Why would musical theater be the only culture that resists newness? It doesn’t make sense. Bands become successes on tumblr. Where’s the tumblr of musical theater? [The problem is] older people are willing to pay for it, and they’re the same audience that’s not going to want something new. It’s a self-fulfilling prophecy. I’d rather go see our future than most musicals. The theater is simply not democratized in any way, and other art forms are.
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Scott Rudin on musical theater. Newsies is on Tumblr. How Can Musical Theater Be Saved? Broadway Veterans Give Their Advice | Vulture (via popculturebrain) |
