Archive - COUNTERPOINT by Adam Lenson

#21 - A Provocation

The speech I made at today's MMD/MTN new musical theatre conference at London's Royal Court Theatre

Apr 12 •

June 2023

#20 - Breaking Even

Why breaking even in the arts isn't just about money

Jun 2, 2023 •

November 2022

#19 - The Curve

Why developing new musicals is graded on a curve.

Nov 15, 2022 •

August 2022

#18 - Unofficial

Why jumping the queue isn't the way to deal with unlicensed adaptation.

Aug 2, 2022 •

June 2022

#17 - You already know

Why giving audiences what they know they want is hurting theatre

Jun 11, 2022 •

May 2022

Why Oklahoma made me again want more for the musical in the UK

May 24, 2022 •

March 2022

Why I made a solo show at 36

Mar 31, 2022 •

February 2022

How an essay from 1936 made me think new thoughts about Digital Theatre.

Feb 17, 2022 •

#13 - Open or Closed

Why literary theory might help us to stop undermining musicals.

Feb 10, 2022 •

#12 - Face the music

Should musicals sound more like music?

Feb 3, 2022 •

January 2022

Why calling musical theatre a genre will hurt it

Jan 27, 2022 •

December 2021

#10 - Naming and Necessity

Why I had to put my name on my work and why I hate it.

Dec 23, 2021 •

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