tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6731242543254491491.post786201369193228815..comments2023-12-20T17:20:22.032-05:00Comments on 99 Seats: The Million Dollar Question99http://www.blogger.com/profile/11955916620902994495noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6731242543254491491.post-54655033835345970122009-06-11T10:36:57.448-04:002009-06-11T10:36:57.448-04:00DPS, I totally see that it's not about malice,...DPS, I totally see that it's not about malice, and I very much agree that the choices a theatre company should make should be about what's right for that company, not what's "right." But I don't think a lot of young companies think about the long-term and wind up moving into institutions status without thinking about all of the implications. If we look at what's wrong with the big institutions and identify where they went wrong, it can help all of us out trying to figure out an alternate path.99https://www.blogger.com/profile/11955916620902994495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6731242543254491491.post-70582647881931932022009-06-11T10:32:19.101-04:002009-06-11T10:32:19.101-04:00I also just want to clarify -- I don't bear th...I also just want to clarify -- I don't bear theatrical institutions any malice. I'm not sitting around, rubbing my hands together and watching them flounder while darkly whispering, "Good . . . good . . ." <br /><br />It's just that it's like worrying about what's happening on Mars. What we do and what they do are only comparable on the most surface level, and their choices don't affect my day-to-day reality. <br /><br />I'm sure that if you pick any of these institutions at random, you'll find that they have a community that they're serving. And I don't believe that just because you survive and are around for a while that you're automatically going to become stagnant.<br /><br />But no matter your size, you have to stay self-aware, and you have to make choices that are going to be good for YOUR company (not someone else's), and you have to be able to re-evaluate and recover when something goes horribly wrong (because it's going to). As a smaller company, you have a certain elasticity that you don't have when you know your operating budget is 6M a year.<br /><br />But I also think that if you're too big to take risks, than you're too big. Period.Philuciferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16677432259206550338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6731242543254491491.post-89946383799284049532009-06-10T17:01:48.370-04:002009-06-10T17:01:48.370-04:00What if we don't push back? Ours is a medium o...What if we don't push back? Ours is a medium of impermanence. Why do we insist on creating companies with the intent of becoming a permanent fixture? And is it necessary?Paul Rekkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14877967547670893967noreply@blogger.com