Off Broadway Fall 2014 Preview

[NewYorkTheater]

Off Broadway Fall 2014 Preview

[inception]

Just curious about the part that says:
"Then there are theaters that actively discourage my coverage:

The Atlantic – Found"

Why is your coverage discouraged?

[HogansHero]

re discourage coverage-that's a euphemism for they won't give him tickets.

[ClydeBarrow]

Why is the coverage discouraged? Let's take a look at the inaccuracies of this one paragraph.

Scenes From a Marriage —directed by Emily Mann, starting in September at the New York Theatre Workshop, based on Igmar Bergman’s compelling TV series.

Ivo van Hove is directing. His name is INGMAR Bergman. Scenes was a TV miniseries.

[NewYorkTheater]

Just to clarify: Ivo van Hove is directing Emily Mann's stage adaptation of Ingmar Bergman's "Scenes From a Marriage."

[ClydeBarrow]

Your clarification doesn't make what you originally said any less wrong.

[NewYorkTheater]

Yes, you got me. I made a few typos in the introduction, which I've now corrected. Thanks for pointing them out. (The information about the show later on, under "New York Theatre Workshop", was always correct.)
My making typos, for the record, is not likely to be the reason why Atlantic declines my requests for press seats or for interviews or to attend press events, although I am on the Broadway League's press list, and am a voting member of the Drama Desk, the Outer Critics Circle, and the American Theatre Critics Association.

[HogansHero]

are you saying that Signature chooses not to invite DD and OCC voters generally, or that they have singled you out?

[NewYorkTheater]

I am saying neither of those things.

[newintown]

Everybody with an internet connection seems to call themselves a blogger and expect free tickets these days.

And it's "Ivo," not "Ivan." He's really a very famous director - a good blogger ought to get his name right.

[themysteriousgrowl]

And these are all examples of reasons why I never click your (myriad) links.

[NewYorkTheater]

I guess by now I should have gotten used to the lack of generosity from some of the anonymous members of this board.
Please look at my earlier post on this thread for some of my qualifications. I wrote my first professional reviews decades ago, and have covered the theater on staff or freelance for many publications. (You can see some specifics on my blog's About page)
I'm sure this will somehow invite some more sniping; I won't reply any further.
I hope some people will find my Broadway and Off-Broadway previews useful aids for planning your season of theatergoing.



Broadway Fall 2014 Preview Guide

[HogansHero]

Then what are you saying? First you level a complaint against the company, and then you decline to explain the basis for their unwillingness to give you free tickets. If you are a DD voter, and they refuse you tickets, then they are indeed singling you out. Or are you merely saying they don't give you pre-opening tickets? Your less-than-forthcoming response does not help you.

[newintown]

Although NewYorkTheater may "have covered the theater on staff or freelance for many publications," he appears (from the results of a simple search) to be just another person who would rather call themselves a "theater writer" than whatever it is he does that actually pays the bills.

All of which is nothing really objectionable, as much as his insistence upon using this board as a marketing link to his blog; simply expressing a brief and cogent opinion, like everyone else, isn't enough for him - he wants us to click to his site, so he can pull the numbers at month- or year-end and prove that he's someone people read.

[NewYorkTheater]

Here's Charles Isherwood with *his* preview in the NY Times of some Off-Broadway Fall 2014 shows
Superhero, Psycho, Statesman (Singing!) ‘Hamilton,’ ‘Fortress of Solitude’ as Off Broadway Musicals