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Theater: The Lively Art, 4/e
Edwin Wilson, City University of NY
Alvin Goldfarb, Illinois State University

Audiences and Critics

Chapter Outline

AUDIENCES AND CRITICS

The Theater Audience

The “Audience Factor”/ How the Audience Participates/ Diversity of Audiences

Play Synopsis - "Fences"

The Theater Critic

What is Criticism?

Getting Started in Theater – Mel Gussow: Critic

  • Critics and Reviewers
  • Preparing for Criticism
  • Criteria for Criticism
  • Descriptive versus Prescriptive Criticism

Summary

Theater on the Web