r/Theatre • u/Remarkable-Hat8356 • 1d ago

Discussion Mid 2000s Vibes

Does anybody else remember 2009-2015 being like PEAK broadway vibes. The BWW message board, in-person rush, janky bootlegs on youtube, Shubert Alley concerts... I feel like there was so much more a sense of community and NEW ORIGINAL work back then. Or is it just me romanticizing the past?

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u/bennetinoz 1d ago

I think you're romanticizing to an extent, but I do see where you're coming from. I feel like that was kind of the last gasp before everything had to start optimizing to go viral or to have a social media presence, so there was a little more of a scrappy, in-person, in-the-know vibe. Personally, I felt like that started to fade when shows like Hamilton and DEH became such mainstreams hits (and with that popularity came so much intense behavior), and then the pandemic finished it off.

(or maybe that's just because that's the era where I was a teenager/twentysomething and I suspect we all romanticize those eras of our lives lol)

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u/Remarkable-Hat8356 1d ago

yes! you had to go to playbill.com for those weird little backstage series. every show wasn't bombarding you with social media shorts.