More Angst about my Dramatic IQ
One of the things that keeps perplexing me when attending plays is when it’s appropriate to stand when applauding a performance. After so many years of attending, it seems I could discern the truly fine performances. Still, since I feel that I’m not qualified to judge, I remain seated even when I feel like leaping from my seat as the sole standee.
The audiences here at Ashland are predominantly sort of older middle class, middle brow folks, and I notice that they react a lot more viscerally to the comedies than the histories or tragedies. I’ve wondered, and still wonder, if the actors in the Ashland company don’t respond in kind with their performances, and sort of feed this cycle. Wish I knew enough to say for sure.
