You've always had your eye on The Flea Theater and... check the calendar, The Bats have a show tomorrow night. You send of an email to the whole Flea Staff.... by 2:30 you are on a conference call, by 4:30 you are scouting the space and testing the internet speed (Fios! 91MB up!) while the incredible Flea staff goes about securing all the permissions and rights they need from the cast, the crew, the director, the playwright, the designer.
Frankly, I thought Mel Gibson's Hamlet was pretty great, but my most vivid memories are of going to see Measure for Measure at The Arena Stage when I as in High School, despite the fact that I hadn't yet read the play. Every student in the US studies Shakespeare as part of their English curriculum. [...]
"Magical!" that's how National Geographic Wild Safari Live host Hayden Turner has described his experience as host of the spectacular Wild Safari Live. Like thousands of viewers around the world I am RIVETED this week as National Geographic presents the first ever LIVE streamed safari experience. We have watched live lion kills, and water buffalo [...]
Just as VATV CEO Kathryn Jones was appearing with MTV, the NBA, TheStreet and Webstream on a panel about live-streaming, VirtualArtsTV was featured in an article about unions and live-streaming in an comprehensive article by entertainment and technology law reporter Jonathan Handel for the Hollywood Reporter. VATV has been live-streaming scripted content since way back in [...]
Kathryn joins leaders from MTV, the NBA, TheStreet and Webstream to discuss the past and future of live-steamed business and entertainment.
The lovers!!!! So much fun to play with these relatively uncomplicated lovers from Shakespeare's The Tempest. Once again our chat room was amazing - offering up fantastic commentary and suggestions to our director and cast as they read through the Ferdinand and Miranda's Act 3, Scene 1 love scene. Special thanks to @DramaGirl and @Citymurf [...]
Doesn't matter where you are in the world, a rehearsal room feels like home - the talk, the energy, the vibe :) -Kate Foy in the chat room, Australia I've always wanted to sit in on a rehearsal among artists of high caliber. Excited - Cliff Thompson in the chat room, Tennessee Whew! Tuesday was [...]
"it's amazing how compelling it is to watch, to be a virtual fly on the wall on the other side of the continent...it's a surprisingly intimate experience..." - Mandy L in the chatroom "I used to dream about this living in my little corner of an island so isolated on the West Coast--being connected [...]
I will never forget the first time I got to watch Mercedes Ruehl rehearse Antony and Cleopatra. She was a relentless, non-stop creative engine - and an amazing lesson for a young actor. So What can we learn when we adapt the open rehearsal experience to an interactive, digital audience?
...a major contribution to the world both in terms of its content, and its theatrical innovation. Not to be missed - William Y on Google+ On May 11th audiences in Kigali, Rwanda, Reykjavik Iceland and New York City joined individual viewers all over the world to experience a live-streamed reading of Jay O. Sanders play, [...]
