Will Movies Ever Kill Live Theater?
I know, that the title of this post may seem somewhat sacrilegious to some, but to the affaciniados of movie going throngs, I’m sure the though has crossed their mind. For most of them, they could probably care less, if the ever see a live Broadway play. I know the live theatre purists are cringing in their seats as they read this, but I do believe it could happen someday. Don’t get me wrong, I do love live theater. Actually, I should paraphrase that. I both love and hate live theater. While I’ve been enthralled by many a live performance, especially the musical ones, I’ve also been put to sleep by some pretty dreadful stuff. I guess you could say the same thing about movies though. What got me started on this whole tangent, was my viewing of the move Avatar the other night. It’s a seminal movie, that takes a relatively new technology (3D), and makes a ground breaking movie by using it in a different way. How far, are we really away from a 3D “holodeck” type “live” theater show, where all the actors are holograms?
