Category Archives: Microfund for Artists

To Read or Not To Read: The Gamble of Being Reviewed

Posted on May 12, 2012 by nytcriticwatch

Do you read reviews? Sure you read the one that everyone posts on your Facebook wall with “congratulations!” next to it. And you know you’re not supposed to read any reviews because “if you believe the good ones you have to believe the bad ones.” (Polly Carl says to never read reviews ever
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Call to Action: Read for The New York Times Critic Watch

Posted on February 16, 2012 by nytcriticwatch

You read reviews anyway, why not strengthen American Theatre while you’re at it? The New York Times Critic Watch survey at nytcriticwatch.com takes 5 minutes and adds your voice to the building pool of curious folks who want understand: what kind of power prominent reviews have over new plays? what
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Launching The New York Times Critic Watch at NYTCriticWatch.com – Need your Participation

Posted on December 28, 2011 by HowlRound

We’re kicking off the first Microfund for Artists Project – Welcome to The New York Times Critic Watch project – a reader-fueled experiment attempting to give some numbers to the seemingly unquantifiable. What does a review do for a production? What does it do for the play independent of the
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