The civic valences of the theatrical phenomenon. The show for the audience or audience for the show
The civic valences of the theatrical phenomenon. The show for the audience or audience for the show

Summary/Abstract: The present article is a brief presentation of the way the development of the post – modern society influences the manner in which the performing arts must reference modernitys' contribution to contemporary society. Information overload has cultivated a selective assimilation mechanism in the audience, which theater couldn't ignore, adapting its' means of expression to captivate the spectator.This creates a need for balance between theater as pure emotion and the avalanche of digital information which dominates communication and art, in general. The audiences' impaired taste has driven the performing arts down a superficial slope, where the motor of a play must be visual at any cost.

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