E-Books →Right This Way A History of the Audience

Right This Way is a pop history of audiences through the ages. Delving into the distinctive aspects of what he calls "audiencing," former Playbill editor Robert Viagas renders the view from the cheap seats in energetic prose. He walks us through the different types of audiences and the history of their changing behaviors, what science has to say about how our brains respond to our experiences, how technology will continue to shape audiences, and why, during COVID-19, people risked a deadly virus to be part of a crowd.
Drawing on perspectives from critics, performers, scholars, and many others, Right This Way is a lively, thought-provoking meditation on the audience experience. You'll never sit and watch something the same way again.