Full disclosure, I have been a technology junkie for years. I am the quintessential early adopter. So, it shouldn’t be surprising that I am REALLY proud of the theater world this week. For once it seems like we are almost caught up to technology.
For those of you who aren’t on Facebook, don’t have Twitter accounts, aren’t Linked-in and don’t blog (micro or otherwise), I will leave it to you to do some google research and decide which platform, if any, you want to use. But here are some of the things you are missing by pretending to be a luddite.
The Theater Communications Group Conference is this week in Baltimore. For those of us whose schedules didn’t allow for us to be there, we don’t have to wait for the audio transcripts to find out what is being discussed. Tweets are flying with the hash tag #TCGCON. Just click on the search and you will find folks tweeting sessions and commentary. Oddly enough, my facebook friends all seem to have sat out the conference this year, because it has been radio silence via status updates on the conference with the exception of Teresa Eyring. Hmm…Facebook folks are you partying a bit too much? And thanks to the super diligent folks who are blogging during the conference. Last night via Twitter and RSS feeds I caught up on several sessions.
Back in New York at Radio City Music Hall, I have been following the rehearsals for the Tony Awards. Facebook updates from friends who are practically living there (and loving it) have kept me in the know about which Billy was rehearsing. Tweets not only provided rehearsal updates, but I even know that the doors on Dulac Castle weren’t working, that James Gandolfini and Edie Falco will be sitting near each other (come on guys, can you make it any easier on the camera ops), and most importantly when Neil Patrick Harris is in the house. I have to give props to all that no one is spilling anything about the actually ceremony (i.e. songs that will be sung or NPH intro).
And I can’t wait to watch the ceremony with husband and hundreds of Facebook and Twitter friends. It completely changes the evening for me. Many of the shows have designated who will Tweet from the house, Broadway Space will have someone blogging live backstage, and think of all the folks who will be providing commentary from their homes or Tony parties! The Tony’s have even tapped Ugly Betty’s Mark Indelicato to as the official celebrity Twitter commentator (he has been doing a bang up job of tweeting during the rehearsals amid his studying for his high school final exams).
So if you don’t participate in social networking, now might be a good time to start, you are missing out on a heck of a lot. It isn’t all “I just ate a tuna sandwich.” In fact, I rarely know what people are eating. Instead through, Facebook, Twitter, and blogs, I know what people are thinking about, the ideas they are trying, what they are reading, and often get an inside peek at the events that fill our lives (and you better believe I will be watching to see if they got the Castle doors to work by Sunday!).
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