Nowadays, we can see the same show or plays all around the world. It just use different language and actors. My questions is how they are keeping same quality even they have different background culture, language and actors?

“Happenings”

Fluids:
During three days, about twenty rectangular enclosures of ice blocks (measuring about 30 feet long, 10 wide and 8 high) are built throughout the city. Their walls are unbroken. They are left to melt.

 Improv Everywhere

Globalization mixes a variety of cultures to create a sense of diversity. In Theater how can the role of Globalization help to improve Theater performances and ascetics? Do you believe that people will be against this idea of Globalization, or are they willing to socially expand this idea of diversity?

When subway opened at 42 and Broadway, Times Square became soon as  the fastest growing areas. Do you think that is there any relationship that many of theaters have been existed in that place?

Globalization has played an important role in society. Is the idea of mixing cultures in theater into one diverse play a good idea?

In The Vortex of Times Square case study, the textbook calls the tourist area a “space dedicated to performance” by actors and spectators alike. When I hear Times Square, a different kind of artist (or worker) comes to mind– the amateur character actors  in knock-off Elmo and Dora costumes. I wonder if to them, pretending to be a child’s favorite TV character is their 15 minutes of fame… a chance to perform on Broadway in a way… or are they just concerned with making a few bucks? There seems to be a low-brow element to this, perhaps a parallel between the cheap vaudeville performances in the early 20th century that became popular in the area because of their affordability and accessibility.

I believe when it comes to globalization, the act of exposing different cultures played a big part. Not only did it expose different cultures, but it also questioned many customs in regards to what was ok to put on stage and what was not. Also, when globalization was becoming a real thing, how accurate was theatre and the cultures they added? Was globalization a chance to help cultures or to make fun of them?

What really intrigues me about globalization is censorship. At what point does censorship so heavily impact theater that the art is changed all together? In class, it was mentioned how in Germany a play’s ending had to be re-written completely. When does the producer decide to uphold the value of the play( with all it’s context) rather than popularize it?

Musicals Around the World

Billy Elliot around the world

I found the section on niche programming interesting. After learning about how the theatre started, and how it progressed, it make sense that niche programming became popular. Theater was the start of entertainment. And as we learned it had been heavily regulated in most areas. Being able to learn how it moved into what it is today is fascinating.