Is Arts Education the Key to Building New Audiences?
Not according to playwright Mike Lew as described in this fascinating post he wrote last month entitled Arts Education Won’t Save Us from Boring, Inaccessible Theater. Mike’s theory is that the-declining-Arts-Education-has-led-to-declining-theater-audience-meme is a myth. The real reason for decline in audience: boring theater. The truth is that no one needs to be trained to enjoy theater. [...]