, according to Dec. 19 LA Times listings. 

<< Circle X, Playwrights Arena, Cornerstone, The Actors Gang,Moving Arts, The 
Evidence <<Room, The Burglers Of Hamm, ALL SOLD OUT SHOWS THIS MONTH

NOT SO. I had no trouble getting into some of these shows (in one case I made 
reservations but blew it vis a vis the time).

If I contacted these theatres, would they tell me they always sell out? Not 
in my experience.

Am  I mad (a possibility) and a loon, or is audience a problem for many 
productions? Wake up and smell the empty seats (metaphorically).

Yes, people see theatre -- friends of the company, relatives, other actors, 
directors -- many of the same faces.

And btw, when I beg for less theatre, I mean BETTER theatre.  Same with 
films-- less and BETTER films.  Please.  I do not bow to the consensus, when 
the consenus is from theatre managers with an obligation to keep all their 
actors working.


Michael