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Cinematic vs. Stageplay Thinking - Technology

I titled this post because I think these two issues overlap. Cinematic storytelling relies more on technology whereas dramatic storytelling does not.

I am furiously looking for an article I read within the last week about how theatre lags technically. I agree with that. I can't believe how reluctant people are to use technology. Often the protest is that it will take away from the performance. I can see that (and agree) if it's over used. But let's take something simple, like sound. Sound's ability to immediately put an audience in a time and space is incredibly effective. Why wouldn't you want to do that, especially with the impatience of today's audiences?

Cinematic vs Stageplay Thinking

In this day and age of technical advancement and shortened attention spans, it seems to me that theatre will naturally move toward more cinematic story telling. Your thoughts?