Comments on: 10 questions: Paul Braunstein http://theatreisterritory.com/2008/05/10-questions-paul-braunstein/ Performance. Production. Theory. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 05:36:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Ian Mackenzie http://theatreisterritory.com/2008/05/10-questions-paul-braunstein/comment-page-1/#comment-654 Ian Mackenzie Mon, 05 May 2008 14:51:00 +0000 http://theatreisterritory.com/?p=323#comment-654 "Theatre is important if people feel that the stories being told connect to the things they think and feel in their lives."<br/><br/>To me, this is a great reminder that theatre, just as any other art form, has to argue for it relevance with every fibre of its being. “Theatre is important if people feel that the stories being told connect to the things they think and feel in their lives.”

To me, this is a great reminder that theatre, just as any other art form, has to argue for it relevance with every fibre of its being.

]]> By: Simon http://theatreisterritory.com/2008/05/10-questions-paul-braunstein/comment-page-1/#comment-645 Simon Fri, 02 May 2008 18:40:00 +0000 http://theatreisterritory.com/?p=323#comment-645 ..."maybe a company that produces the work of young people, something cool, something that taps into the immediacy of contemporary culture."<br/><br/>Can I get an Amen! Sing it brother, the <i>only</i> way to convert a new audience. Talk about them, their time, their place. I think it's great that you want to do Chekhov, but you're not moving your art form forward.<br/><br/>..."think about all the great art forms of the world – they destroyed and rebelled against the art that existed as much as they borrowed from it."<br/><br/>The weight of the truth in this statement is tremendous, and too much to bear right now. Thanks for giving me my main course of consideration for the week... …”maybe a company that produces the work of young people, something cool, something that taps into the immediacy of contemporary culture.”

Can I get an Amen! Sing it brother, the only way to convert a new audience. Talk about them, their time, their place. I think it’s great that you want to do Chekhov, but you’re not moving your art form forward.

…”think about all the great art forms of the world – they destroyed and rebelled against the art that existed as much as they borrowed from it.”

The weight of the truth in this statement is tremendous, and too much to bear right now. Thanks for giving me my main course of consideration for the week…

]]> By: mike http://theatreisterritory.com/2008/05/10-questions-paul-braunstein/comment-page-1/#comment-644 mike Fri, 02 May 2008 13:47:00 +0000 http://theatreisterritory.com/?p=323#comment-644 Paul, I totally agree - Toronto sports teams are a disaster. Just kidding. Well, not really. <br/><br/>But I also like what you had to say about relevancy and theatre. The need to rebel against the classics, while understanding them to make something new and that "it’s not the art form that is important, it’s what it says that is."<br/><br/>True dat. Paul, I totally agree - Toronto sports teams are a disaster. Just kidding. Well, not really.

But I also like what you had to say about relevancy and theatre. The need to rebel against the classics, while understanding them to make something new and that “it’s not the art form that is important, it’s what it says that is.”

True dat.

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