We wrote in 2010 that streaming is the new venue when Brian Feldman ditched the normal venue: a theatre or gallery, in favor of streaming his tribute to local Orlando theatre critic Elizabeth Maupin. It saved him the hassle and cost of booking a theatrical venue and offered the chance to get more eyeballs on his project. Thanks to the show being streamed, the audience didn't have to drive to a theatre, find parking (or pay for it), make sure they had their tickets, shuffle through the aisle to their seat, wait in line for the bathroom during intermission, etc. They just logged on and enjoyed the show.
Looks like Orlando playwright Joseph Reed Hayes is trying a similarly neat and fun idea. The four performances of his play A LITTLE CRAZY taking place inside his house (Click for tickets) will stream live to live audiences online (click for streaming). A live audience will also watch it. Food is included if you choose to sit in his house instead of your own, and each performance except the first one offers a different nosh selection:
May 26, 8 p.m.: The No Food Show (no food)
May 27, 2 p.m.: The Lunch Show (menu by Joseph Hayes)
June 2, 8 p.m.: The Dessert Show (sweets by Hollis Wilder of Sweet!)
June 3, 8:30 p.m.: The Dinner Party Show (menu by Chef Tony Adams)
About the play: an elderly Russian immigrant, Avram chooses to spend his last days with his favorite great nephew, Harry. Starring Adrian LePeltier as Avram, and Scott Silson as Harry, a lawyer with a mislaid sense of humor, the intimate living-room performances of /A Little Craz/y are directed by Lulu Picart. The play also features clarinetist Christine Barron performing original Klezmer-inspired music composed by New York trumpeter and composer Brian Groder.
The multi-camera, live streaming experiment we call htp: is an exercise in combining the ancient art of theater and the modern magic of mobile technology. Using tiny hand-held cameras and an Apple iPad wirelessly linked together by a clever piece of wizardry called Collabracam, we can place multiple cameras anywhere to create a produced-on-the-fly video, while using Livestream and a high-resolution camera to stream the show to the world as it happens. Just imagine the artistic possibilities for playwrights, musicians, poets and artists everywhere.
Looks like Orlando playwright Joseph Reed Hayes is trying a similarly neat and fun idea. The four performances of his play A LITTLE CRAZY taking place inside his house (Click for tickets) will stream live to live audiences online (click for streaming). A live audience will also watch it. Food is included if you choose to sit in his house instead of your own, and each performance except the first one offers a different nosh selection:
May 26, 8 p.m.: The No Food Show (no food)
May 27, 2 p.m.: The Lunch Show (menu by Joseph Hayes)
June 2, 8 p.m.: The Dessert Show (sweets by Hollis Wilder of Sweet!)
June 3, 8:30 p.m.: The Dinner Party Show (menu by Chef Tony Adams)
About the play: an elderly Russian immigrant, Avram chooses to spend his last days with his favorite great nephew, Harry. Starring Adrian LePeltier as Avram, and Scott Silson as Harry, a lawyer with a mislaid sense of humor, the intimate living-room performances of /A Little Craz/y are directed by Lulu Picart. The play also features clarinetist Christine Barron performing original Klezmer-inspired music composed by New York trumpeter and composer Brian Groder.
The multi-camera, live streaming experiment we call htp: is an exercise in combining the ancient art of theater and the modern magic of mobile technology. Using tiny hand-held cameras and an Apple iPad wirelessly linked together by a clever piece of wizardry called Collabracam, we can place multiple cameras anywhere to create a produced-on-the-fly video, while using Livestream and a high-resolution camera to stream the show to the world as it happens. Just imagine the artistic possibilities for playwrights, musicians, poets and artists everywhere.