Theaters adopt lower budgets by Mary Carole McCauley
Theaters all over Baltimore and Hartford county are facing budget shortages. Many theaters are non-profit organizations and need to stage fewer performances, reuse sets and costumes, have smaller casts or perform the same shows.
"The financial pressures - and reactions - seen in Baltimore are part of a national trend."
Shows that audiences are unfamiliar with or have provocative themes are not being played out of fear of pushing away audiences.
The story is filled with quotations from theater management, however it lacks any reactions from the audience. Would audiences rather see something traditional than something new and quirky such as Avenue Q, or edgy like Spring Awakening, "with its themes of incest and suicide."
McCauley should really consider the audience's opinions. As long as a show is performed well and the plot sounds intriguing people will see the performance, which is why the traditional shows they are playing are a success: the plots are are interesting.
How else is a classic supposed to be made if theaters will not perform new plays?
-Heather
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