Sunday, February 17, 2013

LOOK-ing 4 u



LOOK !!
  Soon you’ll be sitting in the audience, it’s a Sunday afternoon, there’s not an empty seat in the house. This is Broadway, the world’s 2nd greatest stage for live entertainment.  You’re in the heartbeat of New York City.
Look 
 
Walk around midtown anytime, I’ll guarantee you someone today, tonight, tomorrow, anytime peoples mouths are moving, everyone is chewing on something in New York City. If people aren't chewing, their wiping their mouths having just finished lunch or dinner at one of the cities restaurants. Take notice of the folks in the theater district, if they seem to be in a hurry, that’s because they didn’t want to leave behind a plate with food  left on it, you can’t blame them, the foods good in NYC! I know,  I’m one of them.
Look
 
Wednesday morning you have a ticket to attend a morning talk show taped live Monday through Friday in a studio near Lincoln Center. And! Next month you will be flying to the west coast for a week, you’ve been randomly selected to sit in the audience during a live taping of  a popular  sitcom, and participate in a new reality show, (lucky you).  
Look!
I’m curious, what’s your perception of all this?   beyond and behind the bright light of the spotlights, the tossed scripts and playbills, the booms, the blinking lights on cameras, stagehands, wrappers with half eaten bagels, rolls, and breakfast sandwiches, and free airfare. the voice you hear from somewhere will be the voice of the director.
Look! 
 
Those people dressed in jeans, shorts, converse, keds, corduroys and flannels, standing and sitting stage right, and stage left, strolling back and forth, I don’t think they really care who you are. They’ll be glad you came; but they all have a job to do.
Look
On the sidewalk, one, two more, and one more will walk by, their mouths moving, what the hell are they all eating?
Look
Your perception of all this restlessness creates a feeling of excitement and joy.   Unlike a traditional curriculum of academia the making of entertainment can be quite informal or formal depending on your perception, expectations, your mood at the time and your  patience, understanding, and knowledge of the demands that are required to make your entertainment worth your time and money, today, tonight, tomorrow, and always.
Look
Do you really know these people?  The chances are good that you probably don’t! But to you, it seems that way! It feels good to you, you have make-believe friends, and that feels good.  That is good!   This helps to create intrigue / suspense / comedy / to television / film / and Broadway.
After the show, let them know you appreciate how hard they all tried making you feel good.
Look, I believe
All of these actors should get to know you! Not only a chosen few, because, with out you, who are they, anyway?
Don’t you agree! 
 
Best of luck, enjoy the show.
I’ll see some of you @ the show!
Tim

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