Exploring the influence of audience reactions on performances, including how actors adapt to diverse audiences and the impact of audience composition on theatrical art. The discussion includes navigating audience expectations in intimate theater settings.
Vinson Cunningham is a staff writer for The New Yorker. His novel, published in March 2024, is Great Expectations.
“I think the job is just paying a bunch of attention. If you're a person like me, where thoughts and worries are intruding on your consciousness all the time, it is a great relief to have something to just over-describe and over-pay-attention to—and kind of just give all of your latent, usually anxious attention to this one thing. That, to me, is a great joy.”
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