As the media have increasingly become the lens through which we see
the world, media styles have shaped even the fine arts, and
contemporary theatre is particularly indebted to mass media's
dramatic influence. In order to stay culturally and financially
viable, theatre producers have associated theatrical productions
and their promotion with film, television, and the Internet by
adopting new theatrical practices that mirror the form and content
of mass communication. This work demonstrates how mediatization, or
the adoption of the semantics and the contexts of mass media, has
changed the way American theatre is produced, performed, and
perceived. Early chapters use works like Robert Wilson's 3D digital
opera ""Monsters of Grace"" and Thecla Schophorst's digitally
animated ""Bodymaps"" to demonstrate the shifting nature of live
performance. Critical analysis of the interaction between the live
performer and digital technology demonstrates that the use of media
technology has challenged and changed traditional notions of
dramatic performance. Subsequent discussion sustains the argument
that theatre has reconfigured itself to access the economic and
cultural power of the media. Final chapters consider the extent to
which mediatization undermines theatrical authorship and
creativity.
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