Toronto theater blogger Chris Dupuis weighs in on the role of the critic, here.
Tag: theatre criticism
Critical lockout
Over at his Superfluities Redux theatre blog, New York writer George Hunka has penned a damning assessment of contemporary Western theatre criticism – and a call for an end to the critical apparatus as we know it: “Given the place of the reviewing and critical community in the post-capitalist ideology that maintains journalists, the business […]
“Vancouver has too many cheerleading critics . . .”
The good people over at The Next Stage theatre blog have conducted and posted a wonderful interview with Vancouver-based theatre critic Colin Thomas (Georgia Straight). There’s even a choice piece of Toronto bashing as told to Colin by Daniel MacIvor: “Daniel MacIvor told me once that he likes premiering work in Vancouver because audiences here […]
The future of criticism
Here’s a great piece on the future of criticism from the good people at Time Out New York (TONY). In Bloggers vs Critics, TONY has surveyed a wide range of media critics and bloggers (including those of the theatre variety) and asked them to answer questions about the state of contemporary criticism – specifically, how […]
10 questions: David Cote
1) What the fuck is going on? Workwise, constant theatergoing and writing – that’s my job. I edit the theater section of Time Out New York (TONY), assigning reviewers and reporters and trying to review two or three shows a week myself. What I can’t fit into the Lilliputian space our magazine allots for reviews […]