Sunday, February 24, 2013
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City is quite the visual landmark—Revson Fountain, the Metropolitan Opera House, Avery Fisher Hall. So many iconic visuals collected in o…
SOURCE: simsscoop.com at 02:36PMTuesday, February 19, 2013
The trick to social media adoption in the world of entertainment is to move beyond the label of "social media." Imagine a computer and how, over the last five years, technology has…
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 02:54PMSunday, February 17, 2013
James Sims | Video Demo Reel 2011-12
Video demo reel showcasing work produced, shot, and edited by James Sims between 2011 and 2012 at the American Museum of Natural History. For more work …
SOURCE: YouTube at 06:45PMMonday, January 28, 2013
The arts are in desperate need of technological convergence. And TedxBroadway is hoping to give theatrical entertainment a push towards progress.
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 01:07PMSunday, January 27, 2013
In a room full of Broadway marketers and producers, how do you sell an idea of change without a clearly defined return on investment? When it comes to TedxBroadway, it's the big idea that tu…
SOURCE: simsscoop.com at 12:34PMMonday, January 14, 2013
I'm happy to report that there are plenty of organizations taking to Twitter and Facebook in hopes of keeping arts in schools. Looking to join in on the conversation? I've assembled a list o…
SOURCE: simsscoop.com at 11:58PMSunday, January 13, 2013
It would be impossible for me to keep from live blogging/tweeting the Golden Globes. So, please enjoy my random snark, Hollywood style.
SOURCE: simsscoop.com at 11:53PMSunday, December 9, 2012
In the world of Twitter and Facebook, a brand's "voice" is a key bullet point in social strategy documents. "Brands are not humans. But people do project human qualities onto brands," Ric Dr…
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 07:58PMFriday, November 30, 2012
When news broke of country star Carrie Underwood's casting as Maria von Trapp in NBC's live broadcast of "The Sound of Music," the Twitterverse responded.
SOURCE: simsscoop.com at 11:53AMTuesday, November 20, 2012
I recently took part in a Q&A for Erica Moss, a fellow journalist turned digital marketer that I "met" on Twitter. It was a mutual fascination with reality television that first got us …
SOURCE: simsscoop.com at 11:43AMMonday, November 19, 2012
As the official Twitter account for The Performers has strong social media activity, I thought it interesting to take a look at the Twitter timeline starting on opening night and ending with…
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 06:52PMThursday, November 15, 2012
As the official Twitter account for The Performers has strong social media activity and has built up a small but avid fan base, I thought it interesting to take a look at the Twitter timelin…
SOURCE: simsscoop.com at 11:03PMMonday, November 12, 2012
Annie's latest commercial is seemingly meant to drive audiences to the Palace Theatre in Times Square. I had to watch the spot back after it ran across the television in order to figure out …
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 07:22PMSunday, November 11, 2012
Sofa Snark: Alicia Silverstone joins Henry Winkler and Cheyenne Jackson in Broadway's "The Performers," a play about the porn industry. It's a gang bang of a good time.
SOURCE: simsscoop.com at 01:12PMSofa Snark: Alicia Silverstone Does Porn on Broadway
Alicia Silverstone joins Henry Winkler and Cheyenne Jackson in Broadway's "The Performers," a play about the porn industry…
SOURCE: YouTube at 01:11PMMonday, November 5, 2012
My resolution for the next presidential election is to let "grandma" share my stupid dog pictures with her retirement community cronies and reserve my playing of pin the tail on Do…
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 10:29AMSunday, November 4, 2012
Get into a verbal fight on Facebook, and I still have to see you in our elevator the next morning. I'm all for embracing awkward moments, but not when that initial verbal brawl is seen, and …
SOURCE: simsscoop.com at 07:15PMSaturday, October 27, 2012
Sofa Snark shifts its focus to Broadway this season, tackling topics including Yvonne Strahovski joining the revival of "Golden Boy."
SOURCE: simsscoop.com at 08:44PMSofa Snark: Yvonne Strahovski Heads to Broadway
Sofa Snark shifts its focus to Broadway this season, tackling topics including Yvonne Strahovski joining the revival of "Golden Boy,&quo…
SOURCE: YouTube at 08:24PMMonday, October 1, 2012
Smile, Broadway! You’re On Instagram! Facebook is so over. At least, that’s what a college-age co-worker told me this summer while discussing arts marketing. The mega social network may …
SOURCE: 2AMT at 02:45PMShould photos taken from inside of a theater be considered negative mentions, thus not warranting a "like"? It's a question the Broadway community needs to re-evaluate -- quickly.
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 11:07AMFacebook is so over. At least, that's what a college-age coworker told me this summer while discussing arts marketing. The mega social network may be waning with a younger demographic, but a…
SOURCE: simsscoop.com at 03:28AMSaturday, September 29, 2012
This is a commercial for the Broadway revival of “Annie”? Did I miss the shot of the title character, or perhaps the ragtag bunch of orphans doing a kick line?
SOURCE: simsscoop.com at 10:12PMThursday, September 13, 2012
With the Fall TV season nearly upon us, complete with a new round of redneck reality shows, it's surprising that more viewers aren't expressing outrage over exploitative television.
SOURCE: Huffington Post at 01:23PMTuesday, September 11, 2012
Where Jed Clampett was endearing and comical, the real-life "hillbillies" filling primetime are hard to watch. Not so much because of their uncouth charm, rather the way in which these progr…
SOURCE: simsscoop.com at 09:35PMSunday, September 9, 2012
Spotlight on Broadway presents a series of videos that document the history of Broadway's 40 theaters. It is the combined efforts of the mayor's office and the Broadway League that these ric…
SOURCE: simsscoop.com at 11:33AMSunday, June 10, 2012
It’s that time of year again, the Tony Awards. And like previous years, a glance at the roster of nominees could easily be mistaken for the Academy Awards. “Once,” based on the Osc…
SOURCE: simsscoop.com at 06:28PMMonday, June 4, 2012
This year marked an interesting turn of events for my career, beginning with a transition from working as the senior new media specialist at the American Museum of Natural History to a new r…
SOURCE: simsscoop.com at 07:28PM 
