Muscle Memory In Dancing And Coding by Joe Patti

While it has only been about six months since I shared a story about the Philadelphia based project DanceLogic which teaches girls to code through choreography, I saw another piece recently …

SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 8:01pm on March 14, 2023☆⚑

Will Augmented Reality For Cooking Provide A Successful Application For Opera Notes? by Joe Patti

Rainer Glaap recently posted a story about Deutsche Oper am Rhein's (German Opera on the Rhein) partnership with Vodaphone to offer augmented information about the opera's production of "Die…

SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 8:05pm on March 13, 2023☆⚑

Would You Rather Have An Eagle Tear Out Your Liver Or Fill Out Grant Budget Forms? by Joe Patti

About six months ago I drew attention to Vu Le's humorous recasting of Greek myths with non-profit themes. I was delighted when he released his next installment this week adapting six more m…

SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 8:47pm on March 8, 2023☆⚑

Artistic Citizenship " Is It Valued, Who Will Teach It? by Joe Patti

A couple months back, Arts Professional had an article by Jonathan Vaughan, Principal of Guildhall School of Music & Drama, asking if "artistic citizenship" could be taught. Defining art…

SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 8:51pm on March 7, 2023☆⚑

"The Slap Is Only One Syllable In A Long Story" by Joe Patti

Interesting article on Slate today written by Patrick Vala-Haynes, who teaches stage combat to middle and high school age students. If you aren't familiar with the practice, stage combat tra…

SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 8:26pm on March 6, 2023☆⚑

So Is Broadway Still Burning Its Workers Out? by Joe Patti

Last month CNBC had a profile of an assistant company manager working on the Broadway show "& Juliet."   If you don't know what a company manager on a theatrical production does, i…

SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 8:48pm on March 1, 2023☆⚑

Got A Good Beat, You Can Dance To It…And It's Taking Our Jobs by Joe Patti

I was listening to an episode of the Code Switch podcast this weekend while I was out walking. The topic was about how merengue was the basis for a culture war in Puerto Rico.  What, at f…

SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 8:15pm on February 28, 2023☆⚑

Unexpected Headline " Black Sabbath The Ballet Premieres In September by Joe Patti

In a case of "not something I had imagined", the Birmingham Royal Ballet recently decided to create a ballet set to the music of Black Sabbath, who got their start in the city. Lead guitaris…

SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 8:00pm on February 27, 2023☆⚑

Congratulations On Your Failure! (Make Sure To Show Your Work) by Joe Patti

This Facebook post about the Failure Award Scholarship immediately caught my eye this morning.  Museum of Contemporary Art Denver is looking for creative Colorado seniors to apply to thei…

SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 8:44pm on February 21, 2023☆⚑

Videogame Inspired Tourism by Joe Patti

I saw this tweet the beginning of the month and was engaged by the idea of video game inspired tourism. The video game Fallout76 is set in a post apocalyptic rendering of WV, much of it imma…

SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 8:36pm on February 20, 2023☆⚑

When Audiences Take "Best Party In Town" Marketing At Their Word by Joe Patti

The last few months I have been seeing a number of stories about audiences in UK theaters being abusive toward staff and other patrons. A week or so ago, The Stage reported that Edinburgh Pl…

SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 8:40pm on February 16, 2023☆⚑

Creating Conversations Around Arts Reality Shows by Joe Patti

You may have recently seen that MTV and the Hirshhorn Museum are teaming up to create a TV series to find the next great visual artist. As soon as I saw this, I recalled that there had been …

SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 8:14pm on February 14, 2023☆⚑

Boy, This Seems To Be The Month For Ticket Pricing Conversations by Joe Patti

You may have seen that the AMC movie chain decided to implement tiered pricing for their theaters with higher prices for preferred seating and lower pricing for less desirable front row seat…

SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 8:14pm on February 13, 2023☆⚑

What Profits A Man To Gain Riches, But Lose His Ardent Fans by Joe Patti

I was not keeping close tabs on the topics President Biden was expected to cover in the State of the Union so it was a coincidence that yesterday's post was about exorbitant add on fees on t…

SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 8:43pm on February 8, 2023☆⚑

Keep An Eye On The Ticketing Uproar by Joe Patti

With people feeling more comfortable going to public events again, the travails consumers suffer when trying to purchase tickets are coming front and center. Last week TicketNews reported th…

SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 8:43pm on February 7, 2023☆⚑

What Is The Value Of A Press Release When News Stories Are Written By AI? by Joe Patti

Many readers know that I recently moved from Macon, GA to take up a job in Colorado. Even before I moved, I was astounded by the number of articles that were being written about Macon, encou…

SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 8:08pm on February 6, 2023☆⚑

Australia's Last Poet Laureate Was A Convict? by Joe Patti

Big news out of Australia where the first national arts policy since 2013 was announced.  In addition to commitments of funding to specific entities and organizations, arguably the most s…

SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 8:46pm on February 1, 2023☆⚑

Less Attendees=Increased Satisfaction by Joe Patti

Last week when I was writing about the ticketing trends being forecast for the coming year, I accidentally omitted an additional point from the article I found pretty interesting.  Appare…

SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 8:44pm on January 31, 2023☆⚑

Why You Are Streaming Broadway Shows Produced In London by Joe Patti

I have been following Diep Tran on social media for years so I got a minor thrill when she announced she was named editor-in-chief of Playbill last October.  Last week she posted an expla…

SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 8:52pm on January 30, 2023☆⚑

Sending My Love To You by Joe Patti

A little divergence from my usual posting topics. As many readers know, I moved to Loveland, CO in late Fall to take a position. As you might imagine, Valentine's Day is something of a big d…

SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 8:27pm on January 25, 2023☆⚑

APAP'S Conference Takeaways by Joe Patti

Last week I mentioned some of my experiences at the Association of Performing Arts Professionals (APAP) conference.  The conference recently sent out a list of 10 takeaways for their own.…

SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 8:22pm on January 24, 2023☆⚑

Friendly Fraud And Other Ticketing Trends To Watch by Joe Patti

Last week there was a post on the INTIX website listing 19 trends for 2023.  The list contains prognostications from people handling tickets for both arts and sports events so your mileag…

SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 8:18pm on January 23, 2023☆⚑

Theater Games To Mirror Daily Interactions by Joe Patti

h/t to Howard Sherman who posted a link to a story about how theater can teach empathy to kids. The article talks about how common theater games like mirroring can cultivate active listening…

SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 8:52pm on January 18, 2023☆⚑

Non-Profit Arts Workers, What Are You Tired Of? by Joe Patti

For the APAP conference this past weekend, one of the primary plenaries was "A Brutally Honest Conversation about Nonprofit, For-Profits, Government, Philanthropy, and the Arts." (panel disc…

SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 8:00pm on January 17, 2023☆⚑

A Few Lessons From Covid and SVOG by Joe Patti

I was attending the Association of Performing Arts Professionals conference recently and sat in on a Life After SVOG session. There were a number of things discussed that either fell into th…

SOURCE: Butts In The Seats at 8:44pm on January 16, 2023☆⚑