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Audience Etiquette (From a Long-Term Theater House Manager)

Folks, it’s time for some Theater Audience Etiquette Real Talk. Perhaps you have heard how Tom Hiddleston brilliantly handled a ringing cell phone during a recent performance of Betrayal on Broadway? Or maybe you remember the late Richard Griffiths berating an audience member using their cell phone during a performance of The History Boys and asking him to leave the building. Here are our 5 top tips on how to become a better audience member at the theater.
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Opera 101: What IS Opera, Doc? An Art Form Is Born

For many generations, a kid’s first exposure to opera was in cartoons with Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd. But what is opera, really? Opera is a difficult word to define in a larger context, as many things fall under its umbrella, but, in simplest form, opera is a theatrical work told through music and singing. And StageAgent is going to spend some time looking at many of the elements of opera in a new series of posts: Opera 101.

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