tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post6546118686744730442..comments2024-01-07T06:59:04.212-05:00Comments on The Playgoer: Quote of the DayPlaygoerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02994724588504353485noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post-2913627002863608372010-12-10T11:43:05.352-05:002010-12-10T11:43:05.352-05:00Thank you, President Obama. The arts have never b...Thank you, President Obama. The arts have never been superfluous. It is how we define our lives, as well as how we understand and enjoy the interval between birth and death.<br /><br />Think I'm being grandiose? A thought experiment:<br /><br />Have a week in the US where art is removed from daily life. Every theater closes--from Broadway to downtown, from regional theater to storefront indie. Same with every dance, concert, symphony, opera, live event.<br /><br />No more television programming. No cinemas. No netflix. No iTunes. No music on the radio. <br /><br />No bookstores, no literature. Remove all of the short stories, poems, cartoons, and other art works in every magazine and newspaper.<br /><br />If American artists were to do this, en masse, for a week--I guarantee you that the audiences--from the Federal government to your neighbors and the people in your communities--would realize the "value" of art, and realize that it is worth paying for, worth making, worth supporting.<br /><br />Brendan McCall<br />Director, Ensemble Free Theater NorwayBrendan McCallhttp://www.ensemblefreetheaternorway.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post-23447776499485029662010-12-10T10:26:30.421-05:002010-12-10T10:26:30.421-05:00There was a time when the price of all tickets sol...There was a time when the price of all tickets sold for non-profit orgs were a write-off on your tax returns. Would make sense for congress to bring that back. More people might attend concerts if they knew they could write-off the cost. Slatkin's been talking about this for years.MaestroDSCHhttp://Www.michaelwheatley.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post-22103043113129183042010-12-10T10:19:23.066-05:002010-12-10T10:19:23.066-05:00If only federal arts funding matched this sentimen...If only federal arts funding matched this sentiment. :$The Mayoresshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15873243286084952228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12657288.post-21888502353165996842010-12-07T10:22:26.075-05:002010-12-07T10:22:26.075-05:00So does this mean Obama is about to give us a brea...So does this mean Obama is about to give us a break on ticket prices?!?!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com