Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site bbnccv.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!think!harvard!bbnccv!keesan From: keesan@bbnccv.UUCP (Morris M. Keesan) Newsgroups: net.movies,net.theater Subject: Re: Musicals: Stage to screen Message-ID: <61@bbnccv.UUCP> Date: Wed, 26-Jun-85 18:45:19 EDT Article-I.D.: bbnccv.61 Posted: Wed Jun 26 18:45:19 1985 Date-Received: Fri, 28-Jun-85 00:46:51 EDT References: <798@ssc-vax.UUCP> <383@olivee.UUCP> <2338@cornell.UUCP> <346@brl-sem.ARPA> Reply-To: keesan@bbnccv.UUCP (Morris M. Keesan) Organization: Bolt Beranek and Newman, Cambridge, MA Lines: 20 Xref: watmath net.movies:6772 net.theater:65 In article <346@brl-sem.ARPA> abc@brl-sem.ARPA (Brint Cooper) writes: >. . . there's one more factor that I might not have heard >mentioned. In a live performance of a play, a musical comedy, >an opera, an orchestral concert, or even bluegrass, there is a >certain "chemistry" that can occur between performer and >audience that cannot be recorded on hard media. She or he is, >in a real sense, singing to YOU. There is even the (perhaps >imagined) occasional eye contact if your seat is sufficiently >good. Hear, hear! This is what I think of as the "magic" of the theatre, which movies can't capture. This is why I often leave movies saying, "That was good, but I'm glad I didn't pay first run price for it," and sometimes leave the theatre (live theatre, that is) saying, "That wasn't a very good play, but what the hell, the tickets were only $20 each." Even mediocre live theatre has that certain magic that even the best movies don't have. -- Morris M. Keesan keesan@bbn-unix.ARPA {decvax,ihnp4,etc.}!bbncca!keesan