The NY Times published this interesting mix of reader reviews of Arcadia in NYC. It brought up some questions for me: who gets to write a review? In this age of facebook, yelp and the many other forums where one can gather and consider the opinions of general consumers, why do “reviews” of theatre still belong firmly in the hands of bitter old critics who don’t seem to like theatre to begin with? (Yes, that’s my opinion. Take it or leave it.)
Well, it turns out that you can write reviews of shows you’ve seen and read reviews of others at theatreadvisor.com. Right now it focuses on shows in NYC and on tour, but it’s a new website and I’ll just bet they could expand to Boston if the demand is there!
